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REGIMENT  JLLINQIS  (AVALRY 


VOLUNTKERS. 


PUBLISHED   UNDER   THE   AUSPICES   OP  THE   HISTORICAL  COMMITTEE: 
OP   THE   REGIMENT  : 


JOHN  H.  CARPENTER, 
ANTHONY  R.  MOCK, 
CHARLES  L.  PULLMAN, 
HIRAM  A.  HAWKINS, 


HARRY  B.  BURGH, 
JOSEPH  W.  HARPER, 
PATRICK   V.  FITZPATRICK, 
JOHN  T.  SHOWALTER. 


EDITED  BY 

EDWARD   A.  DAVENPORT, 
CHICAGO. 

1888. 


CHICAGO: 

DONOHUE  &  HENNEBERRY, 
PRINTERS  AND  BINDERS. 


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Un  Memorial  Ifoall 

At  Springfield,  111.,  in  care  of  the  State,  are  two  of  the 

old  standards  of  the  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY, 

and   a  shield    on    which    is    inscribed, 

officially,  the  following  battles  : 


Jacksonport. 
Waddell  Farm. 

Stewart's  Plantation. 
Cold  water. 
Salem. 
Wyatt. 

Moscow. 

West  Point.       Okolona.      Mount  Ivy. 
Tishamingo  Creek. 

Tupelo. 

Hurricane  Creek. 

Old  Town  Creek.  Franklin. 

Nashville. 


HISTORICAL  COMMITTEE'S  NOTICE. 


A  PERIOD  of  over  twenty  years  had  gone  by,  and  no  history  of  the  NINTH 
ILLINOIS  CAVALRY  VOLUNTEERS  had  been  written.  The  Comrades,  often 
as  they  met,  would  speak  on  this  subject,  and  discuss  the  desirability  of  such  a 
work;  still  no  definite  plan  was  proposed. 

Finally,  at  the  Reunion  in  Chicago  in  1886,  the  subject  was  earnestly  discussed 
and  all  present  expressed  a  desire  that  something  be  done,  and  it  was  thought  that 
a  plan  was  proposed  and  would  be  carried  out  whereby  we  should  at  last  have  a 
history  written;  still  the  matter  dragged  and  appeared  not  to  assume  tangible 
form. 

At  the  Reunion  in  Rock  Island,  in  September,  1887,  the  pressure  was  increased, 
and  it  was  said:  "  We  must  have  a  history." 

A  Committee  was  appointed  of  the  following  named  gentlemen:  J.  H.  Car- 
penter, H.  B.  Burgh,  J.  W.  Harper,  A.  R.  Mock  and  C.  L.  Pullman,  to  examine 
and  report  on  a  partially  written  history  by  one  of  our  Comrades.  This  Commit- 
tee made  repeated  efforts  to  see  and  pass  upon  the  merits  of  the  work  of  said  Com- 
rade, but  were  never  able  to  gain  his  consent  to  a  full  examination  of  the  same, 
and  fi oally  gave  up  all  hope  of  a  history  in  that  direction. 

A  part  of  the  Committee  met  in  Chicago,  December  7, 1887,  and  after  discuss- 
ing the  question  very  fully,  concluded  to  enlarge  the  Committee  already  named  by 
adding  the  following  Comrades:  J.  T.  Showalter,  P.  V.  Fitzpatrick,  and  H.  A. 
Hawkins,  to  be  known  as  the  HISTORICAL  COMMITTEE  OP  THE  NINTH  ILLINOIS 
CAVALRY  VETERAN  ASSOCIATION. 

An  arrangement  was  made  with  Comrade  E.  A.  Davenport,  as  Historian,  and, 
because  of  his  long  connection  with  the  Regiment,  and  as  one  in  whom  the  Com- 
mittee, and  we  believe  all  Comrades  of  the  Ninth,  have  full  confidence  to  compile 
an  impartial  history  of  the  Regiment.  The  details  of  the  work  was  laid  out,  and 
a  beginning  was  at  once  made,  and  it  was  contemplated  to  have,  if  possible,  the 
work  completed  by  the  time  of  the  Reunion  in  the  fall  of  1888.  Circulars  and 
letters  were  sent  out  to  every  Comrade  whose  address  was  known,  to  secure  finan- 
cial aid  and  historical  matter  of  all  sorts  to  aid  the  Historian  in  the  preparation 
of  this  work. 

The  plan  of  the  book  was  left  largely  in  the  hands  of  Comrade  Davenport. 
While  the  magnitude  of  the  undertaking  was  not  fully  realized  at  the  inception, 
and  more  time  and  money  have  been  required  for  its  completion  than  was  antici- 
pated, we  trust  the  volume  will  be  satisfactory  to  those  for  whom  it  was  written. 

We  are  glad  to  be  able  to  present  the  portraits  of  a  few  of  our  Comrades. 

(v) 


Vi  HISTORICAL    COMMITTEE'S    NOTICE. 

Some  of  them  do  not  do  full  justice  to  the  originals.     These  have  been  prepared 
at  the  personal  expense  of  those  whose  faces  appear,  or  their  friends. 

Very  many  upon  whom  the  Committee  and  Historian  relied  to  aid  have  failed 
entirely  to  respond,  and  thus  additional  labor  has  fallen  upon  the  editor  in  the 
preparation  of  this  work,  and  if  some  of  the  accounts  as  written  are  imperfect, 
the  blame  can  not  justly  be  placed  upon  the  Htetorian,  for  many  of  the  details 
narrated  have  only  been  obtained  after  repeated  and  persistent  effort  on  his  part, 
and  those  who  failed  to  respond  in  any  way  must  not  complain  if  the  History 
does  not  recount  the  facts  or  incidents  of  which  they  have  knowledge. 

If  our  Comrades,  after  a  careful  perusal  of  the  book,  shall  give  it  their 
approval  as  a  truthful,  well-written  History,  we  shall  be  amply  compensated  for 
our  labors.  Cherishing,  as  we  do,  the  memory  of  every  Comrade,  whether  living 
or  dead,  and  proud  of  the  fact  that  we  were  privileged  to  be  with  them  in  those 
days  when  the  deeds  here  recorded  were  performed,  and  justly  proud  of  the 
glorious  record  of  the  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY,  we  submit  this  History,  with 
the  earnest  hope  that  it  will  meet  the  approval  of  our  surviving  Comrades,  their 
families  and  friends. 

In  behalf  of  the  NINTH  REGIMENT  ILLINOIS  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY  ASSOCIA- 
TION: 

JOHN  H.  CARPENTER,  Chairman. 

CHICAGO,  August  1,  1888. 


PREFACE, 


rriO  me  has  been  assigned,  by  the  Historical  Committee,  the  pleasant  task  of 
-*-  compiling  and  writing  the  history  of  the  gallant  Regiment  with  which  it  was 
my  good  fortune  to  be  associated  during  the  whole  period  of  its  existence,  a  term 
of  over  four  years'  duration — a  period  in  which  not  only  the  fate  of  this  Nation 
was  at  stake,  but  the  great  problem  of  self-government,  as  well,  hung  in  the 
balance. 

This  trust  was  accepted  with  reluctance  and  a  degree  of  diffidence,  as  it  was 
to  me  a  new  and  untried  field,  and  I  also  knew  that  it  would  be  a  very  difficult 
and  delicate  work  for  any  one,  more  especially  after  so  many  years  had  elapsed, 
and  so  many  of  our  old  companions  had  passed  away;  those  still  living  scattered 
far  and  wide,  many  of  them  beyond  my  reach  to  consult  or  in  any  way  to  have 
the  benefit  of  their  memoranda  or  recollections. 

As  the  work  has  progressed  I  have  found  it  very  difficult  to  harmonize  the 
facts  as  given  in  letters  and  diaries,  with  the  recollections  of  Comrades  or  my  own 
ideas  of  the  same. 

I  have  endeavored,  so  far  as  possible,  to  be  guided  by  the  written  accounts 
made  at  the  time  in  which  the  events  treated  of  occurred. 

I  have  been  fortunate  in  having,  as  far  as  it  was  in  their  power  to  render  it, 
the  cordial  support  and  aid  of  the  Historical  Committee;  they  have  been  uniformly 
considerate  and  helpful  to  me  as  the  Historian  of  the  gallant  Ninth  Illinois  Cav 
airy.  Many  of  the  Comrades,  also,  to  whom  I  have  applied  for  information,  have 
very  cheerfully  given  the  use  of  diaries  and  letters  to  aid  in  the  correctness  of  the 
work,  and  while  I  can  not  mention  all  who  have  aided  me,  it  is  but  justice  and  a 
pleasure  to  mention  some  of  those  who  have  frequently  and  ably  assisted  me.  I 
am  indebted  to  Lieutenant-Colonels  Harry  B.  Burgh  and  Anthony  R.  Mock; 
Captains  John  H.  Carpenter,  Thomas  J.  McNair  and  Henry  M.  Buel;  Lieutenants 
Charles  L.  Pullman,  John  T.  Showalter,  Joseph  W.  Brackett,  John  R.  Eberhart, 
James  H.  Haslett  and  James  H.  Murray;  Assistant-Surgeon  Stacy  Hemenway;  and 
Comrades  Hiram  A.  Hawkins,  Patrick  V.  Fitzpatrick,  Samuel  R.  VauSant,  Samuel 
D.  Cleland,  Edward  D.  Ayers,  Edward  P.  Ott,  Charles  C.  White,  Samuel  B. 
Davis,  Perry  B.  Bowser,  George  W.  Hall,  Thomas  W.  Eaton,  Christopher  Sei- 
bert,  Malachi  Salter,  Stewart  J.  Bailey,  William  H.  Hecker.  William  Rinker, 
Jesse  Hawes,  Dwight  L.  Talcott  and  Edwin  K.  Abbott. 

These  and  a  number  of  other  Comrades  have  given  me  valuable  information ;  and 
while  to  those  who  have  so  kindly  taken  an  interest  in  this  work,  and  have  done  so 
much  to  make  it  a  success,  I  desire  to  express  my  hearty  thanks,  I  regret  to  say* 

(vii) 


Vlll  PREFACE. 

that  a  very  large  number  have  not  shown  any  interest  whatever  in  the  matter, 
and  have  withheld  or  neglected  to  furnish  information  of  many  things  that  I 
ought  to  have  known,  and  the  knowledge  of  which  would  have  enabled  me  to 
have  done  better  work  in  the  preparation  of  this  History,  and  to  have  made  the 
book  much  more  complete. 

Much  of  this  has  been  written  hastily,  as  it  seemed  desirable  to  have  the  book 
out  at  as  early  a  day  as  possible. 

In  the  preparation  of  this  work  I  have  lived  over  again  the  days  when  the 
events  I  have  endeavored  faithfully  to  portray  occurred,  and  forms  and  incidents, 
long  since  forgotten,  again  rise  before  me,  and  I  can  not  realize  that  a  quarter  of 
a  century  has  passed  since  we  were  actors  in  those  stirring  scenes. 

The  History  I  have  written  is  more  general  in  character  than  I  could  have 
wished,  for  I  have  found  it  impossible  to  gather  the  facts  of  many  a  gallant  action 
of -the  soldiers  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  of  which,  had  I  been  able  to 
gain  a  knowledge,  I  should  have  been  glad  to  place  upon  the  enduring  page  of 
history;  but  even  then  words  are  too  poor  to  fittingly  portray  the  heroism  and 
sacrifices  of  our  brave  and  dauntless  patriots. 

With  a  fidelity  to  the  truth  that  I  trust  all  will  concede,  I  have  endeavored 
to  cover,  briefly,  the  more  than  four  years'  honorable  service  of  the  Regiment. 
How  well  I  have  succeeded,  I  leave  it  for  my  Comrades  to  judge,  only  asking 
from  them  the  same  consideration  and  forbearance  they  themselves  would  wish 
if  called  upon  to  tread  a  like  path  and  perform  a  similar  duty. 

E.  A.  DAVENPORT. 
CHICAGO,  July  1,  1888. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

Organization  of  Regiment — Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War — Letter  to  Governor 
Yates — Where  Recruited — Camp  Life — Outfit  of  Horses— Camp  Scenes — 
Discontent — Asking  for  Orders. 

CHAPTER  II. 

Marching  Orders — Departure  for  Benton  Barracks,  Mo. — Flag  Presentation — 
Arrival  at  Camp  Douglas  of  5,000  prisoners — Outfit  of  Arms  and  Train — 
Departure  for  Pilot  Knob,  Mo. — Arrival  at  Reeves  Station,  Mo. — Assigned  to 
the  command  of  General  Steele. 

CHAPTER  III. 

Arrival  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.  —  Colonel  Matlock  —  Captain  Sleepers'  Guerillas  — 
A  Note  of  Warning  —  Joining  the  Army  of  General  Curtis  —  Murder  of 
Privates  Jenkins  and  Pringle  —  Fight  at  Waddell  Farm. 

CHAPTER    IV. 

Abandoning  Camp  at  Jacksonport  —  Arrival  of  Rebel  Gunboat, —  Shelling  our 
Camp  —  Return  to  "  Galloways"  —  Gunboat  Episode —  "  Price's  Army." 

CHAPTER  V. 

The  Great  March  through  Arkansas  —  Fight  at  Stewart's  Plantation  —  The  Killed 
and  Wounded  —  Rebel  General  Hindman's  Proclamation — Hospital  Train — 
Celebration  of  the  Fourth  of  July — Fight  at  Cache  River  —  Murder  of 
Couiers —  Arrival  at  Helena. 

CHAPTER    VI. 

Sickness  at  Helena  —  Many  Sent  North  —  Brass  Guns  Assigned  to  the  Ninth  — 
Fight  at  La  Grange,  Ark.  —  Major  Burgh's  Expedition  with  General  Wash- 
burn  in  Mississippi  —  Capture  of  the  Gun  —  The  Friendship  of  General 
Washburn. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

The  Gorman  Expedition — Capture  of  Arkansas  Post — St.  Charles  and  the  "Little 
Pests" — Return  to  Helena — Election  of  two  Majors. 

(ix) 


X  TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

The  Regiment  Moves  to  Memphis — To  Germantown — New  Equipments — Fight- 
ing Forrest's  Cavalry — Ladies  in  Camp — Suicide  of  a  Soldier — Major  Burgh's 
Gallant  Fight  with  Chalmers — Skirmishing  and  Fighting  in  Tennessee  and 
Mississippi— Seuatobia — Cold  Water — Panola — Fall  of  Vicksburg — After  Col- 
onel Richardson — Fight  of  Colonel  Hatch  at  Jackson — Fight  at  Grenada — 
Capture  and  Destruction  of  a  Large  Amount  of  Confederate  Property — 
Lieutenant  Shattuck  Cut  Off. 

CHAPTER    IX. 

March  to  La  Grange,  Tenn. — Organization  of  Colored  Regiments — March  to 
the  Cold  Water  and  Bolivar — To  Pocahontas — Dinner  at  Colonel  Hurst's — 
Three  Guerillas  Shot— 3  x  2— Fight  at  Lockhart's  Mill— Salem  and  Wyatt. 

CHAPTER  X. 

Corinth — Sad  Fate  of  Colonel  Rogers — Back  to  Collierville — Raid  for  Horses — 
Saulsbury — Battle  of  Moscow — Colonel  Hatch  Wounded — Letter  of  Major 
Pierce— Horses  Stolen  from  Camp. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

Recruiting  for  the  Veteran  Service — Forrest's  Raid  into  Tennessee — Lieutenant 
Hillier's  Brave  Fight  at  LaFayette — Escape  of  Forrest — Return  of  Colonel 
Brackett — Captain  Mock  at  Mount  Pleasant — Preparing  for  the  Great  Raid. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

Raid  to  West  Point — Okalona — Aberdeen — West  Point — Fight  at  the  Saukatau- 
chie — Hand-to-Hand  Fight  of  Sergeant  Castor — The  Retreat  Commenced — 
Fight  of  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry — Fierce  Assault  of  the  Rebels — Successful 
Ambush  by  the  Ninth — Stampede  of  the  Third  Brigade  and  Loss  of  Guns — 
Attempt  to  Capture  Forrest — Destruction  of  Corn — Return  to  Germantown. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

The  West  Point  Expedition,  by  Stuart  J.  Bailey,  late  Sergeant  of  Company  G,. 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

Muster  In  of  the  Veterans — Homeward  Bound  —  Speech  of  General  Benton  — 
Arrival  at  Chicago  —  Reception  at  the  Soldiers'  Home —  Camp  Frye —  Back 
to  Memphis — The  New  Supply  of  Horses  and  Arms — Guntown  —  General 
Grierson's  Order. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

The  A.  J.  Smith  Expedition  in  Mississippi  —  Fights  at  Ripley,  Pontotoc,  Tupelo 
—  Charge  by  Forrest  and  Lee  —  Wild  Charge  of  Lieutenant  McMahon  with 
Two  Companies  —  Death  of  McMahon  —  Support  Sent  to  the  Charging  Com- 
panies—  Captain  McArthur  Wounded  —  Precarious  Position  of  Captain 
Buel  —  Attacking  the  Rebel  Breastworks,  Many  Wounded — Jesse  Hawes' 
Cool  Assurance  when  a  Prisoner. 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS.  XI 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

Second  Expedition  of  A.  J.  Smith  —  Hurricane  Creek  Fight  —  Flank  Move- 
ments—  Rebels  Driven  Away  from  Their  Dinner — Brilliant  Maneuver  of  the 
Ninth  under  Colonel  Burgh — Oldtown  Creek — Forrest's  Raid  on  Memphis — 
Attempt  to  Capture  Generals  Washburn  and  Hurl  but  —  Brave  Defense  of 
Captain  Cook  —  Colonel  Starr  Killed  —  Forrest  Driven  Out  —  Regiment  to 
White's  Station  —  Muster  Out  of  Nou- Veterans. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

The  Ninth  Marches  from  White's  Station  —  Clifton  and  Shoal  Creek  —  Savannah  — 
Hood's  Army  Threatening  —  Skirmish  at  Shoal  Creek  —  Severe  Fighting  on 
the  llth  and  19th  of  November  —  Captain  Harper  in  Command —  Capture  of 
Chalmers' Headquarters-Trains  and  Flags  by  Captain  Mock  —  Movement  to 
Butler  Creek  —  Captain  Carpenter's  Brave  Fight  on  Picket  —  Capture  of 
Couriers  with  Valuable  Dispatches —  Hard  Fight  of  Lieutenants  Hillier  and 
Niemeyer —  Captain  Mock's  Battalion  Cut  Off — The  Darkey  Guide  —  Adju- 
tant Power  a  Prisoner  —  Crossing  the  Ford  and  Arrival  in  Camp. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

Lawrenceburg — CaptainMcMannis'  Brave  Fight — Campbellville — Captain  Harper 
Again  in  Command — Five  Sergeants  Killed  and  Many  Others  Killed  and 
Wounded — Columbia — The  Fight  at  Franklin — Forrest  Driven  Back  Over  the 
River— Extract  from  Hood's  Book — The  Cavalry  at  Nashville — In  Camp  at 
Edgefield. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

The  Battle  of  Nashville — Brentwood — Franklin  Pike — Rutherford  Creek — Sugar 
Creek — Big  Creek — Ross'  Farm. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

The  Ninth  Marched  to  Eastport — To  Graveley  Springs — Short  Rations — Back  to 
Eastport — Camp  Equipage  Received — Promotions  in  Company  A. — Turn- 
ing Over  Horses  and  Carbines — Order  of  General  Wilson — Surrender  of  Lee 
and  Assassination  of  Lincoln — Return  of  Captain  Blackburn — Rebel  Soldiers 
Coming  in — March  to  Decatur — Orders  of  Generals  Hatch  and  Coon — New 
Supply  of  Horses  and  Arms — March  to  Montgomery — Amnesty  Officers 
Appointed. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

March  to  Gainesville — General  Hatch's  Farewell  Address — The  Second  Iowa 
Cavalry  Going  Home — Arrest  of  Two  Women — Lieutenant  Davenport's  Pro- 
test Against  Poor  Rations — Ordered  to  Selma  and  Muster  Out — Homeward 
Bound, and  the  Arrival  at  Springfield — Colonel  Harper's  Protest — Final  Pay- 
ment and  Discharge — "Good-bye." 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

Personal  Sketches  of  Field  and  Staff. 


Xii  TABLE    OF   CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 
Brief  Sketch  of  each  Company,  and  Company  Officers,  and  Comrades. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

From  the  Chicago  Tribune,  February  17,  1862  —  From  Adjutant-General  of 
Illinois — From  Andreas'  History  of  Chicago,  1885. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
Prison  Life,  by  C.  C.  White— Prison  Life,  by  W.  H.  Hecker. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

Sketch  byH.  M.  Buel— Sketch  by  W.  H.  Hecker— Sketch  by  T.  W.  Eaton- 
Sketch  by  G.  M.  Keller— Sketch  by  S.  D.  Cleland— Sketch  by  H.  A.  Haw- 
kins— Sketch  by  George  W.  Olmsted— Sketch  by  E.  P.  Ott— Sketch  by  P.  B. 
Bowser. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

Letters  from  General  Hatch — The  Shoal  Creek  Campaign,  by  Lyman  B.  Pierce, 
Color-Bearer  Second  Iowa  Cavalry — Letter  from  E.  Devendorf — Letter  from 
General  D.  E.  Coon. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

Samuel  VanSant  on  Picket — Two  Marriage  Incidents— General  Donelson's  Mules 
— Presentation  to  Colonel  Burgh  —  The  Recruit  on  Picket  —  Execution  at 
Memphis. 

CHAPTER    XXIX. 

Roll  of  Honor. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

The  Wounded  and  Prisoners. 

INDICES. 

Index  Personal  Sketches — Index  of  Illustrations. 


HISTORY  OF  THE 

• 

9TH  REGIMENT  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY 

VOLUNTEERS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

ORGANIZATION  OF  REGIMENT —  ORDER  OF  THE  SECRETARY  OF  WAR  — 
LETTER   OF    GOVERNOR    YATES — WHERE   RECRUITED  —  CAMP 
LIFE  —  OUTFIT    OF    HORSES  —  CAMP    SCENES  —  DISCONTENT  — 
ASKING  FOR  ORDERS. 

THE  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers  was  organized  in  the  fall 
of  1861,  by  Colonel  Albert  G.  Brackett.  At  this  time  it  had 
become  apparent  to  the  most  casual  observer  of  events  that  the 
leaders  of  the  Rebellion  were  inaugurating  and  carrying  on  that 
which  to  them  had  been  a  long  cherished  and  well  matured 
scheme  to  sever  their  connection  with  the  Free  North,  and  to 
establish  a  separate  government ;  and  to  attain  this  result  the 
prominent  men  of  the  South,  many  of  whom  were  holding  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  trust  under  the  General  Government,  had  been 
working  and  plotting  for  years,  using  all  their  opportunities  to 
the  utmost  to  further  their  cause.  These  same  leaders,  by  all  the 
arts  of  which  they  were  masters,  and  a  fierce  determination  to 
succeed,  aroused  the  Southern' people,  and  the  active  support  of 
impulsive  and  ambitious  men,  who  little  knowing  and  caring  less 
for  the  fearful  cost  of  war,  rushed  forward  to  aid  in  achieving, 

13 

* 


14  HISTORY    OF   THE 

as  they  said,  independence  and  a  place  among  nations  as  a  sepa- 
rate State,  styled  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

In  those  early  days,  with  the  preparations  that  had  been 
going  on  for  years,  the  seceding  States  were  in  much  better  shape 
to  place  large  armies  in  the  field  than  was  the  North. 

For  four  years  during  the  weak  administration  of  President 
Buchanan,  the  management  of  affairs  at  "Washington  Jiad  been 
largely  under  the  control  of  traitors  to  their  country.  Jefferson 
Davis,  in  the  Senate,  Floyd,  Secretary  of  War,  had  been  scatter- 
ing our  navy  and  sending  arms  and  munitions  of  war  to  various 
points  in  the  South  where,  when  the  time  came,  they  could  be 
turned  over  to  the  seceding  States  or  easily  captured  by  them 
So  when  the  election  of  Abraham  Lincoln  took  place  in  1860, 
and  it  appeared  that  they  could  no  longer  count  on  the  aid  of 
Northern  dough-faces  to  bulldoze  the  Nation  in  their  interest, 
they  seized  upon  the  pretext  that  their  favorite  doctrine  of 
"  States  Rights  "  was  to  be  infringed  upon,  to  withdraw  from  the 
federation  of  States,  and  one  after  another  passed  ordinances  of 
secession  from  the  Union. 

Now  it  became  known  that  a  great  struggle  was  upon  us,  and 
the  Government  set  itself  vigorously  to  work  to  organize  an  army 
to  put  down  armed  treason  in  the  land. 

The  original  call  of  the  President  was  for  75,000  volunteers. 
Then  -another  call  was  made  for  300,000,  soon  followed  by  the 
third  call  for  300,000  more. 

To  each  and  all  of  these  calls,  the  patriotic  men  of  the  North 
responded  promptly,  and  more  men  offered  their  services  than 
would  be  needed,  or  could  be  speedily  equipped  and  put  into  the 
field. 

They  came  from  the  East,  the  West,  the  North,  not  many 
from  the  South,  and  offered  their  services  to  maintain  the  suprem- 
acy of  the  Government  and  the  honor  of  the  Old  Flag. 

At  this  time  Col.  A.  G.  Brackett  of  the  regular  army,  was  au- 
thorized by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  raise  a  regiment  of  Cavalry 
at  the  West.  Authority  for  the  same  was  contained  in  the  fol- 
lowing order: 

WAH  DEPARTMENT,  6th  August,  1861. 

Captain  Albert  G.  Brackett,  of  the  Second  Regiment  United  States  Cavalry,  is 
permitted  to  go  to  Illinois,  or  any  other  of  the  Western  States,  for  the  purpose  of 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  15 

raising  a  regiment  of  volunteers  to  serve  during  the  war.  Whenever  ready,  they 
will  be  mustered  into  the  service  by  companies,  and  subsisted,  clothed,  and 
equipped  by  the  United  States.  For  this  purpose  a  furlough  for  one  month  from 
the  10th  inst.  is  allowed  him. 

[Signed]  SIMON  CAMERON, 

Secretary  of  War. 

At  this  early  day  it  was  not  supposed  that  much  cavalry  would 
be  required,  and  it  was  understood  that  this  regiment  would  be  the 
"  First  Western  Cavalry."  This,  however,  proved  not  to  be  the 
case,  and  it  was  only  for  a  very  short  time  that  the  regiment  was 
so  designated,  as  will  be  apparent  from  the  following  letters.  The 
question  of  the  first  name  and  designation  of  our  regiment  having 
frequently  been  discussed  by  comrades,  I  have  taken  pains  to  in- 
vestigate the  official  record  in  regard  to  the  same,  and  I  find  on 
file  in  the  Adjutant  General's  office  in  Springfield,  111.,  but  two 
letters  or  papers  in  which  the  regiment  is  designated  otherwise 
than  as  the  "Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry."  These  two  are  subjoined: 

CHICAGO,  Ills.,  Sept.  30,  1861. 
To  His  Excellency  Richard  Yates,  Governor  of  Illinois: 

Sir: — On  the  6th  day  of  August,  1861,  Honorable  Simon  Cameron,  Secretary 
of  "War,  authorized  me  to  raise  a  regiment  of  mounted  volunteers  in  the  West^n 
States.  Acting  on  this  authority,  I  have  been  at  work,  and  have  nearly  organ^d 
a  regiment  which  I  have  named  the  "  First  Western  Cavalry ."  Will  your  Ex- 
cellency be  kind  enough  to  recognize  the  regiment,  and,  if  deemed  advisable,  in- 
corporate it  among  the  Illinois  troops. 

I  would  respectfully  ask  Your  Excellency  to  make  the  following  appoint- 
ments, viz. : 

Albert  G.  Brackett  to  be  Colonel,  September  1,  1861;  Wesley  Owens  to  be 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  September  1,  1861;  Rosell  M.  Hough  to  be  Major,  September 
27,  1881;  Hiram  F.  Sickles  to  be  Major,  September  24,  1861;  Hector  J.  Humphrey 
to  be  Major,  September  25,  1861;  Joseph  II.  Knox  to  be  Adjutant,  September  14, 
1861;  Samuel  II.  Price  to  be  Quartermaster,  September  14,  1861;  James  W. 
Brackett  to  be  Surgeon,  September  10,  1861;  William  A.  Knox  to  be  Assistant- 
Surgeon,  September  19,  1861 ;  O.  Winsor  Briggs,  to  be  Chaplain,  September  25, 
1861. 

COMPANY  A. — Captain,  Harry  B.  Burgh,  from  September  18,  1861;  First 
Lieutenant,  William  C.  Blackburn,  from  September  18,  1861;  Second  Lieutenant, 
William  M.  Benton,  from  September  18,  1861. 

COMPANY  B. — Captain,  Hector  J.  Humphrey,  from  September  19,  1861 — 
promoted  Major,  September  25,  1861;  First  Lieutenant,  Thaddeus  W.  O.  Braffett, 
September  19,  1861 — promoted  Captain,  September  25,  1861. 

COMPANY  C. — Captain,  John  S.  Buckles,  from  September  19,  1861;  First 
Lieutenant,  Charles  W.  Blakemore,  from  September  19,  1861;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Francis  II.  McArthur,  from  September  19,  1861. 


16  HISTORY    OF    THE 

COMPANY  D.— Captain,  William  J.  Wallis,  from  September  26, 1861;  Firstr 
Lieutenant,  Llewllyn  Cowen,  from  September  26,  1861 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  John 
H.  McMahon,  from  September  26,  1861. 

These  companies  are  all  full,  and  have  been  mustered  into  the  service.  The 
regiment  will  be  twelve  companies  strong,  and  is  therefore  entitled  to  three 
majors.  I  think  I  shall  be  able  to  muster  in  four  more  companies  this  week,  and 
will  forward  the  names  of  the  commissioned  officers  to  Your  Excellency. 

Hoping  that  what  I  have  done  in  this  matter  will  meet  with  your  approval,  I 
have  the  honor  to  be 

Your  Excellency's  obedient  servant, 

[Signed]  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT, 

Colonel  First  Western  Cavalry. 

CAMP  DOUGLAS,  Chicago,  October  9,  1861. 
To  His  Excellency  Richard  Yates,  Governor  of  Illinois: 

Sir: — Herewith  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  you  a  consolidated  monthly 
report  of  the  First  Regiment  Western  Cavalry,  which  is  sent  in  accordance  to 
your  request  of  the  9th  inst.  Some  of  my  companies  have  already  been  mus- 
tered into  the  United  States  service  by  me. 

I  am  Your  Excellency's  obedient  servant, 
[Signed]  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT, 

Colonel  First  Western  Cavalry. 

Other  cavalry  regiments  were  formed,  and  after  this  period 
the  regiment  was  known  and  designated  as  the  Ninth  Regiment 
IlJfciois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  having  in  its  ranks  ten  companies 
from  Illinois  and  two  from  Indiana.  The  first  company  to  ar- 
rive at  the  rendezvous  was  Company  A  from  liock  Island,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1861.  Then  followed  B  and  C  from  Geneseo  and 
Cambridge,  111.,  D  from  Chicago,  E  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  F 
from  Chicago,  G  from  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  H  from  Kewanee,  111.,  I 
from  Belvidere,  111.,  K  from  Princeton,  111.,  L  from  Chicago,  and 
M  from  Onarga,  111.,  and  thus  was  gathered  at  Camp  Douglas, 
three  miles  south  of  the  Court  House,  and  mustered  into  the- 
volunteer  cavalry  service  for  three  years  or  during  the  war,  as 
fine  a  body  of  men  as  any  in  the  army  that  helped  to  save  our  be- 
loved country  from  disruption. 

There  were  some  of  us  who  had  known  Colonel  Brackett  person- 
ally, and  many  more  who  knew  his  military  reputation  to  be  that 
of  an  experienced,  brave  and  dashing  cavalry  officer,  under  whose 
leadership  we  were  proud  to  be,  and  of  whom  great  things  were 
to  be  expected.  He  was  a  severe  disciplinarian,  and  immediately 
set  to  work  in  the  drill,  and  the  various  duties  that  fall  to  the  lot 
of  the  recruit,  and  are  necessities  in  the  making  of  good  soldiers. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  17 

For  this  work  he  was  well  qualified  by  his  long  service  in  the  army 
and  the  experience  gained  thereby. 

CAMP    LIFE. 

Well  do  I  remember  that  dreary  September  morning  when 
Companies  B  and  C  left  the  cars  a  full  mile"  from  our  future 
camp,  and  the  walk  across  the  prairie;  then  we  came  in  sight  of 
the  old  barracks,  at  that  time  two  or  three  long,  low  buildings 
with  a  few  boards  in  the  attic,  and  rough  bunks,  or  only  a  little 
hay  to  sleep  on. 

Captain  Burgh's  Company  A,  already  there,  greeted  us 
with  cheers,  and  we  wandered  around  viewing  with  curious  eyes 
everything  that  seemed  so  strange,  but  to  which  we  soon  became 
accustomed  in  our  four  months'  stay  in  the  camps.  It  was  not 
long  before  we  were  called  to  our  first  breakfast  in  camp,  and  we 
did  full  justice  to  strong  coffee,  baker's  bread,  and  meat,  which 
were  the  principal  articles  of  our  bill  of  fare.  It  was  not  long 
ere  it  began  to  rain,  and  we  huddled  together  under  cover  as 
much  as  possible.  Dreary  enough,  and  many,  no  doubt,  felt 
rather  blue  when  they  compared  their  surroundings  and  future 
prospects  with  the  comfortable  homes  and  plenty  they  had  left 
behind  them.  Still  we  were  all  patriotic,  and  the  novelty  of  the 
situation  did  much  to  repress  any  feeling  of  homesickness  that 
would  otherwise  have  been  experienced. 

Quartermaster  Samuel  H.  Price  was  very  active,  and  did 
everything  in  his  power  to  make  us  as  comfortable  as  possible; 
as  he  seemed  to  be  the  main  man  in  camp,  nearly  all  were  besieg- 
ing him  for  something.  The  two  most  important  things  being 
enough  to  eat  and  blankets  sufficient  to  keep  us  warm.  Of  the 
latter  there  was  for  a  time  quite  a  scarcity,  but  as  many  of  the 
boys  had  brought  shawls,  comforts,  etc.,  from  home  we  did  not 
feel  entirely  desolate. 

Here  I  desire  to  mention  one,  who  no  doubt  many  will  remem- 
ber, Quartermaster-Sei'geant  John  P.  Harvey,  the  indefatigable 
assistant  to  Quartermaster  Price,  who  in  those  first  days,  and  in- 
deed until  he  left  us,  did  so  much  for  our  comfort  and  welfare. 
He  joined  a  regiment  at  Springfield  in  December,  1861,  where  he 
was  appointed  to  be  a  Captain,  and  soon  thereafter  died. 


•[3  HISTORY    OF   THE 

It  was  not  long  before  we  were  supplied  with  tents,  and,  to  ac- 
commodate all,  it  required  two  hundred  and  eighty,  apportioned 
as  follows  :  ten  for  Headquarters,  Hospitals,  etc.,  two  for  each 
Company  of  wall  tents,  and  one  "A  "or  wedge  tent  for  each  four 
non-commissioned  officers,  and  one  for  each  five  enlisted  men.  A 
few  days  were  spent  in  putting  up  and  arranging,  laying  floors  in 
some  of  the  tents,  etc. 

Now  began  our  regular  camp  life.  Reveille  at  6  A.  M.,  a 
hasty  dressing,  and  a  rather  sleepy  set  of  men  appeared  in  front 
of  each  company's  quarters.  They  are  aligned  in  double  rank. 
The  First  Sergeant  calls  the  roll,  when  every  man,  unless  on 
duty  or  detached  from  his  regiment,  is  expected  to  be  present 
and  answer  to  his  name.  A  careful  inspection  by  the  officers, 
then  break  ranks.  "Stable  call"  comes  next,  when  every  man 
goes  and  feeds  his  horse.  The  next,  in  order,  is  breakfast,  after 
which  the  detail  for  guard  and  fatigue  duty  is  made.  Later  the 
Surgeon  has  the  bugle  sound  "sick  call  or  quinine,"  "officers' 
call,"  and  soon  thereafter  comes  officers',  company,  and  squad 
drill.  As  I  write,  how  vividly  those  first  days  of  camp-life  come 
up.  Officers'  drill  took  place  at  8  o'clock.  Sometimes  under  the 
instruction  of  the  Colonel,  but  generally  by  Captain  Burgh,  who, 
by  his  thorough  education  and  drill  in  the  military  school,  was 
well  qualified  to  teach  the  intricacies  of  sword  practice. 
Many  of  the  commissioned  officers  had  been  presented  with  dress 
:swords,  before  they  came  from  home,  by  admiring  and  loving 
friends,  and  were  ready  and  anxious  to  perfect  themselves  in 
sword  exercise.  "While  they  were  so  engaged,  many  of  the 
enlisted  men  would  stand  off  at  a  respectful  distance  to  see  them  go 
through  the  motions  of  "  cut,  thrust,  parry,  en  tierce,  en  carte, 
"*  moulenetU]  "  etc.,  but  I  doubt  not  that,  when  these  same  well- 
drilled  officers  came  to  a  charge,  if  many  of  them  ever  thought 
whether  they  might  not  annihilate  the  enemy  just  as  well  by  a 
"plain  saber-stroke"  as  though  it  was  done  scientifically  and  by 
rule.  Then  came  the  company  and  squad  drill,  which  took  place 
in  the  large  field  directly  west  of  camp.  One  01  more  commis- 
sioned officers  of  each  would  take  the  whole  company  out,  and 
put  them  through  their  steps,  "  left,  left,"  etc.,  usually  with  a 
book  of  "  tactics  "  in  hand.  Then  the  squad  drill  by  a  Sergeant 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  19 

or  Corporal,  who  was  supposed  to  be  better  posted  than  the  men, 
and  to  have  studied  up  the  "  Cavalry  drill  on  foot."  And  I 
remember  well  we  used  to  like  to  drill  well  out  to  the  west  side 
of  the  field,  and  often  come  back  with  two  or  three  pails  of  fresh 
milk.  There  was  a  cow  pasture  on  that  side. 

The  regiments  were  assigned  to  quarters  in  what  was  called 
"  Camp  Fremont,"  but,  October  6th,  moved  to  Camp  Douglas. 

The  winter  was  approaching,  and  our  horses  began  to  arrive. 
The  carpenters  were  busy  preparing  comfortable  quarters  for 
their  reception,  and  erected  twelve  long  stables,  each  capable  of 
holding  a  hundred  or  more.  These  buildings  were  put  up  at  the 
west  and  south  of  the  camp,  and  some  five  hundred  feet  from 
company  quarters.  Soon  the  complement  of  horses  was  com- 
pleted, and  all  were  well  mounted.  We  were  peculiarly  fortunate 
in  the  selection  of  the  mount,  in  having  men  who  thoroughly 
understood  their  duties  as  inspectors.  The  regular  inspector  was 
assisted,  most  of  the  time,  by  Captain  Ira  R.  Gifford,  of  Com- 
pany E,  a  most  excellent  judge  of  horses.  But  few,  if  any, 
passed  their  rigid  scrutin}T,  that  were  not  sound  and  well  fitted 

for  the  service.     Soon  we  were .  furnished  with  our  McClellan 

• 

saddles,  the  best  in  the  world,  and  cavalry  drill  began  in  earnest. 
Now  Colonel  Brackett  was  in  his  element,  and  our  education  in 
the  school  of  the  trooper,  mounted,  began,  and  was  carried  on 
systematically  and  regularly. 

A  very  large  proportion  of  our  men  were  from  the  country, 
and  had  been  used  to  horses  all  their  lives.  These  soon  made 
excellent  horsemen.  •  As  1  look  back  now,  it  appears  to  me 
that  our  regiment,  as  a  whole,  made  splendid  progress.  True, 
we  had  some  rather  heavy  weights  with  short,  fat,  stubby  legs, 
to  whom  it  was  a  severe  strain  to  mount  our  tall  horses,  but 
though  for  a  time  we  witnessed  many  amusing  incidents,  it  was 
not  long  before  all  were  at  least  fairly  good  horsemen,  and  the 
large  proportion  sat  their  steeds  like  "  Centaurs." 

In  the  various  parades  through  the  city,  each  company  with 
horses  of  uniform  color  (Colonel  Brackett  with  his  brilliant  staff 
at  the  front  of  the  column),  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  as 
fine  a  body  of  men  as  one  would  meet  in  a  lifetime,  and  re- 
ceived many  compliments  for  their  soldierly  appearance. 


20  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Many  of  the  officers  and  men  were  Chicago  citizens.  The 
people  manifested  great  pride  in  their  splendid  regiment,  and  did 
much  to  make  our  camp  life  pleasant.  In  the  daily  routine  of  camp 
life,  and  the  various  duties  and  exactions  of  a  soldier's  life,  even  in  . 
camp,  there  was  much  that  was  monotonous,  but  many  were 
cheered  by  visits  from  friends  from  home  and  the  people  #f 
the  city,  very  many  of  whom  came  to  camp  to  see  the  gay  soldier 
boys. 

During  the  fall  and  winter,  the  larger  part  of  the  men  com- 
posing the  regiment  had  received  short  furloughs,  and  visited 
home  and  friends,  but  in  January,  1862,  nearly  or  quite  all  had 
been  called  back,  as  it  was  expected  that  we  should  receive 
marching  orders  at  any  moment,  and  be  sent  to  the  iront,  and 
this  was  a  consummation  devoutly  wished  by  all.  The  Colonel 
and  every  man  in  the  'regiment  were  anxiously  awaiting  the  time 
when  the  Ninth  Eegiment  Illinois  Cavalry  should  receive  their 
arms,  equipments,  etc.,  and  be  ordered  to  the  field. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  period  that  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry  were  in  Camp  Douglas,  there  was  considerable  discon- 
tent among  both  officers  andtmen  at  what  seemed  to  be  an  un- 
necessary delay  in  moving  our  regiment  to  the  front ;  the  mem- 
bers of  the  regiment  not  realizing  or  appreciating  the  stupendous 
work  devolving  upon  both  the  General  Government  and  the  State 
as  well,  to  bring  into  the  field  and  properly  equip  the  immense 
body  of  troops  then  being  organized.  The  two  letters  following 
are  taken  from  a  large  number  on  file  at  Springfield,  and  go  to 
show  that  those  having  the  best  interests  of  the  regiment  at 
heart  were  thoroughly  in  sympathy  with  a  "  forward  movement." 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  NORTHERN  DISTRICT,      ) 
CHICAGO,  February  10,  1862.  ) 

COLONEL: — I  send  Major  Sickles  to  Springfield  to  visit  the  Governor  and 
yourself,  about  starting  my  regiment,  if  possible,  away  from  this  place.  We  are 
all  getting  tired  out  here,  and  wish  to  go  into  active  service.  I  know  you  will  do 
anything  you  can  to  help  me. 

A  telegram  to  General  Halleck  from  you  or  the  Governor  would,  I  think, 
accomplish  the  object.  Please  assist  Major  Sickles,  and  greatly  oblige 

Your  obedient  servant, 

[Signed]  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT, 

To  COLONEL  J.  H.  TUCKER,  Colonel  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

Adjutant-General  of  Illinois. 


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HEADQUARTERS  CAMP  DOUGLAS, 
CHICAGO,  January  10,  1862. 

To  His  Excellency  Richard  Tates,  Governor  of  Illinois: 

SIR: — The  Ninth  Regiment  Illinois  Cavalry,  which  I  have  the  honor  to  com- 
mand, is  now  full  and  ready  to  take  the  field.  I  am  most  anxious  to  go  into 
active  service,  and  this  feeling  is  shared  by  every  officer  and  man  in  the  Regi- 
rtfent.  I  would,  therefore,  most  respectfully  ask  of  you  to  telegraph  to  General 
Halleck,  to  move  my  Regiment  at  once  to  St.  Louis  or  Cairo,  or  to  such  other  point 
as  you  and  the  General  may  think  best. 

I  am,  your  most  obedient  servant, 

[Signed]  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT, 

Colonel  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 


CHAPTEE   II. 

MARCHING  ORDERS  —  DEPARTURE  FOR  BENTON  BARRACKS,  Mo.  — 
FLAG  PRESENTATION  —  ARRIVAL  AT  CAMP  DOUGLAS  OF  FIVE 
THOUSAND  PRISONERS  —  OUTFIT  OF   ARMS  AND   TRAIN  —  DE- 
PARTURE FOR  PILOT  KNOB,  Mo.  —  ARRIVAL  AT  REEVES    STA- 
TION, Mo.  —  ASSIGNED  TO  THE  COMMAND  OF  GENERAL  STEELE. 

ON  the  15th  of  February,  1862,  the  order  to  move  forward 
arrived.    We  had  not,  however,  received  our  arms,  but 
yet  all  were  glad  of  a  change. 

The  objective  point  was  Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  Mo.> 
where  it  was  supposed  our  final  outfit  for  field  service  would 
be  made.  Everything  in  camp  was  lively,  with  the  necessary 
activity  incident  to  the  removal  and  transportation  of  so  large 
a  regiment. 

The  start  was  made  February  16th,  the  very  day  of  the  fall 
of  Fort  Donelson,  which  was  that  day  surrendered  to  the  then 
coming  man,  "  Unconditional  Surrender  Grant."  The  move- 
ment of  the  regiment  occupied  three  days,  one  battalion  each, 
the  Sixteenth,  Seventeenth,  and  Eighteenth,  via,  the  St.  Louis 
&  Alton  Railway.  It  required  one  hundred  and  thirty  cars  to 
transport  the  nearly  eleven  hundred  men  and  almost  twelve  hun- 
dred horses,  and  the  stores  belonging  to  the  regiment. 

Before  the  Ninth  left  Chicago,  Miss  Florence  D.  Scammon, 
daughter  of  Hon.  J.  Young  Scammon,  and  the  sister  of  Lieu- 
tenant Scammon,  of  the  Ninth,  presented  the  regiment  with  a 
beautiful  standard.  Colonel  Bracket!,  in  behalf  of  the  regiment, 
responded  with  the  following  letter  from  Benton  Barracks,  Mo.  : 

HEADQUARTERS  NINTH  REGIMENT  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY,  ) 
BENTON  BARRACKS,  Mo.,  February  20,  1862.      \ 

To  Miss  FLORENCE  A.D.  SCAMMON: —  In  behalf  of  the  officers  and  men  of  the 
Ninth  Regiment  of  Illinois  Cavalry,  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  thank  you  for  the 
beautiful  standard  which  you  have  presented  to  the  regiment.  Under  its  folds, 
we  will  march  to  victory,  and  hereafter  it  will  be  prized  as  an  honorable  emblem 
of  the  gallantry  of  the  Illinois  troops,  who  have  proved  themselves  "  the  bravest 

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of  the  brave  "  on  every  field.  We  shall  shield  the  flag  from  all  danger.  The 
motto  of  your  family,  Confide  in  Domino,  is  adopted  as  the  mottoof  the  regiment. 
With  a  sincere  trust  in  the  Lord,  and  a  faith  that  He  will,  in  His  own  good  time, 
give  back  to  us  the  blessings  of  peace  and  a  Union  more  prosperous  and  happy 
than  ever. 

Again  I  thank  you  for  the  standard,  and  promise  you  that  whatever  may 
happen  to  us,  it  shall  never  be  dishonored. 

I  am,  with  great  respect,  your  obedient  servant, 

(Signed).  ALBERT  G.  BRACEKTT, 

Colonel  Nintli  Illinois  Cavalry. 

The  writer,  then  Quartermaster-Sergeant  of  the  regiment, 
was  left  at  Chicago  by  Captain  Price  to  arrange  some  business 
in  his  department,  and  wras  in  Camp  Douglas  when  five  thousand 
prisoners  arrived  from  Fort  Donelson.  These  were  a  very  defiant 
set  of  men,  especially  considering  that  they  had  just  been  nicely 
taken  in  by  the  Yankees,  whose  prowess  they  affected  to  de- 
spise so  much.  Having  finished  the  business  entrusted  to  me, 
Friday,  February  21st,  in  company  with  Major  Sickles,  Captain 
Chidester,  and  Adjutant  Waterbury.  I  started  for  St.  Louis,  ar- 
riving there  about  12  M.  February  22d.  We  found  the  citv  in 

V  •/ 

gala  array,  and  the  soldiers  from  the  barracks  parading  in  fine 
style  ;  the  cavalry  especially,  and  the  Ninth  among  them,  show- 
ing up  gayly,  and  being  reviewed  by  Major-General  Halleck  from 
his  headquarters.  It  was  said  to  be  the  finest  parade  ever  seen 
in  St.  Louis,  and  I  was  proud  of  the  splendid  appearance  of  the 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  After  dinner  found  the  regiment  at 
Benton  Barracks,  about  four  miles  out ;  also,  about  five  thousand 
other  troops  preparing  for  the  front.  Here  the  Ninth  were  located, 
and  were  rapidly  receiving  their  outfit  of  general  supplies, — 
wagons,  mules,  and  a  full  outfit  for  the  field.  There  we  re- 
ceived our  first  arms,  a  regulation  sabre,  and  Colt's  navy,  and 
the  Remington,  revolver  for  each  trooper,  and  about  one  hundred 
Hall's  carbines.  Everything  being  in  readiness  in  a  few  days, 
February  26th,  five  companies  of  the  Ninth  left  St.  Louis  by  the 
Iron  Mountain  Railroad  for  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  one  hundred  miles 
southeast.  On  the  27th,  five  more  companies  moved  out,  and 
March  1st  the  last  of  the  regiment  (having  been  obliged  to  wait 
the  return  of  cars  from  Pilot  Knob)  were  sent  forward.  Here 
we  completed,  as  far  as  possible,  the  outfit  of  the  regiment,  two 
hundred  and  four  mules,  thirty-four  army  wagons,  and  general 


2-t  HISTORY    OF    THZ. 

quartermaster's  supplies.  This  being  the  last  outlying  post, 
we  here  organized  our  mule  train  for  the  first  time.  To  the 
most  of  us,  it  was  amusing  in  the  extreme  to  see  the  men  Avho 
were  detailed  as  wagoners  and  teamsters  capture  the  mules  in 
the  corral;  some  had  to  be  caught  with  a  lasso,  and  then  har- 
nessed to  the  great  army  wagons,  six  mules  to  each.  A  good 
portion  of  them  were  wild  as  deer,  never  having  seen  a  harness, 
much  less  had  one  on  their  backs.  Many  will  recall  "Bill" 
Banks,  the  jolly  wagoner  from  Company  E,  who,  with  a  large 
fund  of  good  humor,  combined  with  shrewd  common  sense, 
pluck,  and  perseverance,  accomplished  wonders. 

From  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  commenced  our  first  field  experience 
March  6,  1862,  and  our  march  into  Dixie  began.  As  we  wound 
our  way  on  those  pleasant  spring  days,  how  little  it  really 
seemed  that  we  were  actually  in  an  enemy's  country.  The 
long  line  of  cavalry,  with  their  sabres  and  arms  gleaming  in  the 
bright  sun,  the  handsome  standard  of  the  regiment,  the  gay 
guidons  of  each  company,  then  the  long  line  of  wagons  carry- 
ing a  large  amount  of  ammunition,  camp  equipage,  and  stores, 
formed  a  picture  long  to  be  remembered. 

The  first  objective  point  was  Greenville,  Mo.,  and  a  train 
with  supplies  started  in  advance  for  that  place,  with  an  escort 
under  the  command  of  Lieutenant  Blakemore.  The  remainder 
of  the  regiment  soon  followed,  and  arrived  at  Eeeves  Station 
on  the  Big  Black  Kiver,  March  13th.  Here  there  was  a  ferry,  but 
as  it  did  not  seem  to  be  in  operation  just  at  this  time ;  when  the 
river  was  reached  Colonel  Brackett  was  somewhere  near  the 
center  of  the  column,  and  Company  A,  being  in  advance  under 
the  command  of  their  Captain,  Burgh,  and  as  they  had  no  orders 
to  halt,  plunged  into  the  stream,  and  crossed  in  safety  to  the 
opposite  side.  The  other  companies  followed  closely ;  and, 
though  the  stream  was  broad,  and  in  some  places  pretty  deep, 
the  most  of  them  crossed  in  safety.  It  was  not  long,  however, 
before  the  banks  became  badly  demoralized  with  such  a  large 
body  of  horsemen  climbing  up  the  banks,  and  quite  a  number 
became  not  only  wet  but  very  muddy,  the  Colonel  with  the  rest, 
so  it  can  easily  be  imagined  that  all  were  not  in  the  most  amiable 
mood. 


HARRY  B,   HURG-H, 

Lieutenant    Colonel. 


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Reeves  Station,  where  the  regiment  remained  for  some  time, 
is  fifty-five  miles  from  Pilot  Knob  and  thirty -five  from  the  State 
of  Arkansas. 

Here  we  were  assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade  of  Gen.  Frank 
Steele's  Division,  serving  in  the  district  of  Southeast  Missouri. 
The  Brigade  as  formed  here  was  composed  of  the  Fifth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  Colonel  "Wilson;  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Colonel 
Brackett ;  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  Col.  Conrad  Baker  (after- 
ward Governor  of  Indiana) ;  the  Thirty-third  Illinois  Infantry, 
Col.  Chas.  E.  Hovey  ;  and  the  Thirty-eighth  Illinois  Infantry, 
Colonel  Carlin. 

Here  we  learned  that  a  large  force  of  Confederate  troops  was 
concentrated  at  Pocahontas,  Ark. ,  and  we  expected  to  encounter 
them  there.  Our  camp  was  very  pleasantly  situated  in  the  woods, 
and  near  the  river,  which  was  here  very  swift.  Later  the  troops 
took  possession  of  the  ferry,  and  it  was  run  by  means  of  a  rope  so 
arranged  that  the  current  of  the  stream  was  the  motive  power. 
"We  paid  no  toll  here,  though  we  were  made  glad  by  the  presence 
of  the  United  States  Paymaster,  and  this  was  the  last  time  dur- 
ing our  term  that  we  were  paid  according  to  contract  in  specie. 

The  question  of  rank  and  promotion  (always  a  vexatious  one 
in  the  volunteer  service)  was  one  that  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry 
could  not  escape,  and  as  more  or  less  feeling  was  engenderd  there- 
by, Colonel  Brackett  -addressed  the  folloAving  letter  to  the  Ad- 
jutant-General of  Illinois,  to  know  officially  on  what  ground  he 
stood,  and  what  action  would  be  taken  by  the  authorities  at  Spring- 
field in  regard  to  commissions  in  the  regiment.  The  letter  is  to 
the  point,  and  very  judiciously  worded. 

CAMP  AT  BLACK  RIVER,  Mo.,  MARCH  16,  1862. 

COLONEL:  I  wish  to  know  what  course  the  Governor  and  yourself  wish  to 
have  adopted,  relative  to  promotions  and  appointments  in  this  regiment.  I  think 
the  method  adopted  in  the  United  States  Army  is  the  best  one,  leaving  it  to  the 
Colonel  to  reward  merit,  and  bravery,  where  and  when  deserved.  Seniority 
always  entitles  an  officer  to  promotion,  and  should  not  be  overlooked  without 
there  are  grave  reasons  to  the  contrary.  Seniority  and  merit  are  the  principal 
claims  for  promotion,  and  hereafter  I  will  act  in  accordance  with  this  view  unless 
it  is  the  wish  of  the  Governor  and  yourself  that  I  should  do  otherwise. 

Your  obedient  servant, 
[Signed]  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT, 

Colonel  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 


26  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

March  22d,  General  Steele  arrived  in  camp,  and  it  was  expect- 
ed that  we  should  immediately  move  forward.  We  did  not,  how- 
ever, until  the  8th  of  April,  when  \vemarched  eighteen  miles,  and 
encamped  on  two  side  hills  by  the  side  of  a  beautiful  stream  of 
water.  This  place  was  named  in  honor  of  our  colonel,  "Camp 
Brackett."  April  16th,  the  writer  was  sent  to  St.  Louis  on  Quar- 
termaster business,  and  rejoined  the  regiment  again  near  Poca- 
hontas,  Ark.,  the  latter  part  of  the  month.  April  27th,  arrived 
at  the  Currant  River,  which  is  the  State  line  .between  Missouri 
and  Arkansas. 

From  Reeves  Station,  Mo.,  to  Pocahontas,  Ark.,  we  had  nu- 
merous skirmishes  with  Captain  Sleeper's  Confederate  Company, 
capturing  a  number  of  prisoners  with  no  loss  on  our  side.  Ar- 
rived at  Pocahontas  April  30th,  where  General  Steele  issued  the 
following  order,  which  shows  very  clearly  the  delicate  and  kid- 
glove  fashion  in  which  at  that  time  the  war  for  the  suppression 
of  treason  and  rebellion  was  then  being  conducted  : 

HEADQUARTERS  SOUTHEAST  DISTRICT  OF  MISSOURI,  ) 
POCAHONTAS,  ARK.,  April  29,  1862.         J 
GENERAL  ORDER  No.  11. 

1.  The  attention  of  all  officers  of  the  command  is  called  to  General  Order 
No.  3,  series  1861,  Headquarters  Department  of  Missouri,  prohibiting  fugitive 
slaves  and  unauthorized  persons  from  coming  within  the  lines. 

2.  Straggling  on  the  march  is  positively  prohibited,  and  all  marauders  will 
be  severely  punished.     No  property  of  any  description  whatever  will  be  taken 
from  citizens  without  compensation.     Army  officers  having  cognizance  of  a  viola- 
tion of  this  order  will  immediately  report  the  facts  to  these  Headquarters. 

By  order  of  Brigader  General  Fred  H.  Steele. 

[Signed]  J.  M.   PADDOCK, 

Assistant  Adjutant- General. 

May  4th.  In  camp  at  Bird's  Point,  Ark.,  fifteen  miles  from 
Jacksonport,  which  place  the  command  expected  to  reach  the  next 
day.  Two  companies  sent  forward  as  an  advance. 


CHAPTER  III. 

ARRIVAL    AT   JACKSONPORT,    ARK. —  COLONEL    MATLOCK,    CAPTAIN 
SLEEPERS   GUERILLAS  —  A  NOTE   OF  WARNING  —  JOINING  THE* 
ARMY  OF  GENERAL  CURTIS  —  MURDER  OF   PRIVATES  JENKINS 
AND  PRINGLE  —  FIGHT  AT  WADDELL  FARM. 

MAY  6,  1862.  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  arrived  at  Jack- 
sonport,  Ark.,  after  a  long,  but  on  the  whole  not  unpleas- 
ant, march  [from  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  of  just  two  months'  duration. 

The  town  has  been  one  of  considerable  importance,  is  pleas- 
antlv  situated  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Black  River,  near  where 
it  forks  with  the  clear  and  appropriately  named  White  River, 
sixty  miles  from  Pocahontas,  and  about  one  hundred  miles  equi- 
distant from  Memphis  and  Little  Rock,  and  some  twenty-five 
miles  from  Batesville,  Ark.,  where  General  Curtis  had  a  large 
army.  The  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  being  in  the  advance,  had  a 
sharp  skirmish  .with  Hooker's  men  in  the  town,  killing  three 
and  capturing  a  number  of  prisoners.  In  this  vicinity  we  found 
Colonel  Matlock  in^command  of  the  larger  part  of  the  Guerilla 
bands  ready  to  pick  off  our  soldiers  on  all  occasions,  and  Captain 
Hooker,  his  trusted  Lieutenant  and  Boss  Guerilla,  had  about  one 
hundred  and  forty  men  ;  Independent  Cavalry,  he  calls  them ; 
Guerillas,  bushwhackers,  and  murderers,  we  found  them  to  be. 

Had  it  not  been  that  Mrs.  Hooker  was  boarding  at  Dr.  Kirk- 
patrick's  on  our  line  of  march  as  we  went  into  town,  and  thus 
been  able  to  send  word  to  her  husband  of  our  troops'  presence,  we 
would  have  been  sure  to  have  captured  the  noted  Guerilla.  This 
Mrs.  Hooker  I  met  soon  after.  A  fine  appearing  and  intelligent 
woman. 

The  citizens  here  were  all  very  strong  in  their  secession  senti- 
ments, which  they  took  no  pains  to  conceal,  the  women  especially 
being  outspoken.  It  appears  that  quite  a  number  of  prominent 
ladies  had  formed  an  organization,  and  had  resolved  that  if  the 

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hated  Yankees  did  come  they  would  not  speak  to  them  under  any 
circumstances. 

When  the  advance  of  the  Ninth  marched  into  town,  the  rebel 
soldiers  having  disappeared  in  the  woods,  the  ladies  of  course, 
woman-like,  had  some  curiosity  to  see  what  kind  of  creatures 
their  invaders  (barbarians  they  supposed  them  to  be)  were.  Cap- 
tain Burgh  wheeled  his  command  into  line  in  front  of  a  pleasant 
looking  white  house,  where  was  congregated  a  number  of  ladies, 
and  saluting  a  middle  aged  lady  respectfully  inquired  "if  she 
would  allow  her  servants  to  give  them  a  drink  of  water? "  Here  was 
a  dilemma.  This  was  evidently  a  gentleman,  courteously  asking  a 
favor.  She  could  not  help  replying,  so  she  inquired  "  if  he  would 
not  prefer  a  drink  of  buttermilk  ?  "  The  Captain  having  assented, 
she  brought  it  out  and  politely  handed  it  herself.  Here  occurred 
a  dramatic  scene,  a  woman  rushed  out  of  a  house  across  the  street 
exclaiming,  "  Don't  drink  it.  It  is  poisoned.  They  are  bitter 
secesh." 

The  Captain  was  too  gallant  to  refuse  the  proffered  drink,  and 
it  proved  to  be  harmless.  The  woman,  however,  was  perfectly 
right  in  warning  us  of  the  danger.  It  was  Mrs.  Newcome,  the 
the  wife  of  a  Union  man,  who  was  a  scout  for  our  army,  and 
both  were  with  us  for  a  long  time ;  Mr.  Newcome  doing  valu- 
able service  in  his  capacity  as  a  scout,  knowing  every  road  and 
by-path  in  the  country,  and  his  wife%many  times  caring  for  our 
sick  and  wounded,  and  cheering  many  a  poor  discouraged  trooper 
from  his  despondency  back  to  life  and  health. 

When  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  went  into  camp  at  Jackson- 
port,  there  were  but  few  men  left  in  the  town,  as  all  those  who 
were  able  to  bear  arms  were  either  in  the  Confederate  army  or 
members  of  some  of  the  bush-whacking  squads,  styling  them- 
selves independent  troops.  The  other  portion  of  the  division 
moved  on  to  Batesville,  where  they  joined  the  forces  of  Major- 
General  Samuel  R.  Curtis,  known  as  the  army  of  the  Southwest? 
of  which  the  Ninth  formed  a  part.  Col.  Brackett  was  left  in 
command  at  this  place,  which  formed  the  extreme  east  front  of 
the  army;  and  was  instructed  to  keep  back,  and,  as  far  as  possible, 
rid  the  country  of  the  hordes  of  Guerillas  and  whatever  Confed- 
erate troops  were  to  be  found. 


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The  citizens  of  Jacksonport  kept  up  a  show  of  respect  toward 
our  soldiers,  but  were  not  able  to  conceal  their  real  feelings  of 
hatred  for  the  "  marauding  Yanks,"  and  were  constantly  giving 
information  to  their  friends  in  the  bushes  to  our  disadvantage. 

We  now  were  a  long  distance  from  our  base  of  supplies,  and 
to  a  considerable  extent  subsisted  off  the  country.  Small  detach- 
ments and  scouting  parties  were  often  sent  out.  <^n  one  of  these 
occasions,  while  a  detachment  was  on  a  scout  in  the  vicinity  of 
Village  Creek,  Ark.,  Private  E.  J.  Jenkins,  of  Company  C, 
was  foully  murdered  by  a  party  of  bushwhackers,  who  had 
secreted  themselves  in  a  corn-crib  at  Cotton  Plant.  The  com- 
mand was  passing  through  the  town,  Jenkins'  horse  became  un- 
manageable, and  in  company  with  a  comrade  from  another  regi- 
ment (the  First  Indiana  Cavalry)  ran  ahead  of  the  column  about 
a  quarter  of  a  mile.  The  other  soldier  was  killed  instantly,  ar*d 
Jenkins  had  five  balls  in  his  body,  but  lived  until  the  next  day. 
Their  horses  were  both  killed,  and  the  cowardly  assassins  rifled 
their  bodies,  and  fled  before  the  command  came  up.  This  was  the 
first  from  our  number  to  be  killed  from  rebel  bullets.  Sadly  his 
comrades  bore  their  stricken  brother  to  a  house  near  by,  where 
ere  long  he  died.  Before  he  died,  an  interesting  incident  occurred, 
which  shows  the  heroism  and  patriotic  feelings  strong  even  in 
death.  He  grew  pale,  stared  wildly  around,  and  said  to  his  com- 
rades, "  Raise  me  up  boys,  I  want  to  give  three  cheers  for  the  old 
flag,"  and  instantly  expired.  Tenderly  and  sadly  his  comrades 
bore  the  poor  boy's  body  back  to  camp,  and  the  next  day  he  re- 
ceived a  soldier's  burial  beneath  the  overhanging  trees  on  the 
banks  of  the  beautiful  "White  River.  His  comrades  fired  a  volley 
over  his  grave,  and  vows  were  then  solemnly  made  that  his  mur- 
der should  be  avenged. 

The  next  one  to  fall  a  victim  was  Philander  W.  Pringle,  of 
Company  G,  who  was  murdered  under  similar  circumstances. 

May  20th  Colonel  Brackett,  having  information  that  a  consid- 
erable quantity  of  bacon  was  to  be  obtained  at  a  plantation  near 
Village  Creek,  Ark.,  sent  out  a  detachment  of  seventy-five  armed 
men  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant  Azra  F.  Brown,  of  Com- 
pany G,  to  bring  it  into  camp.  This  detachment  found  the 
meat  at  the  designated  spot,  and,  it  being  too  late  to  return  that 


30  HISTORY    OF    THE 

night,  camped  near  the  plantation,  having  pressed  a  team  of  mules 
to  bring  in  the  "  find."  Some  time  in  the  night  a  citizen  informed 
Lieutenant  Brown  that  there  was  a  body  of  five  hundred  Eebels, 
"who  would  make  it  lively  for  him  if  he  did  not  get  away  before 
morning."  In  order  to  be  on  the  safe  side,  Lieutenant  Brown  qui- 
etly woke  his  little  command,  and,  getting  out  the  six-mule  team, 
proceeded  to  load  the  bacon,  so  as  to  be  ready  to  start  in  the  early 
morning.  Alllhis  time  the  rain  was  pouring  down  in  torrents, 
which  continued  all  night  and  nearly  all  the  next  day.  When 
the  command  was  ready  to  start  just  at  daybreak,  it  was  discov- 
ered that  there  was  one  horse  in  camp  without  a  rider.  It  proved 
to  be  that  of  P.  W.  Pringle.  After  waiting  as  long  as  he  deemed 
it  safe  to  do  so,  Lieutenant  Brown  moved  out,  leaving  several  sol- 
diers with  instructions  to  remain,  and,  if  possible,  find  the  missing 
soldier.  There  was  a  long  swamp  to  cross,  and  just  as  they  got 
to  the  edge  of  it,  the  rebs  were  upon  them,  firing  with  their  rifles 
and  shot-guns,  as  they  were  in  full  retreat.  The  general  orders 
at  this  time  were  not  to  leave  a  horse,  and  Pringle  not  showing 
up,  his  horse  was  brought  along.  The  negro  in  his  fright,  while 
driving  the  team  of  bacon,  had  swamped  the  whole  thing  by  driv- 
ing his  wagon  astride  a  stump,  and  as  the  rebs  were  still  pursuing, 
it  was  abandoned,  and  the  command  reached  camp  safely  in  the 
afternoon. 

These  cowardly  attacks,  and  needless  murders  by  the  miscre- 
ants, so  incensed  Colonel  Brackett  and  his  officers,  that  a  deter- 
mined effort  to  punish  them  was  made.  In  pursuance  of  this 
determination,  detachments  and  squads  were  frequently  sent  out 
with  orders  to  be  very  thorough  in  their  work. 

The  next  day  it  was  reported  to  Colonel  Brackett  that  Pringle's 
body  was  on  an  island  in  the  swamp  where  the  Guerillas,  finding 
him  alone,  had  killed  him  in  a  cowardly  manner  by  shooting  him 
in  the  back. 

May  24th,  the  regiment  moved  across  Black  River  in  the 
forks,  and  camped  in  the  woods  on  the  north  side  of  the  stream, 
but  few  remaining  in  town.  The  two  companies  from  Patterson 
were  ordered  to  join  the  regiment  at  this  time. 

May  28th,  five  companies  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  under 
the  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sickles,  while  on  a  scoutxmet  a 


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considerable  force  of  Kebels  at  Cache  River  bridge,  and  after  a 
sharp  skirmish  routed  them  completely,  inflicting  severe  punish- 
ment upon  them.  In  this  engagement,  Adjutant  Blackburn  and 
Private  Frank  Tift,  Company  B,  were  wounded. 

On  the  same  day,  Captain  Blakemore,  with  three  companies  of 
the  Ninth,  had  a  skirmish  with  sonje  of  the  Home-Guard  Bush- 
whackers on  the  Augusta  road,  who  were  innocently  tending  a 
little  patch  of  ground  with  their  shot-guns  within  arm's  reach,  to 
finish  off  any  Federal  soldier  that  might  come  that  way.  One  man 
was  riddled  with  bullets,  and  left  supposed  to  be  dead,  and  one 
taken  prisoner. 


CHAPTEE  IV. 

ABANDONING  CAMP  AT  JACKSONPORT — ARRIVAL  OF  REBEL  GUNBOAT 
— SHELLING  OUR  CAMP — RETURN  TO  "GALLOWAYS" — GUN- 
BOAT EPISODE — PRICE'S  ARMY. 

A  BOUT  the  first  of  June  there  were  wild  rumors  of  large 
f\  forces  of  Confederate  troops  moving  in  our  direction  from 
Clarendon  and  Augusta,  also  that  a  gunboat  was  coming  up  the 
White  River  heavily  armed  with  ordnance,  and  that  in  consequence 
our  present  position  was,  to  sa}r  the  least,  not  a  very  tenable  one. 
A  considerable  force  was  sent  out  under  the  command  of  Lieuten- 
ant Warner  toward  the  Searcy,  to  reconnoitre.  They  came  in 
during  the  night  and  early  morning  of  June  1st,  and  reported  a 
large  force  of  Confederates  moving  in  our  direction,  and  that  the 
gunboat  was  surely  coming. 

Colonel  Brackett  decided  that  we  were  in  no  condition  to  cope 
with  a  monster  of  that  character.  Camp  was  hastily  struck. 
Tents,  quartermaster  and  commissary  stores  and  supplies  of  all 
sorts  were  speedily  loaded  into  our  wagons,  and,  at  dawn  of  June 
2d,  the  train  pulled  out  of  camp  in  the  woods  across  the  river 
at  Jacksonport. 

Many  laughable  occurrences  took  place,  and  there  are  several 
comrades  who  claim  the  honor  of  being  the  last  to  leave  the  town 
just  before  the  gunboat  "Maurepas,"  Captain  Joseph  Fry, 
rounded  the  bend.  Major  Bishop  was  well  at  the  rear,  as  there 
was  some  special  attraction  that  he  was  very  anxious  not  to  leave 
behind.  I  believe  it  was  his  commissary  chest,  and  the  ferry 
boat  dipped  low  into  the  water  ere  his  fleet  steed  landed  on  the 
safe  side  of  the  river. 

Comrade  S.  B.  Davis  was  so  busy  in  setting  up  a  column  of 
type  on  the  Ca/odlier  that  the  head  of  the  column  of  Rebel 
Cavalry  was  well  advanced  on  the  town  before  he  dropped  his 
"stick''  and  started  for  the  river.  Who  was  entitled  to  the 


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medal  we  do  not  know.     A  few  of  us  on  fleet  horses  awaited  the 
approach  of  the  Great  Annihilator. 

At  about  9  A.M.,  a  cloud  of  smoke  arose  over  the  trees,  and 
the  gunboat  (a  long  rakish  looking  craft)  gracefully  rounded  the 
bend,  and  saluted  our  deserted  camp  with  a  few  rounds  from  her 
sixty-four  pounders.  The  denisons  of  Jacksonport  were  wild  with 
joy,  and  their  cheers  and  shouts  of  welcome  and  exultation  arose 
above  the  roar  of  guns  as  they  sent  solid  shot,  grape  and  canister 
into  the  camp  of  the  Yankees. 

Having  satisfied  our  curiosity,  and  not  having  ordnance  with 
us  to  answer  their  guns,  we  concluded  to  go  to  our  camp  estab- 
lished nine  miles  back  from  the  river,  at  Gallaway's  plantation,  on 
the  road  to  Batesville. 

The  object  of  the  gunboat  accomplished,  viz.:  to  destroy  cotton, 
sugar  and  supplies  here,  they  returned  down  the  river  to  the 
vicinity  of  Du Vails  Bluff,  where  the  old  boat  was  destroyed,  some 
of  the  guns  being  sunk  in  White  Kiver. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  then  in  the  command  of  General 
Benton,  moved  back  to  Camp  Tucker,  Avhere  we  remained  all  day 
under  arms,  expecting  an  attack  from  the  land  force  of  Confederates. 
Then  it  was  that  the  regiment  received  the  sobriquet  of  the  "  Gun 
boat  Cavalry,"  an  epithet  which,  though  not  flattering  to  our 
feelings,  stuck  to  us  for  a  long  time,  and  it  was  not  until  the 
Ninth  had  distinguished  itself  on  many  a  hard-fought  battle-field, 
that  this  not  very  complimentary  title  was  forgotten. 

Captain  Fry,  while  here,  was  bountifully  entertained  by  the 
citizens,  and  his  mission  accomplished  they  were  really  not  sorry 
to  have  his  command  leave,  as  they  had  indulged  in  drunken 
orgies  all  night,  and  destroyed  more  property  in  one  day  than  had 
the  Federal  army  in  two  months. 

THAT  GUNBOAT. 

Much  has  been  said  and  written  with  reference  to  the  visit  of  the  gunboat  to 
Jacksonport,  during  our  stay  there  in  1862.  I  do  not  wish  to  contradict  a  word 
that  has  been  said  or  written,  but  will  add  a  little  postscript,  stating  that  the 
writer  of  this  was  at  the  time  running  a  printing  office  in  the  town,  printing  The 
Cavalier,  which  the  boys  well  remember,  and  copies  of  which  are  still  among  the 
preserved  relics  in  the  hands  of  many  Comrades.  When  the  gunboat  arrived,  on 
the  first  day  of  June,  1862, 1  was  hard  at  work  in  the  office,  getting  out  my  paper. 
Hearing  a  noise  and  a  commotion  on  the  street,  I  looked  out  the  window  and 

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34:  HISTORY   OF   THE 

saw  George  Davidson,  the  last  man  of  the  pickets  stationed  below  town,  who  was 
making  for  camp  as  fast  as  his  horse  could  carry  him.  I  asked  him  what  was  up. 
His  hasty  reply  was:  "  The  gunboat  is  coming.  Hurry  to  camp  or  you  will  be 
captured!"  I  rushed  to  a  back  window,  and  looked  down  the  river,  and  sure 
enough  there  it  came  steaming  up,  with  the  stars  and  bars  floating  to  the  breeze. 
I  soon  took  in  the  situation,  and  grabbing  up  a  handful  of  the  Cavalier,  which 
had  been  printed  only  on  one  side,  rolled  them  in  my  blanket,  buckled  them  on 
my  saddle,  which  lay  in  the  office,  and  started  to  saddle  my  horse,  in  which  I 
succeeded  just  as  a  thirty-two  pound  shell  passed  harmlessly  through  the  stable. 
I  soon  mounted  and  left  for  camp,  while  numerous  shots  followed  me,  fired  by 
the  ladies  and  loyal  citizens  of  the  town  who  had  heretofore  been  claiming  our 
protection.  The  vessel  was  a  large  one,  and  carried  seven  large  guns,  viz.:  one 
eighty-four,  two  sixty-four,  and  four  thirty-two  pounders,  besides  several  small 
howitzers,  which  she  carried  upon  her  upper  works.  She  was  commanded  by 
Captain  Fry,  who  was  formerly  a  lieutenant  in  the  United  States  Navy.  Colonel 
Brackett  had  wisely  fallen  back  with  his  command  until  out  of  range  of  their 
artillery,  much  to  the  censure  of  some  of  the  officers  who  afterward  changed 
their  minds.  Lieutenant  Ratz,  of  "Company  D,  asked,  but  was  refused,  permis- 
sion to  take  a  squad  of  men  and  go  "capture  the  thing";  which  he  doubtless 
would  have  accomplished,  had  he  been  permitted,  as  the  rebels  were  enjoying  a 
glorious  drunk  in  town,  and  the  victory  would  have  been  an  easy  one.  While  in 
town  the  rebels  made  sad  havoc  of  property  generally,  burning  one  thousand  bales  of 
cotton  and  five  hundred  hogsheads  of  sugar  that  we  had  been  guarding  for  weeks, 
and  in  many  cases  owners  of  the  property  were  compelled  by  the  rebels  to  turn  out 
and  help  in  its  destruction.  The  gunboat  wisely  concluded  that  one  day  was  long 
enough  to  remain  there,  and  early  next  morning  returned  down  the  river,  carry- 
ing with  her  Captain  Bishop's  baggage,  and  the  curses  of  the  community,  even  of 
the  resident  rebels. 

On  the  morning  of  June  12th,  Colonel  Brackett  sent  out  a  train  of  thirty-six 
wagons  to  the  "Waddell  farm  on  Village  Creek,  to  get  corn  and  bacon.  The 
escort  consisted  of  Companies  K,  M,  C,  and  D,  under  command  of  Major 
Humphrey.  While  there  they  were  pounced  upon  by  a  force  of  rebels,  and  a  hot 
fight  ensued,  in  which  several  of  the  enemy  were  killed,  and  twelve  of  our  men 
badly  wounded,  but  the  enemy  was  routed.  Here  it  was  that  Harvey  Strong,  of 
Company  K,  was  taken  prisoner.  We  remained  in  Jacksonport  and  in  that 
vicinity  until  the  latter  part  of  June,  when  orders  came  for  us  to  move  down  the 
river  to  Augusta,  where  we  expected  to  find  our  gunboats  and  transports  with 
provisions,  which  were  short,  as  the  country  had  been  foraged  until  but  little  was 
left  for  us.  After  five  days'  marching  and  cutting  out  of  the  fifteen  miles 
blockade,  which  the  rebels  had  made  ahead  of  us  by  cutting  trees  across  the  road, 
we  arrived  in  Augusta,  twenty-five  miles  from  Jacksonport,  to  find  that  our  boats 
had  been  driven  down  the  river  by  the  rebels,  under  General  Hindman.  When 
we  started  from  Jacksonport  we  had  eight  days'  rations;  five  days  were  now  gone, 
and  we  still  had  no  prospects  of  reaching  our  provisions.  We  rested  ourselves 
and  horses  one  day  in  Augusta,  and  then  started  for  Clarendon,  thirty  miles 
farther  down  the  river,  where  we  learned  our  boats  were,  on  half  rations.  All  the 
distance  from  Jacksonport  we  had  been  driving  the  rebels  before  us,  and  after 


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leaving  Augusta  they  began  their  work  of  filling  up  the  wells,  burning  houses 
and  cotton,  chopping  timber  across  the  road  to  keep  us  back,  and  doing  all  man- 
ner of  damage  in  their  power.  In  this  way  we  marched  and  worked  for  two  days 
and  three  nights,  and  most  of  the  time  without  water,  except  from  some  filthy 
mudhole  several  miles  from  the  road.  When  we  arrived  in  Clarendon  we  were  a 
tired,  hungry  and  dirty  set  as  ever  took  up  the  march,  and  we  were  there  con- 
fronted with  the  unwelcome  information  that  our  boats  had  been  driven  forty-five 
miles  farther  down  the  river.  Here  we  were,  without  food,  and  the  only  thing 
left  for  us  to  do  was  to  forage  over  the  ground  the  rebels  had  just  left,  and  get 
what  they  had  failed  to  take.  Much  of  the  town  was  left  in  ashes,  on  account  of 
the  rebel  sympathy  shown  on  every  hand.  On  July  3d,  early  in  the  morning,  we 
left  Clarendon  on  our  forty-five  mile  heat.  About  dark  that  evening  we  came  to 
a  stream  of  water  that  they  could  not  fill  up,  and  here  we  went  into  camp.  Some 
of  us  went  about  six  miles  away  and  stayed  all  night  at  a  farm  house,  got  our 
breakfast,  of  corn  bread,  hominy,  and  black  molasses,  a  bed,  and  breakfast,  sim- 
ilar to  the  supper,  and  paid  $5  each  for  it,  and  felt  satisfied,  as  we  had  what  we 
termed  two  square  meals  and  a  bed,  while  many  of  the  boys  had  very  little  to  eat, 
and  were  afraid  to  disobey  the  strict  orders  against  leaving.  When  we  arrived  in 
camp  we  found  the  command  about  ready  to  start,  and  soon  we  heard  the  report 
of  heavy  artillery  and  our  Fourth  of  July  had  commenced,  for  our  advance  guard 
had  come  upon  the  rebel  fortifications.  This  meant  work,  and  we  were  scon  at 
it,  the  result  being  the  taking  of  everything  they  had  there,  consisting  of  six  pieces 
of  heavy  artillery,  about  one  hundred  prisoners,  a  large  quantity  of  ammunition, 
seventy -five  wagons  loaded  with  provisions,  and  a  lot  of  corn  and  oats  for  horse 
feed.  Some  of  the  heavy  guns  we  sunk  in  White  River;  we  could  not  take  them 
with  us.  The  rest  of  the  artillery  we  tqok  with  us,  and  afterward  used  it  to  great 
advantage.  On  the  14th  day  of  July  we  arrived  at  Helena,  on  the  Mississippi 
River,  where  we  went  into  camp,  to  remain  until  the  sickly  season  was  over. 

S.  B.  DAVIS, 
KNOX,  Starke  County.  Ind.  Company  D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

GTJNBOAT. 

BY   ONE  WHO  WAS  THERE. 

About  the  first  of  June,  1862,  while  encamped  opposite  Jacksonport,  wait- 
ing and  watching  for  the  arrival  of  the  rebel  gunboat  that  was  reported  to 
be  in  White  River  and  making  its  way  up  the  stream,  it  was  reported  by  a 
reliable  Refugee,  that  down  the  river  some  fifteen  miles,  near  Grand  Glaze,  there 
were  some  very  fine  beef  cattle,  and  as  fresh  beef  was  a  luxury  much  desired  by 
our  soldiers  just  then,  a  detail  of  thirty-five  men  from  Company  G,  under  the 
command  of  Lieutenant  Warner,  was  sent  out  to  bring  them  in.  Piloted  by  the 
reliable  refugee,  the  detail  crossed  White  River  by  ferry  about  2  P.M.,  and  wended 
its  way  through  a  dense  jungle  of  brush,  cane-brake,  and  heavy  timber,  down 
White  River,  following  a  trail  that  compelled  them  to  travel  single  file.  About 
sundown  they  arrived  at  Grand  Glaze,  a  deserted  old  tumble-down  town  of  half  a 
dozen  houses,  a  landing  on  White  River.  This  place  was  notorious  from  the  fact 
of  its  being  the  residence  of  one  Captain  White,  a  superannuated  river  captain, 
who  had,  it  was  rumored,  about  one  year  before  boxed  up  a  Yankee  school  teacher 


36  HISTORY    OF   THE 

who  was  stranded  there,  whose  only  offense  was  teaching  loyalty  to  the  Govern- 
ment, and  billed  him  to  A.  Lincoln,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  sent  him  down  the- 
river. 

Several  parties  had  been  sent  to  escort  the  Captain  to  camp,  but  he  had 
found  it  conveaient  to  be  absent,  and  so  far  all  efforts  to  capture  him  had  been 
futile.  Lieutenant  Warner  now  thought  it  a  good  scheme  to  bring  in  the  old  man 
in  addition  to  his  fine  drove  of  cattle.  So,  posting  his  pickets  to  guard  against 
surprise,  he  with  a  couple  of  his  command  called  upon  Mrs.  White,  who  assisted 
by  her  sister,  a  handsome  girl  of  eighteen  summers,  entertained  their  callers  in 
true  Southern  style.  They  were,  however,  rebels  to  the  core,  notwithstanding 
they  were  raised  in  Ohio,  and  their  youngest  daughter  was  now  attending  school 
at  the  North.  They  said  they  hated  the  Yankees  and  Dutch,  and  talked  as  only 
rebel  women  can  talk.  Lieutenant  Warner,  being  somewhat  of  a  ladies'  man,  tried< 
his  best  to  defend  his  side  and  reconcile  these  irate  angels,  but  to  no  purpose^ 
They  would  not  reconstruct  worth  a  cent.  We  could  not  learn  anything  of  the 
Captain's  whereabouts,  so  Warner  placed  his  guards  around  the  yard  to  intercept 
the  old  man,  should  he  return,  but  he  did  not  appear,  and  another  failure  was- 
recorded.  Here  the  boys  foraged  around  for  something  to  eat,  and  feed  for  our 
horses,  but  finding  very  poor  picking,  concluded  to  wait  till  the  next  day,  when 
we  should  reach  the  cattle  some  six  or  eight  miles  west. 

Started  early  the  next  morning,  so  as  to  have  plenty  of  time  to  feed  and  rest,, 
but  the  farther  they  went,  the  poorer  the  country  seemed  to  be,  and  the  cattle, 
when  found,  proved  to  be  only  two  old  oxen,  a  few  cows  and  calves,  all  too  poor 
for  beef.  In  utter  disgust  they  turned  about  and  hastened  back  to  town,  where, 
possibly,  a  little  might  be  found  to  eat,  arriving  back  at  Grand  Glaze  about 
noon,  very  hungry  and  much  disappointed.  But  what  a  change  had  taken  place 
since  morning!  The  citizens  were  all  out,  and  seemed  cheerful  and  happy,  and 
lost  no  time  in  informing  our  boys  that  the  rebel  gunboat  had  passed  up  the  river 
since  we  left,  and  acted  as  if  they  thought  we  had  better  surrender.  Mrs.  White 
and  her  sister  were  very  sarcastic  and  provoking  to  the  boys,  and  to  Lieutenant 
Warner,  particularly.  Now  it  had  been  currently  reported  and  generally  believed 
by  the  soldiers  that  the  rebel  General  Price  was  coming  along  with  the  gunboat 
and  a  large  land  force  of  rebel  troops.  It  was  about  thirty  miles  by  the  river  to> 
Jacksonport. 

Visions  of  rebel  troops  and  prison  pens  absorbed  Lieutenant  Warner's  mind. 
There  was  no  time  to  lose  if  he  made  his  escape,  and  away  he  flew  at  a  rapid  rate, 
followed  pell-mell  by  his  troopers,  the  ladies  giving  them  a  parting  salute.  The 
boys  forgot  their  hunger,  and  resolved  to  beat  the  gunboat  to  Jacksonport,  if  it 
killed  every  horse  in  the  command.  After  going  at  this  rate  three  or  four  miles, 
it  was  found  that  the  command  was  strung  out  for  a  mile.  A  halt  was  called . 
The  officer  in  charge  saw  that  this  would  not  do,  that  he  must  be  more  deliberate 
if  they  beat  that  gunboat.  He  also  realized  the  hazardous  position  of  the  Regi- 
ment in  camp  if  the  terrible  monster  stole  upon  them  unawares  or  before  he  could 
notify  them.  Lieutenant  Warner  called  Sergeant  Bailey,  who  was  well  mounted,, 
and  instructed  him  to  push  ahead  as  fast  as  possible,  and  notify  Colonel  Brack- 
ett,  and  that  he  would  bring  the  rest  of  the  command  in  as  fast  as  possible.  So 
the  gallant  Sergeant  gave  rein  to  his  noble  steed,  and  plunged  into  the  wilderness 
on  that  wild  and  perilous  ride.  With  only  a  crooked  pathway  for  a  road,  he  was- 


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so  unfortunate  as  to  follow  a  wrong  trail,  leading  too  far  to  the  left;  he  struck 
"White  River  six  miles  above  Jacksonport,  then,  turning  down  the  river  bank,  he 
arrived  at  the  ferry  after  Warner  (who  had  gone  direct)  had  crossed.  After  all 
were  over,  the  ferry-boat  was  sunk.  It  was  found  that  the  regiment  had  moved 
-camp  early  in  the  day  to  the  bluffs,  some  five  miles  back  from  the  river.  As  Ser- 
geant Bailey  crossed,  the  gunboat  was  approaching  in  sight  of  Jacksonport.  The 
citizens  were  all  out  on  the  levee,  waving  hats,  handkerchiefs  and  Rebel  flags 
for  joy. 

A  detail  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Sickles  was  sinking  the  Black  River 
ferry-boat.  As  the  boat  rounded  the  point,  a  funny  looking  craft  it  was.  A  small 
liver  steamboat  with  all  the  upper  part  cut  away  except  a  portion  left  for  a  pilot- 
house; that  was  protected  with  iron,  and  cotton  bales  and  below  the  guards  were 
protected  with  chains.  As  soon  as  she  cleared  the  point,  a  broadside  was  fired  from 
her  heavy  guns  as  Captain  Fry,  her  commander,  had  calculated  to  a  nicety  the 
range  of  our  former  camp,  and  the  way  the  heavy  timbers  wilted,  as  the  iron  hail 
swept  through  it,  would  soon  convince  an  eye-witness  that  it  was  no  place  for  a 
•cavalry  regiment  armed  with  sabres  and  revolvers  only. 

At  the  first  shot  Colonel  Sickles  and  his  detail  fled  for  safety,  leaving  a  six- 
mule  team  to  take  care  of  itself,  and  the  way  they  strung  out  a  Government 
wagon,  and  wound  themselves  around  the  trees,  was  a  sight  to  see.  Probably 
•Captain  Fry  took  them  for  our  regiment,  as  he  continued  to  bombard  them  as 
long  as  one  was  to  be  seen;  poor  brutes,  how  they  did  struggle  and  bray  ! 

After  a  two-mile  heat,  and  a  speed  that  is  seldom  beaten,  Colonel  Sickles 
rallied  himself ,  taking  a  firm  stand  on  an  elevation,  and  peering  over  his  specta- 
cles as  his  much  scattered  squad  arrived;  ordered  them  to  "Pass  on  to  the  rear, 
and  not  allow  any  one  to  come  that  way,  for  General  Price  was  coming  with  a 
large  army."  He  did  not  say  so,  but  it  looked  as  if  he  intended  to  fight  Price 
liimself. 

Now  it  appeared  that  a  party  of  Company  G's  camp  equipage  had  been 
unloaded  about  half  way  to  camp,  also  a  part  of  the  sutler's  goods,  and  when 
Company  G  formed  there,  their  tents  and  provisions  were  there,  and  their  team 
wound  around  the  saplings  at  the  old  camp,  and  were  still  being  bombarded  by 
the  gunboat,  asked  for  and  obtained  permission  to  go  back  and  bring  up  what 
they  could  find.  When  they  arrived  there  they  found  the  sutler's  goods  also, 
and  as  Price's  army  would  soon  be  there,  and  would,  no  doubt,  confiscate  their 
stores,  they  proceeded  to  appropriate  such  as  they  could,  and  especially  ihe 
brandy  peaclies  that  were  very  choice.  Then  taking  their  tents  and  leaving  the 
poles,  they  threw  them  across  their  horses  in  front,  and  loaded  down  with  pails, 
kettles,  coffee  pots,  and  such  things,  they  moved  forward  again  for  camp.  In 
the  meantime  Company  M  had  been  put  on  picket  on  the  road  leading  to  camp 
with  instructions  to  fire  on  the  first  thing  that  approached,  for  of  course  it  would 
be  "  Price's  army."  Whoever  instructed  them  did  not  know  of  this  squad  of 
Company  G  being  out,  and  as  the  peaches  began  to  work,  the  boys  became  very 
boisterous  and  defiant,  and  cared  very  little  whether  Price's  army,  or  any  other, 
came  or  not.  As  they  approached  the  picket,  talking  loud,  the  night  was  very 
dark,  the  pots  and  pans  rattling  and  clanking,  and  the  white  tents  flapping  in  the 
night  breeze,  it  was  enough  to  strike  terror  to  the  stoutest  heart,  with  such  orders 


38  HISTORY    OF    THE 

as  they  had,  and  expecting  to  be  attacked  every  moment.  The  vidette  fired  his 
revolver  and  fell  back  rapidly  on  the  picket  post,  followed  closely  by  the  sup- 
posed enemy.  The  pickets  gave  way  after  firing  a  wild,  scattering  volley,  and 
came  pell-mell  into  camp,  with  their  pursuers  close  upon  them.  The  camp  was  at 
once  in  motion.  The  bugles  sounded  "  Boots  and  Saddle,"  the  drum  beat  the 
"  Long  Roll,"  and  the  camp  was  turned  out  in  a  hurry.  A  brigade  of  infantry 
and  some  artillery  had  been  sent  from  Batesville  by  General  Steele,  and  were 
encamped  with  us  that  night.  The  truth  was  soon  ascertained.  The  pickets  went 
back  to  their  posts,  instructed  by  Colonel  Brackett  "to  stay  there,  Price  or  no 
Price."  These  orders  were  obeyed  strictly,  but  no  Price's  army  appeared;  but  the 
next  morning  a  delegation  of  sick  citizens  from  Jacksonport,  with  a  flag  of  truce, 
came  out  and  begged  us  to  come  back  and  protect  them  from  their  friends,  who 
had  compelled  them  to  work  all  night  destroying  sugar  and  cotton,  of  which  there 
was  a  large  supply.  The  boat's  crew  got  drunk,  and  early  in  the  evening  went 
down  the  stream  to  DuValls  Bluff,  when  the  old  tub  was  dismantled  and  "sunk  in 
the  river.  "We  soon  moved  back  to  town  and  feasted  on  sugar,  which  was  a  foot 
thick  all  over  the  streets. 

After  this  the  Regiment  was  kept  busy  scouring  the  country 
between  the  St.  Francis  River  and  toward  Clarendon  and 
Augusta. 

June  12,  1862,  quite  a  lively  fight  took  place  between  a  con- 
siderable force  of  Confederate  troops  and  a  portion  of  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry.  The  rebels  attempted  the  capture  of  a  valuable 
forage  train,  which  was  sent  out  with  a  large  escort  under  the 
command  of  Major  Humphrey.  At  first  it  looked  as  though  the 
Confederates  would  be  successful,  as  they  appeared  to  have  superior 
numbers  and  drove  back  our  advance.  The  train  was  halted  and 
run  back  to  a  safer  position.  Several  of  our  men  were  wounded, 
and  one  taken  prisoner.  Couriers  were  sent  back  to  camp  to 
notify  the  commander  of  the  affair.  Colonel  Brackett,  with  four 
companies  of  the  Ninth  and  two  of  Missouri  Cavalry,  headed  by 
Captain  Burgh  and  his  Company  A,  ran  down  a  mile  or 
more,  but  failed  to  find  anything  of  the  rebs,  though  quite 
a  force  of  darkies  were  looking  on  and  grinning  from  ear  to  ear 
to  see  the  Yankees  chase  the  rebs  into  the  woods  and  out  of 
sight.  Just  how  many  of  the  Confederates  were  killed  and 
Avounded  we  never  knew. 

June  20th,  Capt.  Marland  L.  Perkins,  with  two  companies  of 
the  Ninth,  made  a  reconnaissance  toward  Augusta  on  the  right 
bank  of  "White  River.  During  the  scout  we  had  several  skir- 
mishes with  small  bands  of  guerrillas  and  Confederate  troops,  in 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  39 

which  we  lost  one  horse  killed  and  two  wounded.  The  rebels 
lost  one  man  killed  and  several  wounded. 

At  one  point,  early  in  the  morning,  as  we  were  marching  along, 
a  gun  was  fired  but  a  few  yards  from  the  roadside  in  the  brush, 
the  bullet  (evidently  intended  for  our  leader,  Captain  Perkins) 
whistling  within  a  few  inches  of  Lieutenant  Davenport's  head,  who 
was  riding  at  the  head  of  the  column.  We  rode  into  the  brush, 
and  found  where  a  single  horseman  had  awaited  our  approach, 
and,  after  firing,  had  rapidly  retreated  through  the  woods. 

The  expedition  returned  to  camp  June  23d.  We  remained  at 
Jacksonport,  awaiting  orders.  The  large  army  of  General  Cur- 
tis, at  Batesville  and  vicinity,  was  running  short  of  provisions. 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  having  been  captured  June  6th,  after  a  severe 
naval  battle  under  Admiral  Porter,  it  was  determined  to  march 
across  to  the  Mississippi  River,  to  meet  supplies  and  also  to 
utilize  this  large  army  now  practically  cut  off  from  the  world. 


CHAPTER  Y. 

THE  GKEAT  MARCH  THROUGH  ARKANSAS — FIGHT  AT  STEWART'S 
PLANTATION — THE  KILLED  AND  WOUNDED — REBEL  GENERAL 
HINDMAN'S  PROCLAMATION  —  HOSPITAL  TRAIN  —  CELEBRATION 
OF  THE  FOURTH  OF  JULY — FIGHT  AT  CACHE  RIVER — MURDER 
OF  COURIERS — ARRIVAL  AT  HELENA. 

JUNE  26, 1862,  General  Curtis  having  started  his  large  army 
from  Batesville,  Ark.,  the  march  to  the  Mississippi  River  be- 
gan. This  army  included  all  troops  in  the  vicinity  and  numbered 
nearly  thirty  thousand  men.  The  expectation  was  when  the  army 
started  that  he  should  meet  transports  on  White  River,  probabty 
at  Des  Arc  or  Clarendon,  with  general  supplies,  rations  especially 
being- wanted.  The  Confederates  were  disposed  as  far  as  possible 
to  prevent  this  consummation,  and  our  forces  were  constantly 
harassed,  and  as  the  Rebels  knew  every  road  and  pathway  of  the 
country,  it  was  easy  for  them  to  do  so.  There  was  a  sharp  fight 
June  27th,  at  Stewart's  plantation,  where  the  Confederate  troops, 
under  Colonel  Matlock,  attempted  to  capture  a  valuable  Govern- 
ment train.  In  this  affair,  which  assumed  the  proportions  of  quite 
a  battle,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  lost  two  men  killed  and  thirty- 
three  wounded.  This  affair  showed  very  clearly  the  valor  of  the 
men  composing  the  Regiment ;  the  ground  was  such  that  but  one 
company  could  go  in  at  a  time,  but  the  dash  and  spirit  with  which 
our  brave  comrades,  both  officers  and  men,  did  go,  was  worthy  of 
the  highest  praise. 

Colonel  Brackett,  cool  and  collected,  was  perfectly  at  home,  and 
kept  the  troops  well  in  hand  till  the-  proper  time  for  each  com- 
pany to  go  to  the  front,  and  was  himself  often  seen  in  the  front 
ranks,  where  he  was  finally  struck  by  a  partially  spent  ball,  but 
remained  upon  the  field  until  the  enemy  was  completely  routed. 
Captain  E.  R.  Knight,  Company  M,  while  gallantly  leading  his 
company  into  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  was  shot  through  the 

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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  41 

lungs,  and  was  borne  to  the  rear  with  what  was  supposed  to  be  a 
mortal  wound,  while  Adjutant  W.  C.  Blackburn,  the  brave  and  dar- 
ing, received  a  slight  wound  while  rallying  a  part  of  the  com- 
mand. Major  "Wallis,  while  sturdily  encouraging  his  battalion, 
received  a  painful  wound  in  the  leg,  and  withdrew.  This  engage- 
ment took  place  in  the  afternoon  and  evening,  and  it  was  well  in 
the  night  before  we  drew  off  the  field.  The  enemy  was  driven 
down  the  road,  on  one  side  a  swamp  with  a  rank  growth  of  cane 
and  cypress,  on  the  other  almost  a  dense  wood.  The  command 
being  posted,  an  attempt  was  made  to  throw  a  skirmish  line  on 
the  flank,  but  owing  to  the  obstruction  it  was  found  imprac- 
ticable. 

The  rebels  had  by  far  the  best  opportunity,  because  we  were 
in  the  openings,  and  they  were  in  a  measure  concealed  by  the 
trees  and  gloom  of  the  swamp,  and  before1  long  it  was  only  by  the 
flash  of  their  guns  that  we  could  tell  where  the  enemy  was 
located.  The  rebels  were  severely  punished  in  this  engagement, 
as  many  of  their  dead  were  found  by  our  men  the  next  morning, 
and  their  wounded  had  been  taken  away,  and  were  being  cared  for 
by  the  citizens,  at  a  sufficient  distance  to  keep  them  from  our 
hands.  It  must  be  understood  that,  at  this  time,  there  were  very 
few  carbines  in  the  Regiment.  There  was  considerable  firing  in 
the  front,  a  soldier  of  Company  M  came  slowly  back,  with  a 
gun-shot  wound  in  the  shoulder,  to  where  Company  I  were 
waiting  their  turn  to  go  in  ;  as  he  could  not  use  his  carbine  any 
more  at  this  time,  he  offered  it  to  Comrade  Jesse  Hawes,  who 
gladly  availed  himself  of  the  offer,  as  he  had  only  a  revolver  and 
&  sabre.  The  wounded  man  also  turned  over  his  belt  of  car- 
tridges. Thus  well  equipped,  Hawes  went  forward,  and  soon  after 
reported  to  Major  Wallis.  The  two  started  down  the  road  some- 
thing like  sixty  or  eighty  rods,  when  hearing  sharp  firing  in  their 
rear,  and  from  the  flashes  of  the  guns,  they  could  see  that  the 
enemy's  line  ran  close  to  the  road  they  were  moving  on  ;  they  at 
once  turned  back,  and  passing  near  the  end  of  the  Confederate 
line,  could  not  resist  the  temptation  of  firing  the  borrowed  car- 
bine at  the  nearest  Confederate ;  a  moment  more  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  shots  was  fired  at  these  two. 


42  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Major  Wallis  received  a  painful  wound  in  the  leg,  and  Hawes 
also  received  a  flesh  wound  in  the  right  leg,  and  his  horse  was  the 
recipient  of  five  more.  So  close  were  the  Confederates  that  a  piece 
of  pasteboard  wadding  was  blown  into  the  wound  in  the  leg  of 
this  soldier,  which  was  removed  by  the  Surgeon  after  ten  days' 
interval.  Had  this  affair  occurred  a  year  or  two  later  the  man- 
ner of  fighting  would  have  been  different,  for  the  men  would  have 
been  dismounted  while  advancing  on  the  enemy,  and  should  have 
sought  all  convenient  shelter,  doing  much  greater  execution  with 
much  smaller  loss  than  we  suffered  at  this  time. 

The  killed  were  Mathew  Abbott,  private  of  Company  M,  Peter 
Zerbe,  private  of  Company  E.  The  wounded  were  Colonel  A.  G, 
Brackett,  slightly ;  Major  W.  J.  "Wallis,  slightly ;  Captain  E.  R. 
Knight,  very  severely  ;  AdjutantW.  C.  Blackburn,  slightly ;  private 
William  A.  Power,  Company  B,  slightly ;  private  Fred  W.  Hard- 
ing, Company  C,  slightly;  Corporal  Reuben  A.  Scott,  Company  E,. 
seriously ;  private  Francis  Hinton,  Company  E,  seriously ;  private 
John  Racus,  Company  E,  seriously  ;  private  Alfred  Williams, 
Company  E,  slightly;  private  Swan  Tell,  Company  E,  slightly ; 
Sergeant  William  J.  Teas,  Company  I,  seriously ;  Corporal  DeLos 
Albright,  Company  I,  slightly  ;  private  Jesse  Hawes,  Company  I, 
slightly ;  Sergeant  Charles  B.  Paddock.  Company  K,  slightly  ; 
Corporal  Francis  M.  Herrick,  Company  K,  slightly  ;  private  John 
R.  Wilder,  Company  K,  in  the  side  slightly;  private  John  S.  Had- 
don,  Company  K,  slightly  ;  private  Erastus  Foster,  Company  K,  in 
shoulder ;  Corporal  Charles  Nugent,  Company  L.  severely ;  pri- 
vate John  Lyons,  Company  L,  severely  ;  private  William  A.  Harr, 
Company  L,  slightly  ;  private  John  Shelton,  Company  L,  slightly  ; 
private  Hans  Wahns,  Company  L,  slightly;  private  Ira  B.  Wood, 
Company  L,  slightly  ;  Corporal  Thomas  Robinson,  Company  M, 
slightly ;  private  John  Craig,  Company  M,  slightly ;  private 
George  Van  Arsdale,  Company  M,  slightly;  private  Frederick 
Luddington,  Company  M,  slightly. 

From  prisoners  taken  we  obtained  copies  of  Hindman's  proc- 
lamation, subjoined,  which  indicates  very  clearly  with  how  much 
zest  and  good-will  some  of  the  Southern  chivalry  were  willing 
and  anxious  to  treat  their  Northern  friends  to  "  hospitable  graves.'* 


ANTHONY  R.  MDCK. 

Lieutenant  Colonel. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  43 

LITTLE  ROCK,  ARK.,  June  24,  1862. 
To  the  People  of  Arkansas: 

The  Yankee  General  Curtis  is  attempting  to  escape.  His  position  is 
untenable.  He  is  appalled  by  the  dangers  that  surround  him.  In  his  terror 
he  resorts  to  the  desperate  expedient  of  moving  to  the  South  along  White 
River,  trusting  for  supplies  from  the  Mississippi  by  boats.  The  supplies 
can  not  ascend  White  River.  We  have  already  blown  up  one  of  his  iron- 
clad boats,  crippled  another,  and  can  hold  the  river  against  his  fleet.  The  ques- 
tion now  is:  Shall  his  army  reach  the  fleet  below?  You  can  prevent  it;  the  power 
is  in  your  hand;  the  plan  is  not  a  secret;  I  proclaim  it  to  you  all.  If  it  is  not 
carried  out,  the  responsibility  will  rest  on  you.  Take  your  gun  in  hand  and  am- 
munition, every  man  of  you;  mount  your  horse  or  go  afoot;  do  not  wait  an  hour 
upon  your  neighbor.  Lose  no  time  in  holding  meetings;  move  toward  the  enemy 
by  the  shortest  road.  Join  the  first  company  you  overtake  upon  the  march. 
Press  upon  the  invaders  from  every  direction,  attack  him  day  and  night,  kill  his 
scouts  and  pickets,  kill  his  pilots,  and  troops  on  transports.  Cut  off  his  wagon 
trains,  lie  in  ambush,  and  surprise  his  detachments.  Shoot  his  mounted  officers. 
Destroy  every  pound  of  meat  and  flour,  every  ear  of  corn  and  stack  of  fodder, 
oats  and  wheat,  that  can  fall  into  his  hands.  Fell  trees  as  thick  as  in  rafts  on  all 
the  roads  before  him;  burn  every  bridge  and  block  up  the  fords.  Hang  upon  his 
front,  flanks,  and  rear,  and  make  the  ring  of  your  rifles  and  shot-guns  be  the 
accompaniment  »f  every  foot  of  his  retreat. .  Let  every  man  feel  and  know  that 
this  appeal  is  addressed  to  him  especially  /and  that  it  is  the  appeal  of  a  bleeding 
country  to  her  sons  for  deliverance,. .  Our  army  in  the  field  will  do  its  part.  Will 
you  do  yours?  [Signed J  T.  C.  HINDMAN, 

Major- General. 

Just  back  of  the  town  of  Helena,  Ark.,  on  the  high  table  land 
lying  along  the  bluffs  was  the  beautiful  plantation  of  General 
Hindman  (the  author  of  the  above  vain-glorious  and  brutal 
proclamation),  a  place  that  had  been  noted  in  former  years  as  the 
scene  of  many  festivities  when  young  Hindman  was  the  host,  who 
with  his  dapper  little  person  and  fine  clothes  imagined  himself  to 
be  "  the  glass  of  fashion  and  mould  of  form." 

The  Bowling  Green  (Ky.)  Gazette  gives  the  following  descrip- 
tion of  Hindman,  the  rebel  General  in  Arkansas  : 

"  Hindman's  parents  came  from  Connecticut,  and  settled  near  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  near  which  place  Hindman  first  saw  daylight.  Hindman's  father  was  cat's- 
paw  to  Benjamin  and  Slidell  in  the  monster  Plaquemine  fraud  upon  the  United 
States  some  years  ago,  to  the  amount  of  $3,000,000.  Young  Hindman  is  a  lady's 
man  of  stamp  No.  1.  He  stands  five  feet  one  inch  in  his  very  fancy  patent 
leathers;  wears  the  finest  of  clothing,  tight-fitting  clothes;  hair  in  curls  fourteen 
inches  in  length,  falling  gracefully  over  his  shoulders,  and  well  oiled;  a  jaunty 
little  cap  upon  the  top  of  his  forehead,  to  display  to  every  advantage  the  back 
curls;  rose-colored  kid  gloves,  and  rattan — gives  one  the  pen-portrait  of  the  little 
rebel  Hindman.'' 


44  HISTORY    OF    THE 

"We  moved  right  along  with  no  serious  delay,  though  the  rebels 
tried  every  way  in  their  power  to  impede  our  progress  by  fell- 
ing trees  across  the  road,  putting  up  barricades  and  abatis,  filling 
many  wells  with  logs  and  filth  to  prevent  our  thirsty  soldiers  from 
getting  a  drink  of  water.  There  had  been  no  rainfall  for  months, 
and  the  roads  and  indeed  the  whole  country  was  full  of  that  dry 
clay-colored  dust,  in  some  places  to  the  depth  of  three  or  four 
inches,  and  as  the  long  columns  of  troops  marched  along  it  be- 
came almost  unendurable.  There  were  a  few  water-courses  we 
crossed,  which  in  ordinary  times  were  filled  with  water,  but  which 
now  were  quite  dry,  and  the  inhabitants  were  generally  disposed  to 
render  what  water  there  was  unfit  for  use  by  our  men.  Portions 
of  the  command  Ayould  strike  off  across  the  field  into  the  woods, 
anywhere  to  escape  the  intolerable  heat,  thirst  and  dust,  spread- 
ing out  sometimes  a  distance  of  six  or  eight  miles  from  the  main 
columns.  The  hospital-train  soon  became  a  long  one,  and  was  cer- 
tainly a  medley,  as  it  was  made  of  hospital  and  ambulance  wagons, 
and  as  these  became  full  from  the  many  poor  fellows  becoming  sick 
and  unable  to  march  or  ride  their  horses,  they  were  put  into  the 
hospital  train.  Soon  we  began  to  confiscate  from  the  resources 
of  the  country,  and  it  was  not  a  rare  sight  to  see  a  fine  family 
carriage,  an  old  buggy,  a  cart  or  even  an  old  stage-coach,  with  an 
impromtu  mule  team,  and  perhaps  a  rope  harness,  all  brought  into 
requisition,  mostly  without  the  formality  of  an  order  from  the 
General,  Quartermaster,  and  Surgeon. 

With  this  heterogeneous  medley  of  material,  our  hospital 
department  did  much  to  alleviate  the  distress  of  the  many  that 
gave  out  on  this  terrible  march.  Many  a  poor  fellow  failed  to 
reach  the  goal  for  which  we  were  then  striving,  namel}7  the  Mis- 
sissippi Kiver,  where  we  knew  there  was  an  abundance  of  supplies, 
rations,  sanitaiy  goods,  and  quartermaster  stores.  On  this  march 
through  Arkansas  five  Comrades  of  the  Ninth  wearily  laid  down 
to  their  last  sleep,  and  many  more  never  recovered  from  the  effects 
of  their  exposures,  and  died  at  Helena  or  in  the  various  hospitals 
of  the  North  to  which  they  were  sent.  It  Avas  an  experience  that 
makes  one  shudder  to  recall — day  after  day  toiling  on  with  the 
Confederate  troops  ever  in  our  front  vainly  trying  to  keep  us  back. 

On  the  Fourth  of  July  we  encamped  at  Augusta  on  the  White 


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River.  This  town  is  some  sixty-five  miles  from  Helena,  and  not 
far  from  St.  Charles,  where  the  Confederates  had  recently  blown 
up  one  of  our  gunboats.  We  then  hoped  to  reach  our  transport 
soon.  Here  the  army  took  a  much  needed  rest,  and  celebrated  the 
day  by  a  national  salute,  a  parade,  patriotic  speeches  by  General 
Benton,  Colonels  Hovey,  Bussey  and  Washburn,  the  reading  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  rousing  cheers  for  the  JN  a- 
tional  flag. 

July  Tth  our  cavalry  was  engaged  to  some  extent  at  Cache 
River  or  Cotton  Plant.  In  this  engagement  the  enemy  lost  large- 
ly, nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty  being  killed,  and  many  prison- 
ers captured.  The  loss  of  the  Union  army  was  seven  killed  and 
fifty-seven  wounded,  mainly  from  the  Thirty-third  Illinois  Infan- 
try and  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry. 

In  this  affair  the  Ninth  suffered  no  loss.  The  Rebel  force  here 
was  composed,  mainly,  of  two  regiments  of  Texas  Rangers,  a  fine 
soldierly  set  of  fellows.  In  some  accounts  this  battle  is  termed 
the  Battle  of  Peach  Mound,  Ark.,  because  of  large  peach  orchards 
near  by.  Our  hospitals  were  on  the  hills  among  the  peach  trees. 
Well  do  I  remember  that  bright  morning,  July  8th,  riding  among 
the  trees,  where  were  laid  the  dead  and  wounded,  both  Union  and 
Confederate,  all  receiving  the  same  treatment  and  care  from  our 
Surgeons  and  attendants.  Major  Clendenning  and  Captain  Sloan 
of  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry  lay  in  a  building  close  by,  dead,  and 
one  brave  soldier,  with  both  feet  tied  together  by  the  ropes, 
which  had*  been  used  by  his  captors  to  tie  him  to  the  tree,  where 
his  comrades  had  found  him,  dead,  shot  by  the  rebels.  He  was  a 
courier,  sent  out,  in  the  hope  of  reaching  the  expedition  sent  up 
the  White  River,  to  inform  them  that  Curtis'  army  would  soon 
be  there,  but,  unfortunately,  not  one  of  our  brave  men,  sent  on 
the  perilous  duty,  ever  got  through.  When  we  arrived  at  Claren- 
don, the  transports  and  fleet  had  come  and  gonj^  the  day  before 
our  advance  arrived  —  no  doubt,  supposing  that  we  had  taken 
some  other  route,  or  afraid  of  being  captured.  It  was,  indeed,  a 
bitter  disappointment  to  our  poor  fellows,  so  many  of  whom  were 
sick  and  worn  out  with  the  long  march,  the  heat  and  dust,  and 
poor  supplies  to  be  obtained.  There  was  nothing  to  stop  for 
here,  and,  after  a  little  rest,  the  command  again  took  up  their- 


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line  of  march,  this  time  toward  the  Mississippi  Kiver,  Helena 
being  the  objective  point,  where  we  knew  a  large  fleet,  with 
plenty  of  everything  to  make  us  comfortable,  awaited  our  coming. 
Some  of  Curtis'  command  arrived  there  on  July  14,  1862,  at 
Helena,  Ark. 

This  town  had  been  of  considerable  importance,  being  situated 
about  midway  between  Memphis  and  Yicksburg.  Just  previous 
to  our  arrival  the  whole  surface  of  the  town  had  been  almost 
completely  inundated  by  the  overflow  of  the  Mississippi  River, 
consequently,  the  air  was  full  of  the  poison  of  malaria,  arising 
from  the  dank  decaying  of  that  which  had  recently  been  a  rank 
growth  of  vegetation.  We  went  into  camp  just  above  the  town, 
on  the  immediate  bank  of  the  river.  In  this  God-forsaken 
country  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  had  their  headquarters  till 
April  7,  1863.  Soon  after  their  arrival  the  regiment  was 
assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade,  Colonel  Cyrus  Bussey,  of  General 
A.  P.  Hovey's  Division,  District  of  Southeastern  Arkansas,  com- 
manded by  General  Steele. 

A  FAMOUS  MARCH  — FIGHTING  OUR  WAY  THROUGH  ARKANSAS. 

A  SOLDIER'S  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  MARCH  OP  GENERAL  CURTIS'  COLUMN  THROUGH 
ARKANSAS  TO  THE  MISSISSIPPI  IN  THE  SUMMER  OP  1862  —  PLENTY  OP  FIGHT- 
ING AND  PLENTY  OP  HOT  WEATHER,  BUT  VERY  LITTLE  FORAGE  OR  WATER 
ON  THE  WEARY  TRIP. 

[From  the  Chicago  Times,  Saturday,  August  7, 18S6.~\ 

The  march  of  Major-General  Curtis'  army  from  Batesville  to  Helena,  in  the 
summer  of  1862,  was  one  of  the  most  arduous  and  fatiguing  of  any  made  during 
the  civil  war.  The  weather  was  intensely  hot,  and  the  road  lay  through  ^the  mala- 
ria-breeding swamps  and  fenlands,  where  the  trailing  masses  of  Spanish  moss 
on  the  great  cypress  trees  wave  like  mourning  bands  over  the  reeking  lands. 
Everything  grows  there  in  the  rankest  profusion,  and  the  cotton  and  corn  fields 
are  most  beautiful,  the  ground  being  rich  and  easily  cultivated.  Most  of  the  peo- 
ple residing  in  this  region  were  strong  in  their  secession  feelings,  ard,  being  con- 
siderable slave-owners,  were  willing  to  shed  their  blood  for  what  they  considered 
right.  There  were  many  large  plantations  where  great  gangs  of  slaves  were 
worked  successfully*  the  cultivation  being  something  marvelous.  They  believed 
that  the  Union  soldiers  were  endeavoring  to  escape  from  their  State,  and  that  this 
was  the  time  to  get  in  front  and  annihilate  them.  That  the  Union  soldiers  were 
suffering  for  want  of  rations  was  true  enough,  but  it  was  known  that  ste?  mboats 
loaded  with  provisions  for  our  army  were  moving  up  White  River,  and  we  hoped 
to  meet  them  at  Clarendon. 

The  General  had  left  the  Ninth  Regiment  of  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  Colonel 
Albert  G.  Brackett,  at  the  junction  of  the  Black  and  White  Rivers,  to  g\iard  his 


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lines  in  that  direction,  while  the  main  army  lay  in  and  about  Batesville,  some 
twenty-five  miles  distant.  Being  very  much  in  need  of  rations  and  forage,  forag- 
ing parties  were  frequently  sent  out,  which  in  most  instances  returned  wilh  Iheir 
wagons  loaded.  On  the  12th  of  June,  Major  Humphrey,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  started  out  on  one  of  these  expeditions,  and,  after  crossing  White  River, 
went  about  five  miles  below  Jacksonport,  where  his  command  of  four  companies 
was  furiously  assailed  by  the  enemy,  and  several  of  his  men  were  wounded.  Feel- 
ing that  he  was  unable  to  cope  with  the  superior  numbers  of  the  Confederates, 
and  fearing  that  his  train  would  be  captured,  he  sent  back  for  reinforcements.  A 
few  minutes  after  getting  the  word  Colonel  Brackett  started  out  to  assist  his  men, 
taking  two  more  companies  of  his  own  regiment  and  two  companies  of  Missouri 
cavalry,  with  two  mountain  howitzers.  Upon  reaching  the  ground  he  formed 
four  companies  in  a  cotton  field,  who  charged  the  enemy,  putting  them  to  flight, 
with  a  loss  of  twenty-eight  men;  saved  his  own  train  of  thirty-six  wagons,  after 
having  filled  it  with  corn  and  bacon,  and  returned  safely  to  his  own  camp  late 
that  evening.  The  fight  took  place  on  the  Waddell  farm,  one  of  the  finest  in  that 
country.  The  cotton-gin  and  tool-house  were  burned  during  the  fight. 

The  main  army  under  General  Curtis  started  from  Batesville  on  the  24th  of 
June,  and  slowly  toiled  toward  Jacksonport,  the  roads  being  dusty  and  the  heat 
almost  unendurable.  Sad,  indeed,  was  it  for  the  sick  and  wounded  men,  who 
gasped  and  panted  in  the  hot  weather,  there  being  no  cool  shade  and  cool  water 
for  them,  the  wflTole  country  fairly  seething.  The  Army  of  the  Southwest  was 
composed  of  three  divisions,  commanded,  respectively,  by  Brigadier-Generals 
Steele,  First;  Carr,  Second;  and  Osterhaus,  Third;  making  a  very  respectable 
command.  Of  course,  the  progress  was  not  as  if  they  had  been  on  a  railroad 
train,  and  seemed  slow  beyond  measure,  but  everybody  was  buoyed  up  with  the 
hope  that  when  we  reached  Clarendon,  on  White  River,  the  whole  of  our  sur- 
roundings would  change,  and  we  would  have  at  least  enough  to  eat.  The  troops 
at  the  junction  of  White  and  Black  Rivers  were  sent  ahead  to  clear  the  road,  and 
see  what  could  be  found  in  the  direction  of  Augusta.  There  was  comparatively 
little  left  in  the  country  in  the  way  of  food,  both  armies  having  lived  off  of  it  for 
a  considerable  time,  and  nearly  stripped  it  of  everything.  The  Confederate  troops 
were  commanded  by  Major-General  Thomas  C.  Hindman,  who  was  energetic  and 
watchful,  and  who  had  taken  pains  by  proclamations  to  rouse  the  most  bitter 
feelings  toward  the  Union  soldiers. 

On  the  27th  of  June  large  trains  were  sent  out  from  the  camp  on  Village 
Creek  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  what  more  could  be  obtained  which  would  be  of 
service  to  the  Federals.  These  trains  were  attacked,  and  Lieutenant  Alvin  II.  Gris- 
wold  and  three  soldiers  of  the  Third  Iowa  Cavalry  were  killed,  and  four  others 
wounded.  At  the  same  time  the  train  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  attacked, 
though  guarded  by  a  battalion  of  the  Regiment  under  Major  Wallis,  and  that  officer 
sent  back  for  help.  Colonel  Brackett  at  once  started  out  with  another  battalion 
of  the  regiment  to  go  to  his  relief,  and  after  marching  some  three  miles  found 
the  train  halted  near  a  piece  of  woods.  As  soon  as  he  took  in  the  situation,  the 
Colonel  started  into  the  timber,  determined  to  try  conclusions  with  the  Confeder- 
ates, if  they  could  be  found.  The  way  was  dark  in  the  afternoon,  the  trees  hang- 
ing over  the  road  so  as  to  form  almost  a  continuous  arch  way.  He  had  not  gone 


48  HISTORY    OF    THE 

far  when  his  advance  guard,  under  Captain  Knight,  came  suddenly  upon  the 
rebels  under  Colonel  Matlock,  as  they  moved  silently  along  the  dirt  road,  making 
scarcely  any  noise.  The  leading  sets  of  four  fired  their  revolvers  almost  simul- 
taneously, Captain  Knight  being  shot  through  the  body  and  dropping  from  his 
horse.  The  Confederates  immediately  retreated,  our  men  pushing  them  closely, 
until  they  reached  a  dense  swamp,  where  they  threw  themselves  off  their  horses 
and  took  to  the  trees,  firing  as  rapidly  as  possible.  The  fight  became  as  hot 
as  the  most  fastidious  person  could  desire,  and  so  continued  until  darkness 
came  on,  when  the  Confederates  retreated,  leaving  their  dead  men  on  the  ground. 
Both  sides  were  severely  crippled,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  having  thirty-three 
killed  and  wounded,  Colonel  Brackett,  Major  Wallis,  Captain  Knight,  and  Adju- 
tant Blackburn  being  among  the  latter.  This  action  occurred  on  Stewart's  plan- 
tation, and  is  so  laid  down  in  history.  The  Confederates,  according  to  their  own 
admission,  lost  over  fifty  in  killed  and  wounded.  What  gave  the  Colonel  the- 
greatest  satisfaction  was  saving  the  train  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the 
enemy,  as  it  was  very  valuable,  and  was  of  great  assistance  afterward  in  going 
through  to  the  Mississippi  River. 

Back  the  men  went  to  their  camp,  and  on  the  following  day  repaired  dam- 
ages as  well  as  possible,  and  paid  the  last  tribute  of  respect  to  those  who  had 
fallen.  A  sad  and  solemn  duty,  and  doubly  solemn  as  the  great  trees  overhead 
sighed  and  sobbed  as  the  men  were  laid  away  in  their  last  resting  place.  After  the- 
excitement  of  the  fight,  the  reaction  was  extremely  depressing. 

The  next  six  days  carried  the  huge  column  to  Augusta,  where  a  handsome 
village  was  found,  though  there  were  but  few  men  to  be  seen  belonging  to  the 
place,  they  having  joined  the  various  military  organizations,  which  were  endea- 
voring to  arrest  our  progress.  The  Fourth  of  July  was  spent  here,  and  celebrated 
as  well  as  circumstances  would  admit.  Many  Union  men  of  Arkansas  had  assem- 
bled, who  were  formed  into  a  regiment  by  General  Curtis,  and  though  they  did 
not  present  a  very  martial  aspect,  their  good-will  toward  the  old  flag  made  up 
many  shortcomings  in  other  respects.  They  were  game  men,  however,  as  Arkan. 
sans  usually  are. 

The  Confederates  had  been  busy  in  blockading  the  road,  felling  trees  therein, 
and  filling  up  the  wells  near  the  farmhouses.  When  the  wells  could  not  be 
stopped  up  readilv,  the  buckets  were  broken  and  rails  thrown  down  into  them.. 
On  the  7th  of  July,  Colonel  Charles  E.  Hovey,  of  the  Thirty-third  Illinois  Infantry 
Volunteers,  commanding  a  brigade,  directed  Colonel  Harris,  with  four  companies 
of  the  Eleventh  Wisconsin  Volunteers,  four  companies  of  the  Thirty-third  Illi- 
nois, and  one  steel  gun  belonging  to  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  to  make  a  recon- 
naissance in  front  of  our  lines.  He  fell  in  with  the  rebel  pickets  near  Hill's  plan- 
tation, fired  on  them,  and,  following  them  up  some  time,  fell  into  an  ambuscade. 
The  woods  swarmed  with  Confederate  soldiers,  and  the  fire  was  very  sharp,  there 
being  over  two  thousand  Texas  troops  drawn  up  in  line  of  battle.  After  some 
decided  fighting,  the  enemy  fell  back  on  their  main  line,  while  Harris  pushed 
forward,  until  he  in  turn  was  compelled  to  fall  back  with  his  men,  being  himself 
severely  wounded,  the  Texans  having  made  a  determined  charge  upon  them.  At 
this  time  Colonel  Hovey  arrived  with  reinforcements,  and,  forming  his  menr 
received  the  shock  of  a  charge  from  Ihe  enemy,  which  was  twice  repeated,  when 


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they  broke  under  the  withering  fire  of  the  infantry.  At  this  time  a  battalion  of 
the  First  Indiana  Cavalry  came  thundering  forward  by  orders  of  General  Curtis, 
and  completed  the  discomfiture  of  the  enemy.  The  disunionists,  about  twenty- 
five  hundred  strong,  were  under  the  immediate  command  of  Brigadier-General 
Albert  Rust,  and  their  loss  amounted  to  over  two  hundred  in  killed  and  wounded. 
On  our  side  Capt.  William  W.  Sloane,  of  the  Fiist  Indiana  Cavalry,  was  killed, 
and  Major  R.  M.  Cleudenning,  of  the  same  regiment,  was  very  seriously  wounded. 
Colonel  Harris,  Captain  Christie,  and  Lieutenant  Deen,  of  the  Eleventh  Wiscon- 
sin, were  wounded,  as  was  Captain  Potter,  of  the  Thirty-third  Illinois,  our  total 
loss  aggregating  sixty-three.  The  wounded  Confederates,  as  well  as  our  own, 
were  gathered  into  the  yar€  in  front  of  Mr.  Hill's  house,  and  presented  a  most 
pitiful  appearance.  The  rebels  could  not  understand  it,  as  their  officers  had 
assured  them  the  Federals  were  retreating,  and  that  they  would  give  way  as  soon 
as  attacked. 

Major-General  Hindman  had  expected  better  things  from  General  Rust,  whose 
command  retreated  across  White  River,  many  of  the  Texans  and  Arkansans 
deserting  at  that  time.  Inthisrepoit  Hindman  was  not  very  complimentary  in 
his  remarks  about  them.  This  is  all  very  well,  perhaps,  but  Hindman  was  not 
there  himself  to  witness  the  fight,  or  he  would  have  been  swept  off  the. field  with 
the  others. 

On  our  march  the  negroes  had  fairly  swarmed  around  us,  coming  from 
every  mansion,  log  cabin,  and  habitable  place  in  the  whole  region.  Some  of  the 
women  had  taken  the  finery  belonging  to  their  mistresses,  and,  puttingil  on,  strut- 
ted alongside  of  the  column  with  great  bundles  on  their  heads.  Little  children 
walked  briskly,  while  old  men  and  young  plodded  on  as  if  their  lives  depended 
upon  reaching  some  place  in  front — exactly  what  place  they  neither  knew  nor 
cared.  So  excited  a  body  of  humanity  never  was  seen  before;  here  was  the  real- 
ization of  the  hopes  of  liberty  which  they  had  kept  alive  for  years.  Some  were 
almost  delirious  with  joy,  and  for  a  time  forgot  the  hunger  which  would  soon  be 
upon  them.  We  had  not  much  ourselves,  and  could  not  well  spare  a  great  deal 
for  these  poor  creatures,  but  they  got  along  some  way,  and  never  returned  to  their 
old  masters  and  mistresses.  A  new  life  was  opening  up  before  them,  and  they 
were  to  make  their  way  as  best  they  could. 

At  some  of  the  camps  we  had  no  water  except  such  as  had  gathered  in  holes 
where  the  great  trees  had  been  blown  down,  which  was  both  warm  and  muddy — 
about  the  color  of  chocolate — but  we  had  to  drink  it,  as  there  was  no  other. 
Corn  bread  and  fresh  beef  was  our  usual  diet,  but  at  times  we  came  across  great 
fields  of  green  corn,  when  we  feasted  on  roasting  ears.  Frequently  the  dust  was 
terrible,  and  the  cavalry  would  be  obliged  to  make  long  detours  on  the  side  of 
the  road  to  keep  from  smothering  the  infantry  completely.  At  other  times  the 
rain  fell,  and  all  night  long  everything  was  wet  and  comfortless.  Then,  when 
the  sun  came  out,  the  steam  would  rise  in  great  wreaths,  and  we  were  as  hot  as  in 
steam  baths.  Everything  seemed  to  be  in  confusion,  but  still  we  toiled  on  and  on. 
knowing  that  eventually  we  would  reach  the  river,  or  find  a  resting  place  forever 
by  the  roadside. 

Several  houses  were  burned  on  the  march,  they  being  the  property  of  seces- 
sionists, who  were  too  free  in  expressing  their  views  before  the  Union  men.  One 
4 


50  HISTOKY    OF   THE 

fine  mansion  was  occupied  by  some  ladies,  who  were  very  violent  in  their  opin- 
ions, as  well  as  insolent  to  our  officers  and  soldiers.  This  could  not  continue  long, 
and  as  one  regiment  after  another  passed  the  house,  the  indignation  increased, and 
an  hour  afterward,  what  had  been  an  inviting  mansion,  with  trees  and  shrubbery, 
was  but  a  shapeless  mass  of  charred  beams. 

On  the  9th  of  July,  the  troops  were  in  motion  by  dawn  of  day,  reveille  having 
been  sounded  an  hour  before  dawn.  A  twenty-five  mile  march  lay  before  us, 
when  we  would  reach  Clarendon,  fondly  believing  we  would  there  find  an  abun- 
dance of  everything.  We  "were  in  one  extended  column,  over  seven  miles  in 
length,  moving  over  a  level  country,  where  there  were  no  hills  or  rocks.  We 
suffered  greatly  for  want  of  water,  but  a  small  frog-pond,  found  about  midday, 
furnished  some  fluid,  many  gladly  drinking  "the  green  mantle  of  the  standing 
pool."  About  four  miles  from  Clarendon,  a  messenger  reached  General  Curtis, 
and  informed  him  that  the  gunboats,  with  transports  loaded  with  rations  for  our 
army,  had  left  the  place,  and  gone  back  the  night  before.  Was  ever  anything  so 
provoking?  Messengers  were  sent  ahead  at  once,  but  they  were  probably  captured 
by  the  enemy,  and  did  no  good.  We  marched  sullenly  into  the  place,  and  then 
prepared  to  push  forward  to  Helena,  on  the  Mississippi  River,  sixty  five  miles 
distant,  on  the  following  morning.  No  one  can  tell  how  much  we  suffered  from 
disappointment,  nor  how  aggravating  it  was,  to  be  so  near  our  supplies,  and  tlms 
be  thwarted  in  getting  them.  No  one  was  really  to  blame,  however.  We  were 
simply  unable  to  get  messengers  through  the  country,  telling  our  friends  of  oxir 
approach,  as  every  horseman  was  siezed  by  the  Confederates,  and,  if  unable  to 
give  a  good  account  of  himself,  summarily  disposed  of. 

We  remained  in  camp  on  the  10th,  to  rest  our  weary  men  and  horses,  before 
attempting  the  great  march  to  the  river,  which  we  must  reach,  at  any  rate,  to 
save  our  lives.  General  Grant,  then  in  command  of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee  at 
Memphis,  felt  the  absolute  necessity  of  getting  supplies  to  General  Curtis,  and  on 
the  26th  of  June  sent  the  following  letter  to  Colonel  Graham  N.  Fitch,  command- 
ing the  White  River  expedition: 

"  SIR:  I  send  five  steamers  loaded  with  supplies  for  General  Curtis'  army.  As 
they  necessarily  pass  through  a  hostile  country,  great  caution  will  have  to  be  exer- 
cised, to  prevent  these  supplies  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  or  from 
being  destroyed . 

"  I  have  selected  you  as  commander  of  the  expedition,  and  reinforce  you  with 
two  additional  regiments,  as  you  will  perceive  from  special  orders  accompanying 
this. 

"It  would  be  impossible  to  give  full,  special  instructions  for  the  management 
of  this  expedition.  Much  must  necessarily  be  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  officer  in' 
command.  I  would  suggest,  however,  that  two  pieces  of  artillery  be  placed  on 
the  bow  of  the  boat  intended  to  lead;  that  all  of  them  be  kept  well  together;  when 
you  tie  up  for  the  night,  strong  guards  be  thrown  out  upon  the  shore,  and  that  the 
troops  be  landed  and  required  to  march,  and  clear  out  all  points  suspected  of  con- 
cealing a  foe. 

"  It  is  desirable  these  supplies  should  reach  General  Curtis  as  early  as  possible. 
As  soon  as  the  boats  can  possibly  be  discharged,  return  them,  bringing  your 
entire  command  to  St.  Charles,  or  to  where  you  now  are. 


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"  It  is  not  intended  that  you  shall  reach  General  Curtis  against  all  obstacles,  but 
it  is  highly  desirable  that  he  should  be  reached. 

"  I  am,  Colonel,  your  obedient  servant, 
[Signed]  "  U.  S.  GRANT, 

"Major-General  Commanding." 

"We  started  on  the  llth,  and  soon  came  to  a  land  where  there  was  an  abun- 
dance of  everything — fodder  for  our  horses,  food  for  ourselves,  and  plenty  of 
water.  We  marched  all  day  and  all  night,  many  of  the  men  being  overcome  by 
drowsiness  and  fatigue.  Some  dropped  from  their  horses,  others  laid  quietly 
down  by  the  roadside — quite  a  number  to  rise  no  more.  So  we  kept  on,  until  9 
o'clock  on  the  following  morning,  when  we  reached  Helena,  and  the  great  march 
was  over. 


CHAPTER  YI. 

SICKNESS  AT  HELENA  —  MANY  SENT  NORTH  —  BRASS  GUNS  ASSIGNED 
TO  THE  NINTH  —  FIGHT  AT  LA  GRANGE,  ARK.  —  MAJOR  BURGH'S 
EXPEDITION  WITH  GENERAL  WASHBURN  IN  MISSISSIPPI  —  CAP- 
TURE or  THE  GUN  — THE  FRIENDSHIP  OF  GENERAL  WASHBURN. 

AFTER  our  arrival  at  Helena,  it  was  soon  found  to  be  the  case 
that  a  large  part  of  the  regiment  was  sick,  jaded  and  worn 
out.  Hospitals  were  established,  while  a  large  number  were  put 
on  the  transports  that  were  arriving,  some  of  which  were  being 
transformed  into  hospital  boats  and  sent  North,  some  to  St.  Louis 
and  Cairo,  and  quite  a  number  farther  up  the  river  to  the  hos- 
pitals in  other  cities.  Others  were  granted  furloughs  and  sick 
leave,  and  went  direct  to  their  homes.  Many,  very  many,  took 
their  departure  from  this  place  to  their  long  home,  and  their  bones 
are  now  lying  upon  the  hills  so  beautiful,  just  above  our  camping 
ground. 

While  in  camp  here  our  Regiment  suffered  terribly  from  dis- 
ease; often  there  were  not  enough  men  in  camp  to  care  for  the 
sick  and  properly  look  after  the  horses. 

August  10th,  when  the  regiment  was  called  upon  for  an  escort 
to  a  forage  train  sent  out  by  one  of  the  Iowa  regiments,  there 
were  but  seventy  soldiers  fit  for  duty.  This  showed  the  terrible 
state  of  health,  which  lasted  till  the  winter  frosts  and  cool  weather 
killed  some  of  the  poison. 

September  15, 1862,  the  regiment  received  two  twelve-pounder 
howitzers,  which  were  placed  under  the  command  of  Lieut. 
E.  G.  Butler,  of  Company  F,  and  details  of  men  made  from 
different  companies  of  the  regiment.  These  guns  did  good  serv- 
ice in  many  of  our  engagements,  and  the  men  in  whose  charge 
they  were  placed  took  great  pride  in  their  use  against  the  enemy, 
and  they  were  brought  into  frequent  action. 

October  llth,  a  small  party  out  on  a  scout  captured,  within 
twelve  miles  of  Helena,  a  rebel  picket  of  twelve  men.  November 

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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  53 

$th,  Captain  Perkins  with  two  companies  of  the  Ninth  and  a  detail 
from  some  other  cavalry  regiment  had  quite  a  lively  brush  with 
the  Confederate  troops  in  much  larger  numbers.  There  had  been 
desultory  firing  by  small  parties  during  the  day,  and  our  com- 
mand was  on  the  alert,  knowing  that  the  rebs  were  ever  about. 
At  2  P.  M.  Captain  Perkins  halted  his  command  by  the  roadside 
for  rest  and  to  feed  both  men  and  horses. 

They  had  just  become  fairly  interested  in  the  work,  when  firing 
was  heard  in  the  direction  of  the  picket.  The  men  were  hastily 
formed  in  line.  The  two  howitzers  had  been  stationed  in  the  road, 
and  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant  Butler  were  already 
charged  with  grape  and  canister.  The  Confederates  came 
charging  down  the  road.  Captain  Perkins  gave  orders  not  to  fire 
till  they  were  near.  The  men,  though  eager,  waited  till  a  regi- 
ment of  Texas  cavalry  were  within  musket  range,  when  they 
•opened  on  them  with  telling  effect,  supplemented  with  rapid  fir- 
ing from  the  carbines,  and  sent  them  whirling  back  with  many 
saddles  empty.  The  rebels  charged  again,  but  not  with  the  dash 
of  the  first  encounter,  and  were  driven  back  the  same  way.  The 
•enemy's  loss  was  about  fifty,  while  ours  was  small. 

At  this  stage  of  the  campaign,  November,  1862,  General  Grant 
had  made  Holly  Springs  a  depot  of  supplies  of  all  sorts  of  muni- 
tions of  war,  all  of  which  came  by  rail  from  Columbus,  Ky.,  with 
a  few  stores  at  LaGrange  and  Grand  Junction. 

An  expedition  was  ordered  by  General  Halleck  from  the  troops 
at  Helena,  west  of  the  Mississippi  (which  district  was  not  then 
under  General  Grant's  command),  under  Generals  C.  C.  Wash- 
burn  and  A.  P.  Hovey  to  cut  the  railroad  in  the  rear  of  Pember- 
ton's  army,  and  thus  delay  his  retrograde  march. 

General  Grant  in  his  Memoirs  says:  "  The  expedition  did  reach 
the  railroad,  and  the  damage  done  was  great,  though  it  was  soon 
repaired  by  the  rebels."  Pemberton  at  this  time  was  strongly 
fortified  on  the  south  side  of  the  Tallahatchee,  but  the  demonstra- 
tion of  the  cavalry,  some  of  whom  had  crossed  higher  up,  caused 
him  to  hastily  evacuate  his  position,  which,  as  Grant  again  says, 
"  was  accelerated  by  the  expeditions  of  Generals  Hovey  and  Wash- 
burn." 


5-i  HISTORY    OF   THE 

In  this  expedition  of  General  Washburn,  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry  had  one  battalion,  .about  one  hundred  and  fifty  men, 
under  the  command  of  Major  Harry  B.  Burgh,  and  the  importance 
of  the  movement  and  the  results  accomplished  was  even  more 
than  was  expected.  The  enemy  took  alarm,  and  left  almost  a 
clear  coast  for  Grant's  army  to  follow;  which  it  immediately  did, 
and  on  the  8th  of  November  occupied  Grand  Junction  and  La- 
Grange,  and  on  the  13th  went  into  Holly  Springs. 

The  battalion  of  the  Ninth  penetrated  to  the  suburbs  of  Grenada, 
and  destroyed  railway  and  telegraphic  communications  between 
Pemberton  and  his  base  of  supplies.  At  Coffeeville  this  de- 
tachment of  the  Ninth  behaved  with  great  gallantry,  and  in  a 
charge  on  the  enemy,  recaptured  a  gun  belonging  to  an  Indiana 
battery,  which  the  Confederates  had  a  short  time  previously 
captured  from  our  forces.  During  this  expedition  the  battalion 
of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  commanded  by  Major  Burgh  did 
such  excellent  service  as  to  attract  the  attention  of  General  Wash- 
burn,  who  complimented  Major  Burgh  in  the  highest  terms  on  the 
splendid  manner  in  which  he  handled  his  command,  and  who 
thereafter  became  the  warm  friend  and  patron  of  the  regiment, 
and  through  whose  friendly  assistance  the  regiment  soon  after 
succeeded  in  procuring,  for  the  first  time,  a  supply  of  really  good 
firearms. 

On  General  Washburn's  promotion  to  Major-General,  and  his 
appointment  to  the  command  of  the  cavalry  of  the  district  of 
West  Tennessee,  he  made  application  for  the  transfer  of  the 
Ninth  from  Arkansas  to  Tennessee,  the  pleasant  result  of  which 
was  the  removal  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  from  the  malarial 
atmosphere  of  Arkansas  to  the  more  healthful  climate  of  West 
Tennessee,  in  the  following  spring. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

THE  GORMAN  EXPEDITION  —  CAPTURE  OF  ARKANSAS  POST  —  ST. 
CHARLES  AND  THE  "  LITTLE  PESTS  "-  -  RETURN  TO  HELENA  — 
ELECTION  OF  Two  MAJORS. 

TANUARY  10,  1863,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  moved  (with 
fj  General  Gorman's  expedition  to  DuVall's  Bluff)  as  far  as  St. 
Charles,  three  companies  marching  across  from  Helena  and  the 
remainder  on  the  steamer  Lebanon,  with  a  fleet  of  twenty-one 
transports  and  two  gunboats,  among  them  the  elegant  side-wheel 
palace  steamers,  Ruth  and  Imperial,  the  Ruth  not  long  there- 
after being  burned  at  St.  Louis.  It  was  a  magnificent  sight  to  see 
the  fleet  of  vessels,  especially  at  night. 

We  sailed  to  the  mouth  of  "White  River,  and  then  up  that 
stream  as  far  as  St.  Charles,  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  miles 
from  the  mouth.  Here  the  fleet  tied  up,  and  a  part  of  the  cav- 
alry was  sent  out  about  twelve  miles,  but  no  enemy  was  found  ; 
a  portion  going  up  still  higher  to  DuVall's  Bluff.  The  fortifica- 
tions here  were  very  heavy  and  strong,  and  had  recently  been 
evacuated  by  the  Confederate  troops,  under  Colonel  Fry,  to  re- 
lieve Arkansas  Post,  but  only  arrived  at  the  latter  place  in  time 
to  be  taken  in  as  prisoners  by  General  Sherman  and  Admiral 
Porter,  who,  on  January  llthj  captured  the  Post  with  six  thou- 
sand prisoners,  seventeen  guns  and  a  large  amount  of  Government 
stores.  Had  the  Confederate  troops  remained  in  their  fortifica- 
tions at  St.  Charles,  they  would  undoubtedly  have  been  able  to 
have  given  us  a  hard  fight. 

The  capture  of  Arkansas  Post  was  very  important,  situated 
fifty  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Arkansas  River,  and  not  far 
from  the  capital  of  the  State,  Little  Rock,  and  had  left  this  part 
of  the  country,  west  of  the  Mississippi,  pretty  well  cleared  of 
Confederate  troops.  While  our  two  companies,  B  and  C,  and 
one  infantry  regiment,  remained  at  St.  Charles,  the  weather 

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turned  very  cold.     The  snow  was  several  inches  deep,  and  it  was 
said  to  be  the  coldest  spell  in  fourteen  years. 

The  troops  took  possession  of  a  lot  of  buildings  lately  occu- 
pied by  the  Confederate  soldiers.  Before  they  left,  however, 
they  were  sorry  they  had  done  so.  The  quarters  fairly  swarmed 
with  those  little  pests  "  that  stick  closer  than  a  brother,"  and 
that  made  our  boys,  who  were  unaccustomed  to  their  presence, 
very  hot,  indeed.  This  reminds  me  of  a  little  story.  One  of  our 
prominent  Generals  was  standing  with  a  group  of  staff  officers 
with  an  elegant  new  uniform  on,  when  one  of  his  staff  called  his 
attention  to  a  little  insect  crawling  on  the  outside  of  his  coat. 
The  General  looked  down,  and,  without  changing  a  muscle  of  his 
countenance,  reached  for  the  animal,  unbuttoned  his  coat,  and 
carefully  placing  the  insect  inside,  remarked,  "  Get  in  there,  you 
little  devil,  to  where  you  belong." 

January  23d,  the  Regiment  returned  to  Helena  and  camped  in 
rear  of  Fort  Curtis,  our  old  camp  being  in  possession  of  negroes, 
who  had  the  small-pox. 

January  24,  1863,  Lieutenant-Colonel  H.  F.  Sickles  having  re- 
signed, there  was  an  election  for  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Ninth. 
Major  H.  J.  Humphrey  was  elected  to  fill  the  place.  At  about 
the  same  time  elections  were  held  for  two  Majors,  and  Captains 
M.  L.  Perkins  and  L.  F.  Booth  were  elected  to  fill  these  posi- 
tions, their  recommendations  were  sent  forward,  and  they  were 
placed  on  duty  as  Majors,  but  were  never  commissioned  as  such. 
Captain  Ira  R.  Gifford,  of  Company  E,  and  Captain  L.  D. 
Bishop,  of  Company  H,  were  the  fortunate  individuals  who 
finally  received  the  two  coveted  Majorships. 

On  the  13th  of  February,  the  Ninth  participated  in  a  skirmish 
on  the  Yazoo  Cut  Off,  and  met  with  small  loss,  though  a  number 
of  the  enemy  were  killed  and  wounded. 

February  14th,  General  Prentiss  relieved  General  Gorman  in 
command  at  Helena.  A  detachment  of  the  Ninth  was  stationed 
at  Fryers'  Point,  about  twenty  miles  below.  A  short  distance 
down  from  Helena  was  the  plantation  of  the  Rebel  General  Pil- 
low ;  to  this  place  the  boys  would  make  frequent  excursions,  car- 
rying off  what  they  desired. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

THE  REGIMENT  MOVES  TO  MEMPHIS  —  To  GERMANTOWN  — 

EQUIPMENTS  —  FIGHTING  FORREST'S  CAVALRY  —  LADIES  IN  CAMP 
— SUICIDE  OF  A  SOLDIER — MAJOR  BURGH'S  GALLANT  FIGHT 
WITH  CHALMERS  —  SKIRMISHING  AND  FIGHTING  IN  TENNESSEE 
AND  MISSISSIPPI  —  SENATOBIA —  COLD  WATER  —  PANOLA  —  FALL 

OF  VlCKSBURG AFTER  COLONEL  RlCHARDSON FlGHT  OF  CoLO- 

NEL  HATCH  AT  JACKSON  —  FIGHT  AT  GRENADA  —  CAPTURE  AND 
DESTRUCTION  OF  A  LARGE  AMOUNT  OF  CONFEDERATE  PROPERTY 
—  LIEUTENANT  SHATTUCK  CUT  OFF. 

MONDAY,  April  6th,  at  10  p.  M.,  we  received  orders  to  move 
at  eight  o'clock  the  next  morning,  and,  though  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  men  were  out  on  a  scout,  the  remainder  of  the  regi- 
ment reported  at  the  wharf  at  the  appointed  time  Tuesday  morn- 
ing, and  immediately  began  to  embark  our  men  and  horses  on  the 
fine  large  steamer  Illinois,  which  not  only  carried  our  regiment, 
but  a  portion  of  an  infantry  regiment  as  well.  We  did  not  leave 
Helena  until  2  P.  M,.  and  arrived  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  after  an  un- 
eventful trip  without  accident,  at  daylight  Wednesday  morning, 
April  Y.  After  a  seven-mile  inarch  hunting  up  a  camping  ground, 
we  finally  settled  in  a  very  pleasant  spot  about  three  miles  south- 
east of  Memphis,  and  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  river.  All  will 
remember  this  beautiful  camp  among  the  trees;  it  really  seemed 
that  we  were  in  "  God's  country"  again.  But  we  did  not  remain 
in  this  spot  long ;  soon  the  order  came  for  us  to  move  out  on  the 
Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad,  and  we  marched  fifteen  miles 
to  a  pleasant  little  place  called  Germantowii.  The  camp  here 
was  situated  in  woods  one  mile  from  the  town. 

April  18th,  we  received  an  outfit  of  new  tents,  which  came  in 
good  play,  as  our  old  ones  were  about  played  out.  The  Ninth  was 
then  under  the  command  of  General  Sherman,  and  had  been 

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58  HISTORY    OF    THE 

assigned  to  Colonel  McCrellis'  Brigade  of  the  Sixteenth  Army 
Corps,  Major-General  C.  C.  Washburn  commanding. 

On  the  line  of  the  Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad  and 
points  in  that  vicinity,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  were  engaged 
for  more  than  eighteen  months  almost  constantly ;  scouting  after 
and  fighting  some  part  of  the  rebel  cavalry  commanded  by  that 
wily  and  unscrupulous  paragon  of  a  cavalry  fighting  General,  N. 
B.  Forrest,  with  whom  the  Confederate  army  had  no  equal,  at  least 
in  the  Southwest.  Now  here,  now  there,  Forrest  and  his  men 
seemed  to  be  ubiquitous.  It  would  be  impossible  to  name  all  the 
fights  we  had  with  some  portion  of  his  cavalry. 

As  yet  we  were  but  poorly  equipped  with  horses  and  armsr 
but  the  first  began  to  come  soon  after  our  arrival  at  Memphis^ 
and  Major  Burgh  (who  was  indefatigable  in  his  endeavors),  in  the 
latter  part  of  April,  succeeded  in  procuring  an  outfit  of  new  arms, 
mostly  Colt's  revolving  rifles,  which  were  really  a  very  effective 
arm,  and  two  companies  with  Sharp  carbines  put  us  in  much  bet- 
ter shape  than  ever  before. 

At  this  time,  with  a  partial  new  mount  of  horses,  new  tents, 
and  new  arms,  we  were  really  proud  of  our  regiment  once  more. 
An  inspection  of  the  regiment  took  place  April  2  7,  by  a  Colonel 
of  the  regular  army,  who  complimented  the  officers  and  men  on 
their  fine  soldierly  appearance. 

April  28th,  we  were  again  made  glad  by  the  appearance  of  the 
United  States  Paymaster  among  us,  who  paid  the  regiment  up  to 
March  1,  1863. 

At  this  time  there  was  quite  a  number  of  ladies  (the  wives  of 
officers)  in  camp.  They  were  established  in  a  line  of  tents  near 
headquarters,  which  had  been  dubbed  "Crinoline  Row."  There 
were  in  camp  during  the  spring  and  summer,  among  others  whom 
I  do  not  now  recall,  the  following:  Mrs.  Harper,  Mrs.  Gifford, 
Mrs.  Cowen,  Mrs.  McMeannis,  Mrs.  Perkins,  Mrs.  Christy,  'Mrs. 
Ellsworth,  Mrs.  Blackburn  and  Mrs.  Pullman.  The  presence  of 
these  ladies  made  our  camp  appear  quite  civilized,  and  no  doubt 
had  much  to  do  in  keeping  both  officers  and  men  on  their  good 
behaviour.  Many  social  gatherings  took  place,  and  many  happy 
hours  passed  quickly  away,  which,  otherwise  would  have  hung 


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heavy  on  the  hands  of  those  far  from  home  influences.  It  is  to 
the  credit  of  every  man,  a  member  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
that  during  the  stay  of  the  ladies  in  camp,  there  never  was  one  of 
them  subjected  to  insult  or  anything  other  than  respectful  con- 
sideration. Neither  will  it  be  thought  strange  if  those  gentlemen, 
who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  have  their  wives  with  them,  should 
sometimes  think  that  the  detail  for  their  services  for  "officer  of  the 
day  "  to  command  a  scouting  party,  or  some  of  the  various  duties 
devolving  upon  them,  came  pretty  often;  but  no  one  ever  rebelled 
in  the  slightest  degree,  though  we  don't  know  what  they  thought. 

May  12,  1863,  a  very  sad  occurrence  took  place  in  camp.  Ser- 
geant David  A.  Ewing,  Company  E,  committed  suicide  by  shoot- 
ing himself  while  in  the  captain's  tent.  Bad  news  from  home 
was  the  cause  of  the  rash  act.  He  was  much  beloved  by  all  who 
knew  him. 

May  15th.  A  short  time  after  our  arrival  at  Germantown, 
Major  Burgh,  with  a  part  of  the  Ninth  and  a  small  detachment 
of  the  Third  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  Major  O'Connor,  about  three 
hundred  men  in  all,  while  on  a  scout,  encountered  a  large  force  of 
Confederates  under  General  Chalmers,  and  had  a  very  narrow  es- 
cape from  capture.  They  were  out  two  days  or  more,  and  had 
not  been  advised  by  those  supposed  to  know  that  there  was  any 
very  large  force  of  rebel  troops  in  their  vicinity,  but  were  in- 
formed by  a  Mrs.  Morris,  at  whose  house  they  stopped,  that  there 
had  been  a  fight  at  Wall  Hill  the  day  before,  in  which  our  forces 
had  been  beaten.  [This  was  Colonel  Hatch's  command.]  It  seems 
that  Chalmers,  with  a  large  force,  after  his  fight  with  Hatch  the 
day  before,  was  still  ready  for  fight,  especially  if  the  enemy  was 
smaller  in  numbers.  When  this  little  command  of  Major  Burgh's 
was  found  to  be  in  his  vicinity,  he  thought  he  could  easily  bag 
them. 

In  the  meantime  Major  Burgh  had  not  been  idle,  but,  camping 
that  night  on  the  south  side  of  the  Coldwater,  with  the  enemy 
in  possession  of  the  crossings,  it  behooved  him  to  find  some  other 
way  out.  He  sent  Lieutenant  Roberts,  of  Company  G,  to  one 
of  the  houses  in  the  vicinity.  One  of  the  women  had  that  after- 
noon come  across  the  river  from  the  mill.  Lieutenant  Roberts 
remarked  that  she  had  had  a  long  trip.  "  Oh  no,"  she  replied,  "  we 


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have  cut  a  new  road  through  to  a  ford  higher  up,"  designating  the 
spot.  This  was  just  what  Roberts  wanted  to  find  out.  He  asked 
many  questions  quite  innocent  like,  and  the  woman  little  thought 
she  had  given  the  Yankees  a  key  of  escape.  Lieutenant  Roberts 
soon  reported  what  he  had  learned  to  Major  Burgh,  and  he  then 
laid  his  plans  for  the  morrow.  Chalmers  was  quietly  waiting  for 
our  forces  to  fall  right  into  his  hands  like  ripe  peaches,  but  he 
reckoned  without  his  host.  Early  the  next  morning,  after  a  good 
deal  of  search.  Major  Burgh  had  found  the  new  ford  (unknown  to 
Chalmers),  and  was  moving  away  from  his  more  powerful  enemy, 
when  the  Confederates  beset  him  in  the  rear  and  made  a  deter- 
mined effort  to  surround  him,  but  with  his  two  little  guns  and  by 
brilliant  management,  after  some  sharp  fighting,  he  brought  his 
command  in  safety  from  the  field  with  but  Very  small  loss,  while 
the  punishment  the  rebels  received  was  not  so  light.  Major 
Burgh  was  liighly  complimented  for  the  brilliant  and  adroit  man- 
ner in  which  this  affair  was  managed  and  the  officers  of  his  com- 
mand were  all  worthy  of  the  high  praise  which  they  received. 

A  BRILLIANT  RECONNOISANCE  OF  THE  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY. 

[From  the  Memphis  Bulletin,  May  18, 1863.~[ 

Cavalry  dashes  into  the  enemy's  country  have  become  of  late  quite  common 
occurrences.  The  National  officers  and  soldiers  find  it  both  stale  and  unprofitable 
to  remain  in  camp  from  one  week's  end  to  another,  and  are  only  too  glad  when 
the  order  is  given  to  "  pack  up  and  move."  Acting  under  that  state  of  feelings, 
Major  Burgh  with  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and 
one  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  Third  Illinois  Cavalry,  left  camp  near  Germantown 
on  a  reconnoitering  expedition,  with  the  instruction  to  do  all  that  lay  in  his 
power  to  destroy  the  enemy  wherever  he  could  be  found.  When  they  had 
proceeded  on  their  way  as  far  as  Cockrun's  Corners,  in  DeSoto  County,  Miss., 
and  twelve  miles  from  Holly  Springs,  they  came  upon  a  small  detachment  of 
rebel  cavalry,  who  fled  toward  Stafford.  Here  the  National  forces  were  met 
by  a  party  of  guerrillas,  estimated  at  one  hundred  and  fifty,  under  the  command 
of  Colonel  Faulkner,  who  fell  back  toward  Tullahoma.  Our  cavalry  pursued 
them  on  a  quick  gallop,  but  not  fast  enough  to  come  up  with  the  enemy.  They 
rested  for  the  night.  This  was  Thursday.  Early  Friday  morning  Major  Burgh 
-ascertained  that  the  entire  force  of  the  rebel  General  Chalmers  was  estimated  by 
the  inhabitants  at  three  thousand  infantry,  cavalry  and  artillery.  The  question,  on 
Major  Burgh  receiving  this  information,  was  whether  to  go  back  the  road  he  had 
come  and  fight  the  entire  rebel  force  with  three  hundred  men  or  take  another  route. 
In  conversation  with  a  lady,  Major  Burgh  was  informed  that  the  Coldwater  was 
fordable.  The  order  was  given  to  take  the  road  and  ford  the  Coldwater,  and 
then  hold  their  position.  The  Third  Illinois  was  sent  to  the  plantation  of  Mr. 


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Bowen  to  breakfast,  while  the  Ninth  Illinois  was  posted  about  three  miles  in  the 
advance.  Major  Burgh  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  story  told  by  the  inhab- 
itants in  the  country  through  which  he  had  passed  was  without  foundation,  when 
he  was  startled  by  a  soldier  of  the  Third  Cavalry,  who  came  on  with  a  rush,  tell- 
ing the  Major  that  an  attack  had  been  made  on  the  rear.  The  Ninth  Illinois  were 
at  once  formed  and  marched  to  the  scene  of  action,  where  he  found  a  large  body 
of  the  enemy,  consisting  of  infantry  and  cavalry.  Then  came  the  severest  little 
fight  which  has  yet  been  recorded.  The  rebels  were  in  the  woods,  and  the  Fed- 
erals in  the  open  field.  The  Ninth  Illinois  are  splendidly  armed,  and  each  and 
every  man  used  them  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  their  officers.  Major  Burgh 
finding  the  rebels  too  strong  in  point  of  numbers,  the  woods  being  alive  with 
them,  fell  back  to  the  woods,  but  the  rebels  concluded  not  to  come  from  un- 
der cover.  At  a  double  log  house  a  number  of  rebels  were  secreted,  causing 
great  annoyance  to  the  Federals.  Captain  Perkins  was  ordered  to  throw  a  shell 
into  the  house  and  dislodge  them;  and  no  sooner  was  the  order  given  than  it  was 
carried  into  execution,  resulting  in  driving  them  helter-skelter  from  the  house. 
The  fight  lasted  all  day  Friday.  At  dark  the  Federals  moved,  and  on  Saturday 
arrived  at  camp  at  Germantown,  witli  the  loss  of  five  killed  and  ten  wounded. 
The  rebel  loss  must  have  been  four  times  ours  in  killed  and  wounded.  The 
Federals  took  a  few  prisoners,  while  they  did  not  lose  a  single  man  by  that  means. 
The  officers  who  particularly  signalized  themselves  during  the  engagement  were 
Major  Burgh,  Captain  Perkins,  Lieutenants  McClure  and  Roberts. 

The  camp  at  Germantown  was  reinforced  by  two  regiments 
of  infantry  and  a  section  of  artillery,  a  raid  being  expected  from 
the  Confederates  to  strike  the  railroad  at  some  point  between  La 
Grange  and  Memphis.  It  was  thought  it  might  be  at  this  station, 
so  all  the  troops  were  on  the  alert. 

May  21st,  Companies  G  and  B,  under  Captains  Buel  and  Mock 
(Captain  Buel  in  command  of  the  detachment),  was  sent  out  on  the 
Pigeon  Roost  road,  patrolling  to  Olive  Branch.  At  this  place  they 
came  upon  a  company  of  Forrest's  cavalry,  and  had  a  lively  skirm- 
ish, driving  the  rebels  back  and  down  to  the  Cold  water.  Our 
forces  were  larger  than  that  of  the  rebels,  and  of  course  they  re- 
treated, but  kept  up  a  pretty  sharp  tiring,  and  obliged  our  men  to 
keep  under  cover.  Captain  Buel  handled  his  men  very  hand- 
somely, and  bravely  charging  drove  the  rebs  over  the  river.  They 
had  considerable  skirmishing  for  two  days.  It  was  reported  by 
some  stragglers  \vho  came  in  from  the  command  that  Captain 
Buel  had  been  killed,  but  this  fortunately  proved  not  to  be  the 
case. 

May  31st,  we  had  a  pleasant  visit  from  Lieutenant  Benton  of 
Company  A,  who  has  been  North  on  leave.  He  has  been  attached 


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to  the  staff  of  General  Benton  for  a  long  time.  Lieutenant  Ben- 
ton  is  a  very  popular  young  man  with  his  company  and  the  regi- 
ment, and  all  enjoyed  his  week's  visit. 

June  3d,  Captain  Ellsworth  came  in  from  a  scout,  bringing  in 
as  prisoners;  one  captain,  one  lieutenant,  and  four  privates,  which 
lie  captured  after  a  bloodless  encounter  in  a  cotton  gin,  as  he  had 
been  informed  by  a  negro  (nearly  always  our  friend)  that  they 
were  concealed.  Many  troops  have  been  sent  from  this  section 
below  towards  Vicksburg  to  reinforce  General  Grant  in  his  opera- 
tions there. 

June  3d,  the  Forty-eighth  Illinois  Infantry,  the  last  infantry 
regiment,  left  leaving  only  the  Third  and  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

June  6th,  this  being  the  anniversary  of  the  capture  of  Memphis, 
they  had  a  big  celebration.  Governor  Yates  of  Illinois  was 
there.  "Our  Dick"  as  the  boys  affectionately  called  him  is 
known  and  loved  by  all  Western  soldiers,  and  was  well  entitled  to 
the  name  of  "  War  Governor  "  by  his  patriotic  words  and  works 
in  behalf  of  the  many  valiant  soldiers  who  had  joined  the  Union 
army  to  put  down  the  unholy  rebellion.  They  had  cannon  boom- 
ing, and  in  the  evening  a  grand  display  of  fireworks.  The  feel- 
ing, was  very  different  than  was  shown  one  year  previous,  the  day 
of  the  capture  of  the  city,  June  6,  1862. 

SENATOBIA. 

June  llth,  the  rebels,  under  General  Chalmers,  were  reported  at 
Senatobia,  Miss.,  on  the  Memphis,  Panola  &  Grenada  Railroad. 
A  large  force  of  cavalry  moved  out  to -engage  them. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  under  the  command  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Humphrey,  and  was  to  advance  on  the  town 
from  the  east,  while  the  main  portion  of  the  command,  under 
Colonel  Hatch,  moved  to  the  south,  in  order  t6  cut  off  the 
retreat  of  the  rebels.  About  three  miles  east  of  Senatobia  the 
advanced  battalion  of  the  JSrinth,  under  Major  Gifford,  became 
engaged  with  the  enemy,  and  later  was  reinforced  by  the  Second 
battalion,  while  the  third  battalion  was  supporting  the  two 
howitzers,  which  had,  at  this  point,  become  engaged.  The  whole 
regiment  were  now  actively  engaged  in  the  battle,  and  slowly 
drove  the  rebel  force  back  to  the  town.  The  enemy  had  at  the 
first  a  strong  position  across  a  creek,  and  were  well  protected  by 


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a  thin  line  of  woods,  from  which  place,  however,  our  troops 
drove  them  by  a  threatened  flank  movement,  while  our  boys 
gallantly  and  bravely  marched  forward,  without  protection  of 
any  sort ;  and  as  they  stubbornly  resisted  our  advance,  a  part  of 
the  Ninth  moved  by  the  left  flank,  and,  under  cover  of  a  piece  of 
woods  on  that  side,  opened  a  heavy  fire  on  the  flank,  and 
threatening  their  rear  obliged  them  to  give  way,  hotly  contesting 
every  foot  of  mud.  The  Confederates  fell  back,  and  again  took 
up  a  new  position  and  line;  but  they  could  not  withstand  our 
fire,  and  we  drove  them  into  the  town.  We  had  supposed  that 
Colonel  Hatch  with  his  command  would  head  them  off  south  of 
the  town,  but,  for  some  reason,  he  did  not  reach  their  rear  in 
time,  and  they  made  their  escape.  In  this  fight  the  Ninth  had  a 
very  exposed  position,  yet,  with  a  superior  force  and  on  ground  of 
their  own  choosing,  Chalmers  and  his  men  gave  way,  and,  though 
we  suffered  quite  severely,  we  inflicted  more  loss  on  the  enemy. 
When  the  fight  first  began  the  battalion  of  Major  Gifford  for 
some  time  bore  the  brunt  of  the  battle,  but  soon  the  second  line 
came  up  and  relieved  him,  and,  ere  long,  with  the  aid  of  the 
artillery,  got  them  started  on  the  back  track  to  Panola,  which 
was  at  this  time  Chalmers'  headquarters. 

Sometime,  during  the  summer  of  1863,  the  exact  date  I  am 
unable  to  ascertain,  there  Avas  assigned  to  the  Ninth  t\vo  more 
twelve-pound  howitzers,  and  these  guns  were  also  placed  in 
charge  of  Company  F. 

June  20th,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  the  command  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Humphrey,  together  with  the  entire  Division 
to  which  the  Regiment  was  then  attached,  while  out  on  a  ten- 
days'  scout,  had  a  hard  fight  on  the  Coldwater,  and  then 
engaged  Chalmers'  forces  again  in  Panola,  Miss.,  drove  the  Con- 
federate forces  across  the  Tallahatchee,  capturing  a  number  of 
rebels  in  the  town,  as  the  rebel  commander  had  left  many  sick 
and  wounded  in  the  hospitals.  These  men  our  commander 
paroled,  and,  after  burning  a  large  flour-mill  and  some  factories, 
captured  a  large  amount  of  arms,  camp  equipage,  etc.,  and  a 
printing  office,  in  which  our  boys  struck  off  flaming  hand-bills, 
with  the  significant  sentiment :  "  The  Yankees  have  come,  and 
Chalmers  has  run,"  posted  them  up  conspicuously  over  the  town, 
and  then  returned  to  camp,  bringing  in  the  plunder  captured  and 


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a  large  number  of  negroes,  some  on  foot,  others  in  carriages  and 
buggies,  and  on  horses  and  mules ;  a  motley  crowd,  some  in 
silks,  and  some  in  tatters,  but  all  in  high  spirits  and  happy  to  be 
under  the  protection  of  their  deliverers.  Our  command  also 
brought  in  a  large  drove  of  cattle  for  the  Commissary. 

July  1st,  1863,  two  regiments  of  colored  troops  were  or- 
ganized at  LaGrange.  Tenn.,  and  it  was  thought  a  number  of 
brave  and  competent  men  from  the  Ninth  would  accept  commis- 
sions with  them.  Captain  Knight  was  offered  a  Colonelcy  in  one^ 
but  did  not  accept.  A  few  of  our  men  did  finally  go  into  these 
organizations. 

July  6th,  1863.  "We  received  this  day  the  official  news  of  the 
fall  of  Vicksburg,  the  surrender  of  Pemberton  and  thirty-one 
thousand  prisoners,  also  the  taking  of  six  hundred  prisoners  at  our 
old  camp  at  Helena,  Ark.  All  of  which  glorious  news  made  the 
boys  of  the  Ninth  feel  good,  and  caused  Dan  Knight  to  do  a. 
rushing  business. 

It  was  reported  at  this  time  that  heavy  forces  were  on  the 
north  side  of  the  Tallahatchee,  and  it  was  not  long  ere  they 
received  our  most  respectful  attention.  But  the  large  force  dwin- 
dled down  to  Richardson's  guerrillas ;  and  they  scattered  before 
we  could  reach  them. 

July  16th,  a  portion  of  the  Ninth,  eight  companies,  started 
on  a  scout  with  Major  Gifford  in  command,  at  Collierville,  nine 
miles  east  on  the  railroad.  Four  companies  of  the  Fourth  Illi- 
nois Cavalry  joined  us,  all  now  being  under  the  command  of 
Colonel  McCrellis,  the  object  being  to  hunt  up  the  notorious 
guerrilla,  Colonel  Richardson.  We  crossed  Wolf  River  to  the 
north,  eight  miles  from  Collierville,  and  then  to  Fisher's  Point, 
and  to  Hickory  Withe,  sixteen  miles,  where  we  were  informed 
wre  should  surely  find  the  enemy,  but,  alas,  for  human  expectations, 
we  found  him  not. 

Our  command  of  four  hundred  men  pushed  on,  and  as  we  were 
well  mounted  and  armed,  were  ready  for  most  anything.  Cap- 
tain Harper,  in  advance  with  Company  I,  surprised  a  rebel 
picket  and  gave  chase,  but  as  their  horses  were  both  fresh  and 
fleet,  they  disappeared  in  the  woods,  after  exchanging  a  feAV  shots 
with  our  advance  guard.  The  total  result  of  the  expedition  was 
twelve  prisoners  and  a  lot  of  horses  and  mules  captured.  On  our 
return  to  camp,  July  20th,  it  was  found  that  in  our  absence  the 


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rebels  had  captured  three  of  our  men  and  five  men  employed  on 
the  railroad.  Lieutenant  McMahon,  with  a  part  of  Company 
D,  immediately  started  in  hot  pursuit  and  overtook  a  company 
of  rebels  about  equal  in  number,  but  dared  not  fire  for  fear  of 
hitting  some  of  our  men  who  were  in  their  midst.  The  gallant 
Lieutenant  then  charged  them,  broke  through  their  line,  and  re- 
captured all  our  men,  killing  one  lieutenant  and  two  privates,  and 
bringing  in  six  prisoners.  The  "Johnnies"  had  robbed  their  pris- 
oners of  watches,  money,  etc.,  after  they  were  free  they  politely 
requested  the  return  of  the  same  at  the  saber's  point. 

July  2d,  Colonel  Hatch,  commanding  a  brigade,  bad  a  fight 
with  some  twenty-five  hundred  Confederates  at  Jackson,  Tenn., 
with  the  Rebel  General  Forrest.  Hatch's  force  was  only  about 
eleven  hundred,  of  which  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry 
formed  a  part,  drove  the  enemy,  after  breaking  through  their 
lines  by  a  saber  charge,  with  three  companies  of  his  command. 

July  24th.  Four  companies  of  the  Ninth,  under  Captain  Black- 
burn, had  a  skirmish  with  the  rebels,  at  Byhalia,  Miss.,  capturing 
four  prisoners ;  our  loss,  none. 

July  26th,  Lieutenant'Marshan,  of  "Company  C,  together  with  a 
Third  Illinois  Cavalry  man,while  visiting  at  the  house  of  a  citizen 
near  our  lines,  was  captured  with  their  horses  by  a  squad  of  seven 
guerillas.  The  rebels  only  kept  them  one  night,  and  after  reliev- 
ing them  of  horses  and  arms  turned  them  loose. 

July  30th,  captured  two  prisoners  at  Wolf  river,  and  the  next 
day  lost  two  men  captured  on  picket  by  the  enemy.  Just  even. 

August  8th,  Captain  Buel  with  four  companies  of  the  Ninth 
on  a  scout  to  Robinson's  Cross  Roads,  brought  in  a  lot  of  cattle. 
One  man  from  Company  taken  prisoner. 

August  13th,  a  part  of  the  regiment,  about  four  hundred 
strong  under  Major  Burgh,  marched  to  Collierville  and  there 
joined  the  Third  and  Fourth  Illinois  Cavalry.  Colonel  Wallis 
in  command  of  the  Brigade.  Crossed  the  Tallahatchie  on  the 
15th,  and  on  through  Oxford,  crossing  the  Tacona  on  the  16th. 
We  here  met  the  Second  Iowa  and  Third  Michigan  Cavalry, 
and  the  Ninth  Illinois  Mounted  Infantry.  Colonel  Phillips,  the 
senior  officer,  took  command  of  the  expedition  at  Water  Valley. 

August  17th,  a  part  of  the  Ninth  with  the  two  howitzers  met 


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a  force  of  the  enemy  at  Grenada,  Miss.;  the  rebels  disputed  our 
passage  over  the  Yallabusha,  and  a  spirited  artillery  duel  Avas  kept 
up  for  sometime.  A  part  of  the  Ninth  and  the  Third  Michigan 
crossed  the  river  and  went  into  town,  capturing  about  sixty  pris- 
oners, among  them  Major  Chalmers.  While  the  fight  was  going 
on,  the  enemy  became  impressed  that  there  was  another  force 
coming  in  their  rear  from  toward  Vicksburg.  They  raised  the 
white  flag,  when  our  boys  stopped  firing,  they  then  ran  away. 
Our  forces  captured  and  destroyed  a  large  amount  of  Confederate 
property,  including  sixty  locomotives,  five  hundred  cars,  and  ma- 
chinery stock  buildings,  and  supplies  to  an  immense  amount; 
then  recrossed  the  river,  fell  back  about  three  miles,  and  camped 
for  the  night. 

After  dark,  on  the  17th,  Colonel  Winslow  came  up  in  the  rear 
of  Grenada  with  three  regiments  of  cavalry,  captured  a  lot  of 
prisoners,  and  a  large  quantity  of  rolling  stock,  that  the  rebs  were 
running  off. 

The  Ninth  on  this  expedition  was  under  the  command  of 
Major  Burgh,  and  did  most  excellent  service.  The  raid  had  been 
exceedingly  successful  and  brilliant  in  the  results  attained.  The 
Confederate  troops  burned  the  railroad  bridge  over  the  Yalla- 
busha. 

While  on  this  expedition  Lieutenant  Shattuck,  of  Company  I, 
with  a  detail  of  eighteen  men,  was  sent  out  to  forage  for  horses 
and  mules.  While  crossing  a  river  he  was  assailed  by  a  large  force 
of  Confederates,  with  which  he  had  a  hard  fight,  lost  one  man 
killed,  and  his  own  horse  was  shot.  There  were  too  many  of 
them,  and  his  only  hope  of  escape  was  to  scatter  his  men.  Each 
man  got  behind  a  tree,  and  after  a  hard  fight  succeeded  in  getting 
awray,  and  in  two  or  three  days  nearly  all  reached  camp,  mostly 
on  foot,  their  clothes  pretty  well  torn  off,  and  half  starved. 

On  the  21st  the  command  again  separated,  Colonel  Winslow 
going  directly  to  Memphis,  and  our  force  (having  been  in  Panola 
the  day  before)  crossed  the  Tallahatchie,  and  moved  back  to  Col- 
lierville  and  on  to  Germantown,  arriving  in  camp  at  nine  P.  M., 
the  22d,  having  been  out  ten  days,  in  that  time  having  done  some 
hard  marching,  a  good  deal  of  skirmishing,  and  assisted  in  the 
capture  of  many  prisoners  and  the  destruction  of  a  large  amount 
of  Confederate  railroad  and  other  property. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

MARCH  TO  LA&RANGE,  TENN. — ORGANIZATION  OF  COLOKED  REGI- 
MENTS— MAKCH  TO  THE  COLD  WATER  AND  BOLIVAR — To  POCAHON- 
TAS — DINNER  AT  COLONEL  HURST'S — THREE  GUERRILLAS  SHOT — 
FIGHT  AT  LOCKH ART'S  MILL — 'SALEM  AND  WYATT. 

A  UGUST  26th,  the  regiment  marched  to  La  Grange,  Tenn., 
1\  forty  miles  east,  toward  Corinth  on  the  Memphis  &  Charles- 
ton Railroad.  The  Second  Iowa  and  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  Illi- 
nois Cavalry  take  our  places  at  Germantown.  We  found  at  La 
Grange  two  brigades  of  cavalry.  The  Third,  Ninth  and  Eleventh 
Illinois,  and  the  First  and  Second  Tennessee  Cavalry,  and  several 
regiments  of  infantry,  besides  two  regiments  of  colored  troops. 
The  negro  seems  to  make  a  good  soldier,  and  is  very  proud  of  his 
new  position  as  a  soldier  and  a  man.  This  town  is  about  mid-way 
between  Memphis  and  Corinth,  and  is  within  easy  communication 
with  Memphis  and  the  North. 

Captain  Mock  with  four  companies  was  stationed  at  Moscow, 
eight  miles  distant. 

September  4th;  the  regiment  received  four  months'  pay,  which 
was  very  acceptable.  Company  D  was  detailed  as  courier  guard  to 
General  Sweeney,  Avho  was  in  command  of  the  troops  here.  Colonel 
Rice  commanded  the  Post.  The  latter,  a  dapper  little  man,  was 
slightly  gray,  with  keen,  piercing  eyes,  decidedly  "  military." 

The  10th  of  September,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  started  on 
a  four  days'  scout  via  Mount  Pleasant  and  at  the  Coldwater, 
thirty  miles  from  La  Grange,  met  a  large  force  of  our  cavalry 
under  the  command  of  Colonel  Hatch.  The  command  was  made 
up  of  the  Second  Iowa,  Third,  Fourth,  Sixth  and  Seventh  and 
Eleventh  Illinois,  and  the  Seventh  Tennessee  Cavalry  ;  but  as  there 
was  apparently  nothing  for  us  to  do,  we  marched  back  via  Holly 
Springs,  while  Hatch's  Cavalry  marched  back  to  Memphis  the 
same  way  they  came. 

67 


68  HISTORY    OF   THE 

The  Ninth  only  remained  in  camp  one  day,  when  they  were 
affain  ordered  out  on  the  scout  with  the  Third  and  Eleventh  Illi- 

O 

nois,  and  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  Tennessee  Cavalry,  all  under  the 
command  of  Lieutenent-Colonel  Breckinridge  to  Grand  Junction. 
Moved  out  to  Bolivar  and  on  to  Tombs  Station  and  Montezuma, 
then  to  Pocahontas,  and  camped  for  dinner  at  Colonel  Hurst's 
plantation.  Captured  a  number  of  prisoners. 

The  Sixth  Tennessee  Cavalry  boys  shot  three  guerrillas.  We 
arrived  in  camp  at  La  Grange  on  the  17th.  On  the  same  day, 
Major  Burgh  started  for  Springfield  on  regimental  business. 

The  same  day  two  Company  C  boys,  while  out.xm  aside  road 
getting  their  dinner,  were  met  by  three  mounted  rebels  with  guns, 
which  they  were  proceeding  to  raise,  when  our  fellows  quickly 
drew  their  revolvers  and  ordered  them  to  "  surrender,"  which 
they  did,  and  our  two  brave  comrades  brought  the  three  in  with 
their  arms  and  horses  as  prisoners.  So  much  for  being  prompt  in 
action. 

October  4th,  the  Ninth  and  Third  Illinois  and  Sixth  Tennessee 
Cavalry  started  on  a  scout  to  the  Coldwater,  and  at  Lockhart's 
Mill  on  the  6th  had  a  brush  with  the  enemy.  Colonel  McCrellis 
was  in  command  of  our  forces.  We  took  two  Lieutenants  pris- 
oners, and  having  learned  from  a  citizen  that  the  Confederates 
W7ere  in  large  force  at  or  near  Holly  Springs,  it  was  thought  best 
to  return.  Just  as  we  crossed  the  Coldwater,  the  rebs  drove  in 
our  pickets,  and  the  skirmish  was,  for  a  while,  very  hot.  We 
threw  shells  among  them  lively,  but  as  their  force  was  supposed 
to  be  large,  Colonel  McCrellis,  thinking  that  the}7  might  try  to 
get  in  his  rear  by  crossing  below,  fell  back  to  Mount  Pleasant,  and 
from  there  moved  back  to  camp. 

SALEM. 

Oct.  7,  the  command  started  from  LaGrange  again,  this  time 
with  three  days'  rations,  marched  to  Grand  Junction  and  twelve 
miles  toward  Salem.  The  command  comprised  the  Third,  Seventh, 
Ninth  Illinois  and  Sixth  Tennessee  Cavalry,  Colonel  McCrellis  com- 
manding the  Brigade. 

On  the  8th  the  Sixth  Tennessee  Cavalry,  in  the  advance,  struck 
the  rebels  at  10  A.  M.,  three  miles  from  Salem,  and  drove  them 
through  town  without  much  trouble.  Here  it  was  ascertained 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  69 

that  the  Rebel  General  Chalmers  was  not  far  away  with  a  con- 
siderable force.  Our  whole  command  now  halted  to  feed  on  the 
north  side  of  the  town,  and  were  joined  by  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Mounted  Infantry,  Colonel  Jesse  Phillips,  and  two  pieces  of  artil- 
lery. We  had  not  finished  our  dinner  when  the  rebels  uncere- 
moniously drove  in  our  pickets,  and  advanced  upon  us  in  battle 
array.  The  Federal  troops  took  position  on  a  ridge  about  half  a 
mile  northeast  of  Salem;  the  rebs  approached  from  the  north 
and  the  fight  began  again  between  one  and  two  o'clock,  and 
from  that  time  until  nearly  night  the  battle  raged  with  consider- 
able fierceness,  some  of  the  time  at  close  quarters.  Our  artillery 
doing  good  service  and  the  rebels  apparently  about  as  well  sup- 
plied with  guns  as  we  were.  Finally  our  ammunition  for  the 
howitzers  gave  out  or  nearly  so,  and  as  night  was  coming  on,  the 
battle  ceased.  In  this  fight  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  had  three 
men  wounded,  the  Sixth  Tennessee  the  same,  and  the  Ninth  Illi- 
nois Mounted  Infantry  suffered  the  most,  as  they  were  dismount- 
ed and  in  the  front  the  most  of  the  time.  It  was  said  that  Col- 
onel McCrellis  was  not  in  condition  to  command,  as  he  ordered 
some  of  the  troops  ten  miles  in  the  wrong  direction.  The  rebels 
were  under  General  Chalmers,  and  numbered  about  five  thousand 
men,  while  we  were  only  about  fifteen  hundred. 

WYATT. 

October  llth,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  commanded  by  Captain 
Perkins,  with  the  Third  Illinois  and  Sixth  Tennessee  Cavalry,  com- 
prising a  force  of  about  three  thousand  Cavalry,  under  the  command 
of  Colonel  Edward  Hatch,  left  La  Grange,  Tenn.,  and  marched  by 
Salem,  Miss.,  where  it  was  expected  we  should  meet  the  enemy 
in  force,  but  they  disappeared  before  our  arrival.  The  citi- 
zens reported  the  rebel  command  to  be  marching  toward  Gren- 
ada. The  command  then  moved  toward  Holly  Springs,  distant 
about  twenty-five  miles,  and  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  we  heard  heavy 
cannonading,  but  could  not  determine  where  it  was.  Camped  for 
the  night  near  Holly  Springs,  Miss.  Monday,  the  12th,  the  com 
mand  separated,  scouring  the  country,  and  at  one  o'clock  again 
heard  heavy  firing,  about  twenty  miles  distant.  We  pressed  for- 
ward but  did  not  arrive  in  time  to  participate  in  the  fight.  A  bri- 
gade under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Phillips,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 


70  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Mounted  Infantry  overtook  the  enemy  at  By h  alia,  and  after  a 
sharp  fight,  in  which  we  lost  four  men  killed  and  nine  wounded, 
the  rebels  retreated.  The  next  day  the  command  all  joined  again, 
folio  wing  as  rapidly  as  possible  after  the  rebels — skirmishing  with 
their  rear  guard  all  day. 

At  Wyatt  our  advance  found  them  strongly  posted,  and  at 
last  ready  to  give  battle.  The  Third  Michigan  and  Fifth  Kansas 
Cavalry  and  the  Ninth  Illinois  Mounted  Infantry  were  in  the  ad- 
vance. The  rebels  moved  their  trains  and  all  their  horses  over 
the  river,  and  then  came  back  dismounted  to  meet  us.  The  ad- 
vanced brigade  made  repeated  attacks,  but  were  not  able  to  dis- 
lodge the  enemy.  Now  was  our  time.  Colonel  Hatch's  Brigade 
was  ordered  to  the  front  with  our  battery.  We  went  in  for  a 
distance  of  two  miles  on  the  run.  Our  skirmishers  were  put  out, 
the  howitzers  posted,  and  the  firing  grew  hot.  An  effort  was 
made  to  dislodge  them  from  the  town.  We  fought  them  for  five 
hours,  shelling  the  houses,  and  finally  drove  them  over  the  river. 
The  most  of  this  time  it  was  raining,  and  for  about  twenty  minutes 
the  hail  came  down  in  chunks,  cutting  our  hands  and  face,  and 
with  so  much  force  as  to  make  the  horses  wild  and  almost  un- 
manageable. The  latter  part  of  the  fight  was  carried  on  by  the 
flash  of  the  guns.  In  this  affair  we  again  lost  four  men  killed 
and  twenty  wounded.  The  next  morning  we  found  fifteen  dead 
rebels  and  learned  that  they  carried  off  the  field  quite  a  number. 
The  Confederates  numbered  4,000,  and  were  commanded  by  Gen- 
eral Chalmers.  While  we  were  keeping  this  command  busy  here, 
another  force  of  rebels  was  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Memphis  & 
Charleston  Railway,  and  the  cannonading  we  heard  the  second 
day  out  was  the  fight  at  Collierville,  where  they  were  being  driven 
off  and  defeated  the  second  time.  The  rebels  were  in  hopes  they 
would  be  able  to  destroy  the  railroad  and  thus  prevent  the  pas- 
sage of  troops  to  reinforce  General  Rosecrans.  At  Collierville, 
had  they  been  successful,  it  is  possible,  they  might  have  captured 
General  Sherman  and  his  staff,  who  were  on  the  cars  passing 
through  about  that  time. 

In  this  affair  the  Ninth  behaved  with  great  gallantry,  and  re- 
ceived a  hearty  commendation  from  Colonel  Hatch  and  the  offi- 
cers of  the  expedition. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  71 

WYATT. 

BY  W.   M.   ORTON,   SERGEANT  OF  COMPANY  I,   NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY. 

October  13,  1863.  We  arrived  on  the  field  at  3  o'clock  p.  M.,  and  took  position 
on  the  right,  with  our  battery  in  the  center.  The  rebels  in  our  immediate  front 
were  located  in  log  houses  and  gullies.  One  log  house  a  little  to  our  right  center 
was  filled  with  the  sharp-shooters  of  our  enemy,  who  made  it  uncomfortable  for 
us.  Our  battery  was  ordered  to  shell  it,  and  threw  a  dozen  or  so  shots.  Directly 
after  this  a  Company  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Mounted  Infantry  (and  by  the  way  one 
of  the  best  regiments  the  State  ever  produced)  was  ordered  by  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Phillips  to  charge  it  and  capture  the  rebels  within.  They  did  charge  gallantly  to 
the  yard,  but  could  not  hold  their  position;  retreated,  leaving  six  or  seven  dead 
and  wounded.  The  battery  of  the  Ninth  was  again  ordered  to  shell  the  house  and 
drive  the  rebels  out.  During  all  this  time  it  was  raining,  and  was  now  dark. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Phillips  called  upon  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  to  furnish  a 
company  of  skirmishers.  Captain  Harper,  with  Company  I,  was  selected. 
Sergeant  Orton,  in  charge  of  the  skirmish  line,  was  ordered  to  advance  upon  the 
enemy.  It  was  now  so  dark  that  the  flash  of  the  enemy's  guns  was  the  only 
means  of  locating  them.  We  first  advanced  upon  the  log  house  and  captured  it. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Phillips  then  said,  "Damn  it  boys,  now  for  the  ferry."  Colonel 
Phillips  and  Captain  Harper  rode  just  in  the  rear  of  the  line  all  the  way  down. 
We  captured  some  of  the  enemy  a'hd  were  fighting  all  the  way.  At  the  ferry  we 
found  the  rebels  tearing  up  the  pontoon  bridge  they  had  thrown  across  the 
Tallahatchee.  We  fired  upon  them  with  our  repeating  rifles,  and  they  scattered 
in  all  directions,  many  jumping  into  the  water,  leaving  their  arms  behind.  After 
holding  the  ferry  about  an  hour,  we  were  relieved,  and  fell  back  about  half  a  mile 
to  camp.  Early  in  the  morning  we  went  over  the  field  on  which  a  great  many  of 
the  enemy's  dead  were  lying,  to  a  log  house,  and  our  attention  was  called  by  the 
lady  of  the  house  to  an  unexploded  shell  lying  between  the  husk  mattress  and 
feather  bed,  which  lodged  there  during  the  shelling  the  night  before,  while  she 
and  her  three  children  were  lying  there.  Among  those  from  Company  I  were 
the  following:  Mathew  Gorman,  H.  M.  Jenner,  Wm.  J.  Teas,  O.  A.  Abbott, 
Henry  Sweet,  Isaiah  Sweet,  Robert  Ferguson,  Jesse  Hawes,  Ned  Lander,  Eugene 
Hubbell,  James  Rosecrans,  Dudley  Strong,  J.  M.  Thomas,  J.  W.  Tibbitts, 
Allison  Wright,  Smith  Wixon,  Joe  Reed,  Joe  Fox,  Tom  Rasor,  Wm.  M.  Orton, 
and  some  others  I  am  not  able  to  recall.  I  will  further  say  that  the  whole  Regi- 
ment was  engaged,  and  did  noble  and  gallant  fighting  that  day. 

An  incident  in  which  the  members  of  the  above  mentioned 
Company  took  part  this  same  evening  is  worthy  of  mention. 
After  the  Ninth  Infantry  had  been  repulsed,  Colonel  Hatch  called 
for  a  special  detail  to  develop  the  position  of  the  enemy,  and  ten 
men  from  this  same  advance  skirmish  line  reported  to  him  under 
Sergeant  Milton  Orton.  Colonel  Hatch  told  the  Sergeant  to  move 
forward  over  the  same  ground  where  the  others  had  been  driven 
back.  The  Sergeant  surprised,  asked  the  Colonel  "If  he  had  heard 


72  NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

right,"  and  musingly  inquired,  "  "Will  any  come  back  alive."  The 
reply  was :  "  Perhaps  not,  I  wish  to  draw  their  fire  and  develop 
their  strength  before  making  another  charge.  It  is  better  to 
sacrifice  ten  men  than  a  thousand."  The  resolute  Sergeant  and 
his  little  band  then  moved  forward,  and  ascending  a  small  hill, 
drew  upon  themselves  the  fire  of  the  enemy.  As  they  approached, 
they  plainly  heard  them  talking,  and  when  their  steps  were  heard 
the  rebel  officer  said  :  "  Here  they  come ;  remember,  boys,  fire  low 
and  then  fall  back."  The  order  "  fire  "  had  not  been  given  long 
before  all  the  ten  men  composing  the  brave  squad  were  digging 
their  noses  in  the  soft  mud  in  an  eager  attempt  to  flatten  their 
persons  to  as  small  a  level  as  possible.  The  volley  came,  but  none 
were  injured.  The  plucky  Sergeant  and  his  men  escaped  un- 
harmed. 


CHAPTER  X. 

CORINTH  —  SAD  FATE  OF  COLONEL  ROGERS  —  BACK  TO  COLLIERVILLE 
—RAID  FOR  HORSES  —  SAULSBURY  —  BATTLE  OF  Moscow  — COL- 
ONEL HATCH  WOUNDED —  LETTER  OF  MAJOR  PIERCE  —  HORSES 
STOLEN  FROM  CAMP. 

CORINTH. 

nVTOVEMBER  8,  1863.  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  marched  to 
1  \|  Corinth,  Miss.  The  order  for  removal  came  Friday  night 
at  one  o'clock ;  at  daybreak  the  regiment  was  in  the  saddle,  and 
ready  for  the  march.  Arriving  at  Corinth  Saturday  evening,  we 
took  possession  of  the  barracks,  formerly  occupied  by  the  Third 
Iowa  Infantry  —  very  comfortable  quarters,  where  we  soon  pro- 
ceeded to  make  ourselves  at  home.  The  ground  was  dry,  and 
the  surroundings  pleasant,  the  indications  pointing  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  this  would  be  "Headquarters"  for  the  regiment  all 
winter.  Seven  companies  were  detached.  One  battalion  was 
sent  to  Middleton,  and  another  to  Chewalla,  both  towns  on  the 
Memphis  &  Charleston  Railway,  between  Corinth  and  La  Grange. 

This  was  the  first  time  our  Regiment  had  seen  this  now  fa- 
mous town  of  Corinth,  a  place  of  about  2,000  inhabitants  before 
the  war,  and  at  this  time  much  devastated  by  the  two  armies, 
who  had  each  done  a  part  towards  the  town's  destruction. 

Fort  Robinette,  situated  not  far  from  the  town,  was  a  strong 
position,  and  the  works  very  extensive  and  well  planned. 

October  4,  1863.  The  rebels  made  an  attack  on  this  place, 
but  were  repulsed  with  heavy  loss. 

Here  we  found  the  grave  of  the  ill-fated  Colonel  Rogers. 
This  man  Rogers  had  been  formerly  a  captain  in  the  United 
States  Army,  and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  he  de- 
serted the  old  flag,  and  was  made  a  Colonel  in  the  Con- 
federate army.  At  the  storming  of  Fort  Robinette,  he  was 
conspicuous  as  a  brave  and  gallant  officer.  He  led  his  regi- 
ment to  the  fort.  They  charged  and  scaled  the  walls,  Colonel 

73 


74  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Rogers  being  the  first  man  to  mount  them.  When  there  he,  for 
the  first  time,  became  aware  of  the  presence  in  the  fort  of  his  old 
company,  A.  "  God  !  there  is  the  First  Regulars,"  was  the  ex- 
clamation that  burst  from  his  lips.  His  old  company  drove  him 
and  the  rebels  back,  he  was  shot  dead  within  thirty  feet  of  the 
wall.  His  unhonored  grave  is  where  he  fell  with  a  stake  only  to 
mark  his  resting  place,  and  no  inscription.  Near  by  is  a  large 
grave  where  thirty  rebels  who  fell  around  him  are  buried.  This 
is  but  one  of  the  many  sad  incidents  of  the  war. 

November  8,  Major  Burgh  returned  from  Illinois  and  re- 
sumed command  of  the  regiment. 

COLLIERVILLE. 

November  22d,  Saturday,  the  Ninth  again  received  marching 
orders,  and  the  Sunday  following  returned  toCollierville,  recently 
the  scene  of  two  attacks  by  the  Confederates,  and  also  of  their 
signal  defeat  each  time. 

We  are  now  in  the  Second  Brigade,  composed  of  the  Second 
Iowa,  the  Sixth,  Seventh,  and  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Regiments, 
under  the  command  of  Colonel  Edward  Hatch,  said  to  be  (that 
which  he  afterward  proved  himself)  one  of  the  best  cavalry 
officers  in  the  service.  Our  camp,  one  mile  from  town,  was  at  first 
in  tents,  but  it  was  not  long  before  our  men  had  made  themselves 
much  more  comfortable  by  putting  up  log  cabins  and  shanties,  the 
material  of  which  was  gathered  from  the  old  buildings  in  the 
vicinity,  that  had  been  deserted  by  the  owners. 

November  26th,  the  Brigade  commanded  by  Colonel  Hatch 
composed  of  the  Sixth  and  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  with  artillery 
and  ten  days'  rations,  marched  northwest  into  West  Tennessee 
and  to  the  vicinity  of  Covington,  all  the  dine  picking  up  horses 
and  mules.  This  was  a  very  rich  section  of  the  country,  and  had 
not  been  devastated  by  the  ravages  of  war.  Crossed  the  Memphis 
&  Ohio  Railroad  on  the  27th,  and  back  on  the  29th.  In  this 
trip  the  boys  fared  well  in  the  way  of  chickens,  turkeys,  sweet 
potatoes,  fruit,  etc.,  and  as  the  soldiers  took  only  the  best,  more 
was  wasted  than  eaten. 

Returned  through  Summerville  December  1st,  bringing  in  a 
large  number  (about  two  hundred)  horses  and  mules,  some  of  the 
horses  very  fine  animals. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  75 

During  the  trip  the  command  camped  one  night  at  the  fine 
plantation  of  Colonel  Mosby,  who  had  just  butchered  almost 
twenty  fine  hogs.  The  Colonel  treated  the  officers  very  hand- 
somely, and  requested  his  self-invited  guests  to  view  his  fine  array 
of  fresh  pork.  But  alas,  upon  reaching  the  smoke  house  he 
found,  with  surprise,  that  it  had  all  disappeared,  and  the  Yankee 
soldiers  were  enjoying  a  feast  in  their  camps. 

SAULSBURY. 

It  was  reported  that  there  was  a  large  force  of  rebels  at 
Ripley,  on  the  2nd  of  December.  The  Brigade  moved  out, 
marched  as  far  as  Middleton,  and  when  about  two  miles  on  the 
Ripley  road,  camped  for  the  night.  Here  Colonel  Hatch  received 
a  dispatch  that  the  rebels  had  been  in  Saulsbury,  and  burned  the 
town  and  torn  up  the  railroad  track.  Then  the  command  moved 
back  to  Saulsbury,  the  Second  Tennessee  in  the  advance,  the 
Ninth  next,  and  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  in  the  rear.  The  advance 
command  skirmished  with  the  rebel  pickets  before  daylight  on 
the  3d,  and  drove  them  several  miles,  when  the  fight  began  in 
earnest.  The  Ninth  were  then  ordered  to  the  front,  and  our 
howitzers  planted  on  a  high  ridge  in  the  center  of  the  line,  and 
began  to  shell  the  rebels  on  an  opposite  hill,  companies  A,  C  and 
E  supporting  our  battery.  The  enemy  then  brought  up  one  of 
their  heavy  guns,  and  returned  our  fire  with  so  much  effect  that 
our  battery  was  withdrawn,  and  the  rebels  fell  back  from  the 
main  road,  and  our  command  withdrew  to  LaGrange.  "We  had 
one  man  wounded,  and  captured  six  prisoners. 

On  the  morning  of  December  4th,  Colonel  Hatch  sent  Captain 
Mock  with  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth,  at  daylight,  to  the  south  to 
see  if  the  rebels  were  in  that  direction.  Crossing  Wolf  River, 
after  moving  out  about  five  miles,  it  was  learned  there  the  Rebel 
General  Slemmer's  Brigade  had  camped  there  that  night,  and  had 
moved  out  early  in  the  morning.  At  this  time  Lieutenant  Rob- 
erts was  in  charge  of  the  advance  guard.  Another  rebel  column 
appearing  in  the  east,  on  a  road  that  the  advance  guard  had  al- 
ready crossed,  Captain  Mock  recalled  the  advance  and  threw  out 
skirmishers  to  attract  the  rebels,  and  Roberts  got  back,  while  he 
was  really  cut  off,  had  the  rebels  only  known  it ;  but  there  was  a 
strip  of  timber  between  which  hid  the  little  band  from  view,  and 


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they  responded  promptly  to  the  "recall.  Here  a  lively  skirmish 
took  place,  and  couriers  were  dispatched  back  to  Colonel  Hatch 
at  La  Grange,  notifying  him  of  the  presence  of  two  bodies  of 
rebels,  and  their  movement  westward,  stating  that  the  command 
was  in  danger  of  being  cut  off  at  the  river,  and  asking  for  orders. 
The  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  was  sent  to  reinforce  Captain  Mock's 
Battalion,  with  orders  for  him  to  return  to  La  Grange  in  their 
rear.  Arriving  here,  reported  to  Colonel  Hatch  in  full  what  had 
been  done  and  discovered.  Before  this,  the  main  portion  of 
Hatch's  Brigade  had  been  sent  by  Colonel  Hatch,  who  was  strong 
in  his  belief  that  the  Confederate  troops  were  marching  in  the 
direction  of  Moscow,  to  that  place.  This  command  was  made  up 
of  the  Sixth,  Seventh,  and  two  battalions  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  in  command  of  Captain  Cameron.  At  Moscow  there 
was  stationed  a  regiment  of  colored  troops,  probably  about  five 
hundred,  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Frank  Kendrick,  two 
companies  being  on  picket  between  the  station  and  the  bridge 
over  Wolf  River.  These  troops  had  taken  up  some  of  the 
planks  of  the  bridge,  which  were  replaced  by  the  Sixth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  Major  Whitsit  commanding,  which  moved  up  to  and 
over  the  bridge,  which,  with  the  approach,  was  about  one  hun- 
dred yards  wide,  closely  followed  by  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
two  companies  of  which,  B  and  H,  having  crossed,  and  the 
remainder  of  the  two  battalions,  with  the  howitzers  near  to  and 
on  the  bridges,  when  the  Sixth  Illinois,  having  no  advance  guard 
out,  or  at  least  but  a  very  short  distance  in  their  front,  were  furi- 
ously attacked  by  the  enemy,  under  General  S.  D.  Lee,  who  was 
advancing  in  line  of  battle  in  the  thick  woods  on  the  south  side 
of  the  river.  The  Sixth  Illinois  hastily  dismounted  and  took  to 
the  cover  of  trees,  so  did  the  two  companies  of  the  Ninth,  and 
their  horses  came  tearing  back,  adding  to  the  confusion  of  those 
of  our  command  on  the  bridge.  Two  of  the  guns  of  our  battery 
were  already  on  the  approach  to  the  bridge,  and  were  as  soon  as 
possible  run  back  to  the  north  side,  and  placed  in  a  position  to 
open  fire  on  the  enemy.  Meanwhile  our  unfortunate  comrades, 
who  were  over  the  river,  were  being  driven  back  by  overwhelm- 
ing numbers  to  the  river,  and  our  boys  were  struggling  to  pass 
over  to  their  relief.  Lieutenant  Carpenter,  on  the  bridge,  was 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  77 

actively  engaged  in  clearing  a  passage  and  opening  a  way  for  our 
boys  to  recross.  Now  the  guns  under  the  command  of  the  brave 
Lieutenant  George  H.  Boone  made  rapid  discharges  in  the  ranks 
of  the  enemy.  Captain  Cameron,  with  Sergeant-Major  Fitzpat- 
rick,  had  crossed  over  the  bridge,  and  the  gallant  Captain  was 
storming  up  and  down  calling  for  his  heroes  of  Company  K.  It 
was  not  long  before  our  forces  were  driven  back  to  the  river,  and 
all  not  being  able  to  reach  the  bridge,  the  river  was  soon  full  of 
men  and  horses.  Captain  Cameron  plunged  in  with  his  horse 
and  swam  over.  Many  hand-to-hand  fights  had  taken  place  here. 
In  the  meantime  our  men  who  were  not  killed,  wounded,  or  cap- 
tured had  recrossed,  and  things  were  soon  in  better  shape.  It  was 
then  necessary  to  keep  that  river  between  us  and  the  enemy,  who 
had  determined  to  cross,  and  made  repeated  attempts  to  charge 
over  the  bridge,  only  to  be  mowed  clown  with  grape  and  canister 
from  our  howitzers,  and  our  men  with  rifles  and  carbines,  who 
were  sturdily,  gallantly  and  bravely  holding  the  north  bank  of 
the  river.  The  negro  troops  were  actively  in  the  fight  —  a  part 
were  at  the  bridge,  the  rest  having  been  sent  into  the  fort. —  and 
sending  an  occasional  shot  or  shell  from  the  big  gun  there  into 
the  woods. 

Sergeant  S.  J.  Bailey  of  Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
had  charge  of  the  wagons  of  the  Ninth.  In  one  was  battery  am- 
munition and  in  the  other  cartridges  for  the  rifles  and  carbines. 
He  had  brought  these  two  wagons  in  rear  of  our  guns  near  the 
bridge,  and  with  an  ax  chopped  open  the  boxes  of  ammunition, 
and  loaded  the  boys  who  came  for  it,  as  those  who  had  swam  the 
river  had  damaged  their  own.  The  colored  troops  stood  near 
the  battery,  and  fought  nobly,  as  indeed  did  every  man  in  this 
fierce  struggle.  The  fight  had  now  lasted  over  an  hour.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  Captain  Mock  had  reported  to  Colonel  Hatch 
what  he  had  seen  in  the  morning ;  this  only  confirmed  the  Colonel 
in  his  views  that  the  enemy  would  strike  at  or  near  Moscow.  He 
gave  orders  to  Captain  Mock's  Battalion  and  the  Second  Iowa  to 
follow,  and  started  on  the  gallop  toward  Moscow,  ten  miles  distant. 
"When  about  half  way,  the  firing  at  Moscow  was  heard,  and  Colo- 
nel Hatch  put  spurs  to  his  horse  and  dashed  ahead.  Captain 
Mock,  not  being  able  to  keep  up  with  his  whole  command,  sent 


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an  escort  with  the  Colonel,  and  followed  as  fast  as  possible.  Colonel 
Hatch  soon  arrived  on  the  scene,  and  dashed  up  to  the  front  near  the 
bridge ;  he  had  been  here  but  a  little  while,  when  he  was  severely 
wounded,  receiving  a  shot  through  the  right  lung,  and  the  command 
again  devolved  on  the  brave  Colonel  Kendrick.    Soon  the  Second 
Iowa,  in  the  advance,  and  the  Battalion  of  the  Ninth  swung  over  the 
hill.     Colonel  Kendrick  rode  out,  and,  meeting  Captain  Mock,  told 
him  that  Colonel  Hatch  had  been  wounded  and  that  he  (Kend- 
rick) was  in  command  and  ordered  Captain  Mock  to  dismount 
his  battalion  and  form  in  line  about  one  hundred  yards  east,  near 
the  bridge,  and  on  the  left  of  our  line.     The  Second  Iowa  were 
also  placed  in  position,  and  the  whole  line  moved  up  to  the  river. 
These  commands  were  armed  with  Colt's  revolving  rifles,  and  their 
arrival  was  most  opportune.    The  last  four  or  five  miles  they  had 
come  in  on  the  run,  and  had  dismounted  at  the  station,  and  as  they 
swung  over  the  hill  and  down  to  the  river  on  the  double  quick, 
the  "  Johnnies  "  thought  the  infantry  had  come  from  La  Grange 
on  the  train,  and  when  these  new  troops  opened  with  their  long 
rifles,  they  fell  back,  the  Second  Iowa  always  on  hand  when 
needed,  and  Captain  Mock's  Battalion  did  much  to  win  the  day. 
When  Colonel  Hatch  was  wounded,  and  as  he  was  being  lifted 
from  his  horse,  he  said,  "  Tell  the  boys  never  to  give  up  that 
bridge.''      The  fire  of  the  enemy  weakened,  Sergeant   Samuel 
Morrow  jumped  upon  the  bridge  away  out  nearly  to  the  water, 
and  shouted,  "  Come  on  boys,  they  are  running."     In  an  instant 
a  stream  of  soldiers  were  on  the  bridge,  and  pressing  forward  in 
hot  pursuit  after  the  retreating  rebels.     But  Lee's  forces  had  re- 
ceived enough,  and  pulled  out  for  good.     In  the  fight  our  forces 
were  under  the  command  of  the  gallant  Colonel  Kendrick,  except 
perhaps,  a  few  moments  after  the  arrival  of  Colonel  Hatch  and 
before  he  was  wounded  ;  and  that  they  were  well  handled  is  am- 
ply proved  by  the  result.     The  whole  command  fought  with  the 
greatest  sturdiness  and  bravery,  and  considering  the  ambush  of 
the  Sixth  in  the  first  of  the  engagement,  and  their  vastly  superior 
members,  it  is  a  wonder  that  we  drove  them  off.     Soon  after  the 
fight  commenced,  the  gallant  Sergeant-Major  Fitzpatrick,  having 
crossed  with  Captain  Cameron,  and  dismounted,  was  driven  back 
to  the  river  with  Chief-Bugler  Henry  Hazel,  and  as  their  only 


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possible  chance  of  escape  was  in  crossing  the  river,  and  though 
dragged  down  by  their  heavy  boots,  arms  and  clothing,  they  made  a 
brave  effort  to  swim  the  stream.  The  rebels  were  close  upon  them 
when  they  jumped  in,  and  soon  began  firing  upon  them  in  the  water. 
Bugler  Hazel  was  shot  through  the  heart,  and  the  brave  Sergeant- 
Major  received  a  severe  wound  in  the  head.  Instantly  all  became 
dark  to  him;  it  seemed  that  he  must  die,  but  just  at  this  moment, 
hearing  Lieutenant  Boone  shouting  his  orders  from  the  north  side 
of  the  river,  he  gave  a  lunge  toward  his  friends.  As  he  landed  a 
volley  of  bullets  from  the  rebels  fairly  spattered  him  with  mud, 
but  none  struck  him.  Crawling  up  to  and  under  the  bridge,  he 
was  soon  discovered  by  the  brave  Lieutenant  Hillier,  who  ordered 
a,  file  of  his  men  to  fire  on  the  rebs  across  the  river,  while  he  went 
down  and  brought  his  blinded  comrade  to  a  place  of  safety.  It 
was  thought  his  wound  was  mortal,  but  by  skillful  surgery  his 
life  was  saved.  Our  total  loss  was  ten  killed,  thirty  wounded  and 
forty-two  missing,  while  the  Confederate  loss  was  about  seventy 
killed.  Strange  to  say,  the  most  of  the  horses  of  the  Sixth  and 
Ninth  that  were  over  the  river  had  huddled  together  during  the 
battle,  and  were  nearly  all  recovered.  The  rebel  forces  numbered 
between  four  and  five  thousand,  and  were  under  Generals  Lee, 
Chalmers  and  Faulkner,  while  our  army,  including  the  negroes, 
was  less  than  two  thousand. 

MOSCOW. 

BY  P.  V.    FITZPATRICK,  SERGEANT-MAJOR. 

It  is  now  nearly  twenty -four  years  since  the  affair  at  Moscow,  Tenn.  I  have 
lived  a  busy  life  since  then,  having  many  things  to  think  about  concerning  busi- 
ness and  other  matters,  requiring  close  attention  and  application.  However,  my 
thoughts  do  wander  back  occasionally  to  that,  to  me,  eventful  day.  My  recol- 
lections of  the  fight  at  the  long  bridge  crossing  Wolf  river  at  Moscow,  are  about 
as  follows:  On  the  morning  of  the  4th  of  December,  1863,  as  the  Ninth  Illi- 
nois Cavalry  Volunteers  were  about  to  leave  Summerville,  Tenn.,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Harry  B.  Burgh,  commanding,  ordered  me,  as  Sergeant-Major,  to  detail 
the  senior  Captain  to  take  command  of  the  Regiment  temporarily,  as  he,  Colonel 
Burgh,  was  unwell,  but  thought  he  would  be  able  to  resume  the  command  in  a 
short  while.  I  reported  to  Captain  Charles  S.  Cameron,  of  Company  K,  the  then 
Senior  Officer  present  for  duty,  who  assumed  the  command  in  compliance  with 
the  order  of  Colonel  Burgh.  The  regiment  moved  on  south  to  La  Grange, Tenn., 
halting,  I  think,  a  short  while  there,  and  then  moved  west  toward  Moscow,  ar- 
riving at  the  latter  place  about  2  o'clock  p.  M.  There  appeared  to  be  some  little 
delay  in  crossing  the  river,  of  which  the  men  took  advantage  to  feed  their  horses 


80  HISTORY    OF    THE 

and  themselves.  While  waiting,  I  noticed  that  there  was  a  small  earthwork  fort 
in  the  place  garrisoned  by  a  colored  regiment  of  infantry,  who  appeared  to  be 
entirely  unconscious  that  a  large  force  of  the  enemy  under  General  Lee  was  in 
their  near  neighborhood  across  the  river.  They  were  playing  about  their  camp  in 
apparent  security,  but  on  the  sound  of  the  first  few  shots  fired,  I  noticed  they 
scurried  to  secure  their  arms.  The  command  being  again  ready  to  move,  the 
regiment  in  advance  of  the  Ninth,  which  was,  I  believe,  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry, had  crossed  the  bridge,  and  the  Ninth  was  close  up  on  the  approach  to  the 
bridge,  when  a  few  shots  were  fired  on  the  advance,  followed  by  a  volley.  Cap- 
tain Cameron,  who  was  riding  at  the  head  of  the  Ninth,  gave  the  order  "for- 
ward," and  ordered  me  when  across  the  bridge  to  have  every  fourth  man  hold 
horses,  and  the  remainder  to  dismount  and  form  line  to  fight  on  foot,  and  to  have 
the  horses  led  off  to  the  left,  out,  of  the  way,  for  security.  In  compliance  with  this 
order,  the  two  leading  companies  dismounted,  or  partially  so,  when  the  enemy  be- 
gan to  fire  rapidly,  and  disclosed  a  large  force  greater  than  we  had  any  idea  of. 
It  was  soon  decided  that  General  Lee  with  his  entire  command,  upward  of  five 
thousand,  were  in  our  front.  Our  troops  began  to  fall  back  on  the  Ninth,  thereby 
creating  confusion,  and  preventing  the  third  company  of  our  Regiment,  which 
happened  to  be  Company  F,  with  its  battery  of  four  twelve-pound  mounted 
howitzers,  from  crossing. 

About  this  time  my  pony  had  both  of  his  forward  legs  broken  by  shot,  poor 
little  fellow.  How  pitiful  he  looked  as  I  dismounted  to  leave  him.  I  borrowed 
that  pony  from  Quartermaster  Angle,  and  promised  to  restore  him  on  my  return 
to  camp.  I  hope  the  good  Quartermaster  will  take  the  intent  for  the  deed,  for 
really  I  had  to  part  with  several  other  things  attached  to  my  saddle.  Being  dis- 
mounted, I  went  toward  the  bridge  to  see  how  things  went  on  there.  Adjutant 
J.  H.  Carpenter  was  on  the  bridge  trying  to  prevent  the  men  from  retreating  on 
the  bridge,  on  which  was  Lieutenant  George  H.  Boone  with  Company  F,  with 
his  battery,  who  desired  to  turn  round  and  bring  his  guns  back  to  a  place  of 
safety,  and  to  place  them  into  position  for  use.  There  was  great  confusion  on 
the  bridge.  Men  and  horses  were  greatly  mixed.  Lieutenant  Boone,  who  is  on 
ordinary  occasions  a  quiet,  easy-going  man,  now  that  his  battery  was 
in  danger,  as  he  thought,  was  quite  ferocious,  saying  that  he  would  shoot 
any  man  making  the  attempt  to  cross  that  bridge  until  he  got  his  battery  out  of 
the  way,  and  I  believe  he  would  have  done  as  he  said  he  would.  I  am  sure  he 
made  Lieutenant  Westbrooke  jump  his  horse  off  the  bridge  to  the  ground,  a  dis- 
tance that  appeared  to  me  twelve  or  fifteen  feet.  About  the  time  that  Lieutenant 
Boone  had  placed  the  battery  in  safety,  the  enemy  began  to  close  in  on  our  troops, 
who  were  falling  back  rapidly,  so  that  the  jam  on  the  bridge  was  very  great. 
The  planks  of  the  structure  got  loose  and  fell  into  the  river,  men  and  horses  fol- 
lowing; soon  the  waters  under  the  bridge  were  covered  with  planks,  men  and 
horses  in  great  confusion.  The  fire  from  the  enemy  getting  closer  and  hotter,  I 
felt  decidedly  the  opposite  of  Peter  on  the  mountain;  "It  was  good  not  to  be 
here,"  so  I  went  back  to  where  the  horses  were,  where  I  was  soon  joined  by  Chief- 
Bugler  Hazel;  on  looking  about  me  I  saw  that  the  enemy  was  coming  quite  close 
to  the  river  along  our  entire  front.  Orderly  James  Fahey  threw  himself  into  the 
river,  and  swam  safely  back,  soon  after  followed  by  some  others  on  horseback 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  81 

Captain  Cameron  being  the  last  to  swim  back  with  his  horse,  who  on  arriving  on 
the  opposite  bank  loudly  called  for  his  "  heroes,"  meaning  his  own  company, 
K.  Hazel  and  I  began  to  get  uneasy,  as  the  the  enemy  was  drawing  close  to 
us,  but  I  remember  telling  him  that  in  a  short  time  our  troops  would  re-form  and 
cross  the  bridge  again  and  drive  the  enemy  back,  and  that  it  would  turn  out  all 
right,  as  our  fellows  would  never  give  up  the  game.  During  this  time  the  bullets 
were  thrown  about  rather  freely  and  carelessly,  and  the  enemy  kept  moving  toward 
the  Sixth  Illinois,  driving  them  back  on  the  bridge.  I  noticed  an  officer  of  the 
regiment  named  limping  toward  me,  and  I  went  to  help  him.  He  stated  that  he 
was  shot  in  the  leg  and  believed  the  limb  was  shattered.  He  had  a  Spencer  car- 
bine in  his  hand,  which  I  took  and  began  to  lead  him  toward  the  river,  when  the 
enemy  gave  a  yell  and  made  a  charge,  completely  driving  the  remainder  of  our 
troops  back  to  and  into  the  river,  and  those  that  could  get  over  the  bridge  did  so, 
some  falling  through  the  timbers  into  the  water  beneath  in  the  rush  and  confusion. 
The  horses  began  to  stampede  and  were  left  to  care  for  themselves;  the  men 
scattered  and  got  over  the  river  by  swimming,  or  hid  in  the  bushes.  I  told  my 
wounded  friend  to  lie  down  flat  on  the  ground  and  the  enemy  would  think  he 
was  dead,  and  perhaps  pass  him,  as,  if  we  continued,  both  of  us  would  surely  be 
captured  or  shot.  I  took  his  Spencer  carbine  with  me  back  to  where  Hazel  was 
standing  on  the  bank  of  the  river,  and  told  him  that  we  must  get  out  of  there,  as 
Lieutenant  Boone  would  soon  get  his  battery  in  position,  and  would  no  doubt  open 
with  grape  and  cannister;  besides  our  troops  would  form  for  battle  on  the  oppo- 
site bank  of  the  river,  and  that  we  would  then  be  placed  between  the  fire  of 
friends  and  enemies,  which  would  be  sure  death  to  us.  The  poor  fellow  then  told 
me  that  he  could  not  swim  a  stroke.  I  then  went  to  the  bank  of  the  river  to  see 
if  there  were  any  place  where  we  could  shelter  ourselves  from  the  expected  storm 
of  lead  and  iron  which  was  sure  to  come.  No  possible  shelter  was  to  be  obtained; 
on  the  contrary,  the  enemy  made  his  appearance  on  the  river  bank  on  our  right 
and  within  easy  shooting  range.  I  told  Hazel  the  only  course  left  to  him  was  to 
lie  flat  on  the  ground  and  take  his  chances;  as  for  me,  I  would  try  and  swim 
across,  as  I  preferred  to  take  the  risk  of  being  shot  to  going  to  Andersonville. 
So  I  said  "  good  bye,  old  fellow,  take  care  of  yourself."  I  took  a  hurried  glance 
about  me,  only  to  see  the  enemy  very  close  indeed.  I  threw  my  Spencer  carbine 
that  I  still  held  into  the  river,  and  made  a  plunge,  intending  to  force  myself  as 
far  as  possible  out  into  the  river,  and  swim  the  remainder  of  the  distance,  which 
I  thought  I  could  do.  I  went  into  the  water  with  my  clothing,  saber,  revolver, 
belt,  heavy  boots,  and  everything  that  I  had  when  I  dismounted  from  my  horse. 
I  had  no  sooner  touched  the  water  when  I  heard  a  splash  back  of  me  and  some- 
thing grasped  me  by  the  right  shoulder;  turning  my  head  I  saw  that  it  was  Hazel. 
Poor  fellow,  the  temptation  to  escape,  together  with  the  nervous  strain,  incident 
to  what  he  had  seen,  was  more  than  he  could  calmly  bear.  He  forgot  that  he 
could  not  swim,  and,  seeingme  make  the  plunge,  he  instantly  followed,  and  being 
much  stouter  and  stronger  than  I,  the  force  of  his  plunge  carried  him  up  to  me 
in  time  to  grasp  me  as  he  did.  The  added  weight  of  Hazel's  body  on  my 
shoulder  stood  me  up  straight  in  the  water.  I  managed  to  keep  afloat  by  paddling 
with  my  hands;  with  my  left  hand  I  managed  to  unhook  my  saber  and  let  it  drop, 
which  gave  me  more  freedom,  besides  relieving  me  of  so  much  dead  weight,  but 
my  clothing  and  also  Hazel's  was  becoming  saturated  with  the  water  of  Wolf 
6 


82  HISTORY    OF   THE 

River,  and  after  struggling  a  little  while,  we  both  went  down  under  the  water. 
Coming  up  again  I  made  desperate  efforts  with  hands  and  leet  to  keep  afloat,  and 
after  vainly  trying  to  grasp  anything  to  aid  me  from  again  going  down,  not  even 
a  straw  came  within  reach,  so  down  we  both  went.  Thoughts  come  rapidly  to 
persons  in  danger  such  as  ours;  I  know  they  did  to  me.  I  was  young,  and  did  not 
want  to  die  then,  but  how  to  save  myself,  as  long  as  a  strong,  powerful  man  held 
me  in  a  death  grip.  True,  he  was  a  friend,  but  could  he,  if  he  would,  let  go  on 
that  score  ? 

I  had  often  read  of  somewhat  like  cases,  and  all  went  to  prove  that  a  drown- 
ing person  will  cling  to  whatever  he  happens  to  hold,  even  after  death.  All 
these  thoughts  passed  rapidly  in  my  mind.  My  conclusions  were  that  my  time 
had  come.  I  thought  over  my  past  life.  I  had  done  no  human  being  wrong  that 
I  knew  of,  and  certainly  there  were  none  to  mourn  for  me,  but  somehow  I  did 
not  want  to  die,  so  on  coming  to  the  surface  I  opened  my  mouth  to  tell  Hazel  to 
let  go,  as  it  would  do  him  no  good  and  was  sure  to  drown  both  of  us  if  he  held  on 
to  me.  My  mouth  filled  with  water,  and  being  nearly  suffocated  I  could  not 
speak,  but  made  a  motion  with  my  shoulder  to  which  he  was  clinging,  when, 
Heaven  be  thanked,  I  found  myself  free  and  managed,  with  renewed  efforts  of 
my  now  nearly  exhausted  energies,  to  remain  afloat  and  elevate  my  head  suffi- 
ciently out  of  the  water  to  fill  my  lungs  with  the  life-giving  air.  I  looked  carefully 
about  me  to  see  what  had  become  of  Hazel .  He  was  gone;  I  never  saw  him  again. 
I  was  told  afterward  that  his  remains  were  found  next  day  in  the  river,  shot 
through  the  heart.  Poor  fellow,  I  suppose  that  upon  rising  from  our  second 
immersion,  in  frantic  efforts  to  remain  on  the  surface  of  the  water  that  he  may 
have  exposed  his  body  sufficiently  to  the  enemy  who  were  on  the  banks  of  the 
river  a  little  down  the  stream,  and  was  shot.  On  gaining  a  little  strength  I 
began  to  take  observation  of  my  surroundings.  I  found  myself  under  the  bridge 
and  drifting  with  the  current,  which  would  soon  bring  me,  if  I  could  keep  afloat, 
close  down  to  the  enemy  who  were  on  the  bank  lower  down;  fortunately,  a  dead 
horse  drifted  toward  me,  which  I  grasped  it  by  the  tail  and  raised  my  head  more 
out  of  the  water  to  rest  before  starting  out  for  the  opposite  side  on  which  were 
our  own  troops.  As  I  was  about  to  let  go  and  strike  out  I  felt  a  sharp  shot  in 
the  head  and  the  sensation  of  a  hot,  sharp  instrument  sunk  under  my  scalp  for 
about  three  inches,  and  then  blank  darkness  followed .  I  knew  I  was  wounded 
in  the  head  and  had  lost  my  sight  in  consequence,  but  fortunately,  I  retained  my 
reason  and  knew  the  direction  I  wanted  to  go  and  struck  out  for  the  shore,  which 
I  reached,  and  threw  myself  flat  on  my  face.  The  bullets  throwing  the  mud 
over  me  as  I  lay,  they  must  have  fired  several  shots  at  me  after  my  leaving  the 
water,  and  ceased  on  seeing  me  lie  at  full  length  on  the  bank,  believing  me  to  be 
dead.  Wh'ile  lying  under  the  bridge  where  I  landed,  I  could  hear  my  friend, 
Lieutenant  Boone,  getting  his  battery  of  howitzers  into  position.  Pretty  soon 
the  guns  began  to  talk .  Grape  shot  must  have  traveled  over  that  bridge  in  rapid 
succession.  What  did  I  care  that  chunks  of  dirt  and  splinters  fell  down  on  me. 
No  music  that  I  have  ever  heard  sounded  so  sweetly  to  me  as  did  the  short,  sharp 
bark  of  those  howitzers,  and  having  gotten  them  working  to  suit  him,  Boone 
began  to  warm  to  his  work  as  the  guns  began  to  get  hot  from  the  rapid  firing. 
I  can  imagine  I  hear  him  now  telling  the  gunners  "to  give  it  to  them,"  to  "let 
them  have  it,"  etc.,  and  I  am  sorify  to  have  to  record  it,  but,  if  my  memory  is  not 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  83 

at  fault,  I  think  he  swore  like  a  trooper,  but  it  might  have  been  the  spiteful  hiss- 
ing of  iron  grape  as  it  went  on  its  mission  of  death. 

Boone  should  have  been  promoted  for  that  day's  work!  I  lay  under  the 
bridge  until  I  began  to  grow  numb  with  the  cold,  it  being  the  4th  of  December, 
and  I  in  the  water  so  long,  besides  the  loss  of  blood,  I  felt  quite  weak.  I  crawled 
from  under  the  bridge  by  feeling  my  way,  being  directed  by  the  sound  of  the 
guns.  I  managed  to  get  on  the  sloping  side  of  the  bridge  approaches,  where  I 
rested.  Soon  somebody  spoke  to  me,  and  asked  me  if  I  was  much  hurt.  I  asked 
him  where  he  was;  he  said  he  was  back  of  the  stump  close  by  me.  I  then  told 
him  that  I  was  shot  in  the  head,  and  that  I  had  lost  my  sight,  and  asked  him  to 
lead  me  back  to  the  rear.  He  replied  that  the  rebs  were  on  the  opposite  bank,  and 
that  if  he  left  where  he  was  that  he  would  surely  be  killed,  and  for  me  to  remain 
where  I  was  until  the  rebs  were  driven  back,  so  there  I  had  to  lay.  I  remained 
quiet  for  some  time  listening  to  Company  F's  battery,  until  I  felt  myself  getting 
stiff  and  sore  and  that  I  was  about  to  die.  I  could  feel  my  limbs  straightening 
out,  a  drowsy  unconsciousness  coming  over  me,  and  to  lose  interest  in  my  sur- 
roundings, when  I  was  made  aware  that  someone  was  talking  to  me.  Lieutenant 
David  Hillier,  of  Company  A,  with  some  men  of  his  troops,  happened  to  come  that 
way,  and,  seeing  me,  stopped.  He  asked  me  if  I  was  hurt.  I  replied  that  I  was 
shot  and  had  lost  my  sight,  and  how  I  had  asked  the  chap  back  of  the  stump 
to  lead  me  back  and  what  he  had  said.  I  am  not  sure,  but  I  thought  that  I  heard 
somebody  being  kicked  and  punched,  and  I  think  it  was  that  chap  back  of  the 
stump,  and  that  Dave  Hillier  had  done  the  kicking  and  punching.  Dave  said  he 
would  lead  me  back.  I  said  that  I  did  not  think  that  I  could  walk.  He  then 
said  that  he  would  carry  me.  I  told  him  then  that  I  was  about  gone,  anyhow,  and 
that  he  would  only  risk  his  own  life,  and  do  no  good ;  he  said  he  didn't  care  a 

d ,  that  he  would  not  leave  me  there,  and  he  then  told,    I  think,  Sergeant 

Crawford  to  form  line  in  front  to  keep  the  rebs  in  place  and  he  would  take  me 
on  his  back  and  carry  me«to  the  rear,  and  that  the  Sergeant  was  to  fall  back  as 
we  moved  to  the  rear.  So  brave,  big-hearted  Dave  Hillier  carried  me  on  his  back 
to  the  rear,  where  the  ambulance  was  waiting;  as  I  was  being  put  into  the  ambu- 
lance I  heard  that  Colonel  Hatch  was  shot.  The  ambulance  conveyed  me  to  the 
local  hospital  of  the  colored  regiment  stationed  at  Moscow,  where  I  was  undressed 
and  wrapped  up  in  blankets.  Assistant-Surgeon  Stacy  Hemenway  probed  for 
the  ball,  which  he  found  divided  into  two  parts;  one  part  had  remained  where  it 
had  struck  the  skull,  the  other  part  had  traversed  about  three  inches  of  my  head 
under  the  scalp,  both  of  which  he  removed .  One  half  I  had  in  my  possession  for 
several  years  and  finally  lost  it;  the  other  half  ,with  a  part  of  my  skull,  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  my  comrade,  Fred.  C.  Feigel.  After  a  stay  of  three  or  four  days 
in  the  hospital  of  Moscow,  I  was  removed  to  our  regimental  hospital  at  Collier- 
ville,  Tenn.,  where  Surgeon  George  B.  Christy  performed  the  operation  which 
saved  my  life.  He  removed  a  part  of  the  skull  which  pressed  on  the  brain. 
Frank  Halladay  was  then  hospital  steward  and  administered  the  chloroform. 
Chaplain  G.  F.  Brayton  and  F.  C.  Feigel  were  present  during  the  operation, 
which  was  both  painful  and  bloody.  However,  through  the  kind  nursing  I 
received,  I  was  able  to  travel,  and  received  a  furlough  from  Lieutenant-Colonel 
H.  B.'  Burgh  from  the  30th  day  of  January  to  the  18th  of  March,  1864;  but  being 
still  unable  to  ride  on  horseback  at  the  end  of  my  furlough,  was  discharged  from 


84  HISTORY    OF    THE 

the  service  the  9th  of  April,  1864,  by  reason  of  woxind  received  in  action,  by  order 
Brigadier  Wm.  W.  Orme,  commanding  the  post  at  Chicago,  111. 

I  have  always  felt,  and  did  at  the  time,  that  our  forces  were  surprised  at 
Moscow,  as  General  Lee  evidently  was  prepared  and  we  were  not.  Who  was  to 
blame,  I  do  not  know . 

The  following  from  A.  D.  Pierce,  formerly  Major  of  the  Sixth 
Illinois  Cavalry,  will  be  read  with  interest  as  throwing  additional 
light  on  certain  points  at  issue  at  the  battle  of  Moscow,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1863: 

COLCONDA,  111.,  June  15,  1888. 
Comrade  H.  A.  Hawkins. 

DEAR  COMRADE: — Yours  of  5th  received  several  days  ago,  but  was  pre- 
vented from  answering  until  now. 

Your  first  question  is,  "  Who  was  in  advance  with  our  regiment  at  Moscow? " 
The  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

Major  Whitsit  was  in  command  of  regiment,  with  Second  Battalion  in 
advance,  with  Captain  W.  D.  Glass  in  command;  Third  Battalion  next,  with  Cap- 
tain Phillips  in  command;  First  Battalion  in  rear  of  regiment,  and  I,  as  Captain, 
in  command. 

Second  question.  "  Was  the  battery  in  the  bottom?"  The  battery  was  fol- 
lowing our  Regiment,  and  when  the  euemy  attacked  our  advance,  it  fell  back, 
attempting  to  form  a  line  on  the  right  of  the  road.  I  moved  up  my  Battalion,  dis- 
mounted, formed  on  left  of  the  road,  ordered  the  battery  to  unlimber  immediately 
in  the  road,  and  it  did  effective  work  in  that  position,  so  much  so  that  the  road 
immediately  in  front  was  cleared  of  the  enemy;  but  when  I  saw  that  they  were 
flanking  us  on  our  left  I  ordered  it  with  my  Battalion  to  fall  back  to  the  river,  and 
very  good  work  was  done  there  by  Lieutenant  Curtis,  in  command  of  battery,  with 
one  gun.  I  remember  seeing  Lieutenant  Curtis  ram  down  loads  in  this  one  gun 
with  an  ax  handle,  as  the  gunner  had  left  with  the  rammer.  Several  of  the 
enemy  took  hold  of  this  one  gun,  and  made  an  effort  to  turn  it  around  on  us,  but 
they  were  driven  away.  My  memory  is  quite  fresh  on  the  happenings  of  that 
place. 

I  am  going  to  make  an  effort  to  be  at  the  reunion  of  the  old  Second  Brigade. 

Yours  sincerely, 

A.  D.  PIERCE. 

On  the  llth  of  December,  a  cold  blustering  night,  some 
scoundrels  made  a  good  haul  of  horses  in  the  camp  of  the 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  That  night  there  was  a  number  stolen, 
among  them  a  fine  horse  belonging  to  Lieutenant  S.  O.  Roberts, 
one  from  Lieutenant  E.  A.  Davenport,  one  from  Commissary- 
Sergeant  W.  E.  Walker,  and  several  belonging  to  the  different 
officers  of  the  regiment.  How  they  were  run  out  of  camp,  or 
by  whose  hands,  was  not  definitely  known  ;  but  as  the  thieves 
made  a  selection  of  the  best  horses  in  camp,  it  was  strongly  sus- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    YOLUNTEEES.  85 

pected  that  they  knew  pretty  well  where  to  go  for  them.  The 
horse  stolen  from  the  Commissary  was  the  one  presented  to 
Captain  Humphrey  by  the  citizens  of  Geneseo  on  his  departure 
for  camp  in  1861,  and  had  been  purchased  by  Lieutenant  Daven- 
port in  1863.  No  trace  was  ever  found  of  them,  and  we  had  the 
mortification  of  knowing  that  in  all  probability  some  confounded 
Confederate  soldiers  were  riding  our  horses. 

Sunday,  December  13th,  we  had  open-air  services  by  our  new 
Chaplain,  the  Keverend  G.  F.  Brayton,  who  had  recently  come 
to  us,  and  was  much  esteemed  and  liked  by  all. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

RECRUITING  FOR  YETERAN   SERVICE  —  FORREST'S  RAID   INTO  TEN- 
NESSEE—  LIEUTENANT   HILLIER'S   BRAVE   FIGHT  AT   LA   FAY- 
ETTE  —  ESCAPE  OF  FORREST  —  RETURN  OF  COLONEL  BRACKETT 
—  CAPTAIN  MOCK  AT  MOUNT  PLEASANT  —  PREPARING  FOR  THE 
GREAT  RAID. 

IN  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1863,  the  subject  of  enlisting 
new  men,  and  offering  special  inducement  to  those  who  had 
~been  in  the  service  two  years  and  more,  came  up,  and  it  was 
thought  that,  by  proper  exertion  being  put  forth,  a  veteran 
regiment  could  be  made  of  the  old  Ninth.  Many  of  the  men 
had  already  signified  their  willingness  to  re-enlist,  and  the  fol- 
lowing detail  was  made  by  order  of  Major-General  S.  A.  Hurlbut 
to  proceed  North,  and  recruit  for  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  dated 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  December  15,  1863  : 

Captain  J.  W.  Harper,  Company  I;  Sergeant  William  F.  Crawford,  Com- 
pany A ;  Sergeant  Godfrey  LaSalle,  Company  B ;  Sergeant  Henry  Netzer, 
Company  C  ;  Sergeant  W.  E.  Evans,  Company  D  ;  First  Sergeant  Charles  M. 
Haner,  Company  E  ;  Sergeant  Henry  E.  Burbank,  Company  F ;  First  Sergeant 
Robert  H.  Henderson,  Company  G  ;  Sergeant  James  H.  Murray,  Company  H  ; 
Sergeant  O.  A.  Abbott,  Company  I  ;  First  Sergeant  George  C.  Stanley,  Com- 
pany K ;  First  Sergeant  Albert  Clark,  Company  L  ;  Sergeant  William  C.  Dillon, 
Company  M. 

Recruiting  for  the  veteran  service  commenced,  and  many  of 
the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  were  enlisted ;  but  as  only  those  who 
had  served  two  years  and  over  were  eligible,  only  a  portion  of 
our  boys  could  join  them.  Captain  Harper,  with  a  number  of 
officers  and  men,  were  on  recruiting  service,  and  it  was  hoped 
and  expected  that  the  regiment  would  again  fill  up,  and  go  in 
for  the  honor  of  another  three  years'  service.  At  this  time  the 
arrival  of  Colonel  Brackett  was  looked  for.  The  regiment  had 
been  for  a  long  time  under  the  command  of  Majors  Burgh  and 
Gifford. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  87 

December  20,  1863,  while  our  camp  still  remained  at  Collier- 
ville,  the  larger  part  of  the  regiment,  under  command  of  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Burgh,  who,  since  his  return  from  the  North,  had 
taken  hold  vigorously,  and  placed  the  regiment  in  excellent  shape 
in  the  way  of  new  arms  and  horses,  was  kept  busy,  either  in 
detachments  or  in  whole,  and  was  on  the  war-path  most  of  the 
time. 

During  the  operations  of  the  rebel  General  Forrest  in  West 
Tennessee,  in  December,  1863,  ten  companies  of  the  Ninth,  under 
command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Harry  B.  Burgh,  co-operated 
with  the  forces  under  Generals  Tuttle  and  Grierson  in  the 
vicinity  of  La  Grange.  The  camp  of  the  regiment  at  that  time 
being  located  at  Collierville,  Tenn.,  Company  A,  and  a  part  of 
G,  about  fifty  men  in  all,  under  Lieutenant  Hillier,  were  stationed 
at  La  Fayette,  six  miles  from  camp,  on  the  railroad,  and  the  main 
part  of  the  regiment  and  the  howitzers  were  thrown  out  north 
of  La  Grange,  at  a  cross  road  called  New  Castle. 

While  our  Generals  were  looking  for  Forrest  to  recross  our 
lines  at  some  point  east  of  La  Grange,  he,  quite  unexpectedly, 
crossed  at  a  point  fifteen  miles  west,  at  La  Fayette,  with  a  force 
of  four  thousand  men,  December  26th.  This  little  station  was 
guarded  by  the  above-mentioned  force  of  fifty  men.  On  the 
approach  of  Forrest's  advance  guard,  Lieutenant  Hillier,  not 
knowing  that  he  should  have  that  General's  whole  command  to 
contend  with,  made  a  gallant  stand  at  the  crossing  of  Wolf  River, 
but  was  soon  overpowered  and  compelled  to  fall  back  toward 
Collierville,  with  a  loss  of  a  number  of  his  best  men.  Just  as 
Lieutenant  Hillier  was  withdrawing  his  command,  he  heard  the 
whistle  of  the  locomotive  of  the  mail  train  from  Corinth  to 
Memphis.  The  train  was  f#,st  approaching  the  station,  and  the 
Confederates  anticipated  an  easy  capture,  as  the  train-men  knew 
nothing  of  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  who  secreted  themselves 
in  and  behind  the  building  used  as  a  station,  and  behind  the 
wood  piles.  Lieutenant  Hillier,  observing  their  movements, 
divined  their  object,  and  determined  to  make  a  desperate  effort 
to  save  the  train  at  any  cost.  He  immediately  advanced  his 
command  toward  the  station,  and,  although  too  far  away  to  do 


88  HISTORY    OF   THE 

much  execution,  opened  fire  on  the  enemy,  and  kept  up  such  a 
racket  of  musketry  that  it  attracted  the  attention  of  the  engineer 
of  the  train  in  time  to  stop  and  reverse  his  engine,  and^thus  save 
the  train  from  capture.  Great  praise  was  given  to  the  gallant 
Hillier  for  his  daring.  This  little  command  was  soon  reinforced 
by  a  small  detachment  from  Collierville,  and  steadily  resisted  the 
advance  of  the  enemy.  Ten  hours  later  the  main  part  of  the 
Regiment,  that  had  been  thrown  north  of  La  Grange,  was 
dispatched  to  La  Fayette,  to  which  point  Morgan's  Brigade  of 
infantry  had  been  sent  via  train.  A  small  force  of  the  enemy 
was  encountered  after  crossing  "Wolf  Eiver  at  Moscow.  Arriving 
at  La  Fayette  late  at  night,  the  place  was  found  in  possession  of 
our  troops,  Morgan's  Brigade  having  disembarked  from  the  cars 
a  short  time  before. 

It  was  ascertained  that  Forrest,  after  crossing  Wolf  River  at 
La  Fayette,  had  sent  a  portion  of  his  army  south,  with  about  one 
thousand  conscripts  he  had  picked  up  in  Tennessee,  and  a  large 
number  of  cattle  he  had  captured,  and  with  the  fighting  force  he 
proceeded  toward  Collierville,  where  he  expected  to  form  a 
junction  with  the  Confederate  forces,  under  Generals  Chalmers 
and  Lee,  but  these  commands  failed  to  put  in  an  appearance. 

Forrest  moved  south  toward  morning.  During  the  night 
the  Ninth  caught  up  with  Forrest's  army,  but,  not  being 
supported  by  Morgan's  Brigade,  which,  instead  of  following  up 
our  advance,  went  into  bivouac  on  the  road-side,  we  had  to 
content  ourselves  with  observing  the  movements  of  the  enemy 
and  listening  to  the  guns  of  the  garrison  at  Collierville.  The 
Ninth  captured  many  prisoners  that  night,  among  them,  two 
officers  of  General  Forrest's  staff. 

December  26th.  The  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  Colonel 
Prince,  had  a  severe  engagement  writh  Forrest's  command,  on  his 
way  back  to  the  south,  from  his  raid  in  Tennessee,  and  by  reason 
of  his  not  being  properly  supported,  suffered  a  heavy  loss  in  killed 
and  wounded,  and  it  was  only  by  the  most  stubborn  resistance 
and  fine  manoeuvering  by  their  commander,  the  gallant  Colonel 
Prince,  that  the  regiment  escaped  almost  total  annihilation. 

At  this  time  Lieutenant  McMahon,  of  the  Ninth,  with  a  detail 


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of  twelve  men,  was  sent  with  dispatches  from  Colonel  Prince,  a 
distance  of  some  thirty  miles,  and  while  stopping  at  a  house  to 
get  something  to  eat,  were  suddenly  set  upon  by  a  large  force  of 
rebels.  JVIcMahon,  not  being  able  to  reach  his  horse,  took  refuge 
in  a  cotton  house,  and  hid  in  a  large  bin  of  cotton  seed,  covering 
himself  up  with  the  seed.  Soon  the  rebels  were  after  him,  and 
thinking  he  was  concealed,  began  to  jab  around  with  their  bay- 
onets, at  the  same  time  saying :  "  Come  out  of  that,  you  damned 
Yankee."  The  plucky  soldier  kept  still,  taking  his  chances  of 
being  killed  sooner  than  to  be  captured  ;  they  struck  around  him, 
but  finally,  becoming  convinced  that  there  was  no  one  there,  left 
and  marched  away.  After  they  had  gone,  Lieutenant  McMahon 
got  out  and  came  into  camp  safely. 

January  11,  1864,  the  Regiment  welcomed  back  Colonel  Brack- 
ett,  who  had  been  absent  a  long  time  on  detached  service,  and  he 
was  immediately  placed  in  command  of  the  Brigade.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Ninth  were  very  glad  to  have  their  old  colonel  back. 
On  the  way  out  from  Memphis,  the  rebels  gave  him  a  warm  re- 
ception by  firing  into  the  train  and  placing  a  torpedo  on  the  track 
within  four  miles  of  our  camp.  A  detachment  was  at  once  sent 
out  which  soon  overtook  the  scoundrels  (a  small  party),  killed  one 
and  took  several  prisoners  and  horses. 

About  the  20th  of  January,  Colonel  Brackett,  commanding  the 
Brigade,  sent  to  our  regiment  for  a  detail  of  twenty  men  for  a 
special  service.  Captain  Mock,  of  Company  B,  selected  twenty 
men  who  had  good  horses  from  his  company,  and  on  reporting  at 
Brigade  headquarters,  received  orders  to  proceed  to  a  point  on  the 
Cold^ater  (Cochran's  Mill)  and  find  out,  if  possible,  what  rebel 
troops  were  in  that  neighborhood.  The  distance  was  about  twenty 
miles  by  \vay  of  Mount  Pleasant,  and  as  it  was  nearly  noon  when 
he  started,  and  the  roads  were  very  muddy,  it  was  a  hard  scout 
to  make  in  half  a  day.  It  was  known  that  the  rebels  patrolled 
the  road  daily  from  the  Coldwater  to  Mount  Pleasant.  The  lat- 
ter place,  which  was  fourteen  miles  awa}^  was  reached  all  right? 
and  here  a  patrolling  party  of  rebels  was  struck  and  driven  about 
one  mile  south,  when  they  made  a  stand  on  the  top  of  a  hill,  when 
they  were  again  driven  back  to  another  position.  Their  numbers 


90  HISTORY    OF   THE 

increasing  as  they  fell  back,  and  though  they  made  spirited  efforts 
to  stop  the  little  detachment,  they  did  not  make  quite  the 
determined,  desperate  attempt  to  drive  our  force  back  that  might 
have  been  expected.  After  driving  them  two  and  a  half  miles 
south  of  Mount  Pleasant,  the  rebels,  still  falling  back,  took  a  road 
leading  to  the  right  from  the  main  road,  thinking  our  force  would 
follow  them.  Their  numbers  had  now  increased  to  quite  a  good- 
sized  force  and  Captain  Mock  felt  if  he  pressed  farther  he  would 
be  cut  off,  especially  as  the  ladies,  while  they  were  driving  the 
rebs  through  Mount  Pleasant,  had  said  tauntingly,  that  "  They 
would  come  running  back  before  long,"  that  "  Their  boys  would 
soon  send  them  back  on  the  run."  So,  falling  back  slowly,  the 
rebels  did  not  know  certainly,  for  awhile,  whether  we  were  fall- 
ing back  or  were  concealed.  Arriving  near  Mount  Pleasant,  the 
rebs  came  up  and  the  rear  guard  opened  on  them  and  held  them 
back,  while  the  command  moved  through  the  town  on  the  walk, 
and  up  the  big  hill.  When  the  enemy  came  through  the  town 
and  up  the  hill  on  a  charge  whooping  and  yelling,  we  moved  up 
over  the  hill,  remaining  out  of  sight  under  cover  of  the  wood,  and, 
wheeling  about,  let  the  rebels  come  pretty  close,  then  gave  them 
a  volley  and  started  back  with  a  whoop  and  a  yell,  took  after 
them  and  drove  them  back  through  the  town  and  passed  the  place 
where  the  women  had  taunted  our  boys,  and  asked  them  "Who 
was  doing  the  running  now  ?  "  Our  party  then  marched  back  and 
the  rebs  made  another  attack,  but  were  more  cautious  this  time, 
and  were  again  sent  back  by  this  brave  little  band  of  Company 
B,  under  the  gallant  Captain  Mock.  As  it  was  now  growing 
dark,  it  was  thought  best  not  to  give  the  enemy  a  chance  to  get 
in  their  rear  or  ambush  them.  So  the  command  moved  back  in 
safety  to  camp.  The  captain  and  men  of  Company  B  felt  pret- 
ty good  that  they  had  held  the  rebs  in  check  and  made  them  do 
the  running  through  town.  Arrived  in  camp  about  9  o'clock  p.  M. 
and  reported  to  Colonel  Brackett. 

In  the  contemplated  raid,  the  command  did  not  take  any 
wagons;  a  small  ambulance  train  accompanied  us,  while  our 
rations  and  ammunition  was  carried  on  a  pack  train  of  mules, 
which  same  train  was  a  comical  sight  to  see.  The  loads  that 


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would  be  placed  on  some  small  mule,  the  great  bulging  panniers 
with  the  coffee-pots,  frying-pans,  etc.,  strapped  on  in  every  avail- 
able spot.  These,  however,  though  necessary,  were  not  our  fight- 
ing forces.  The  cavalry  here  organized  was  as  fine  as  any  that 
had  ever  been  gathered  in  the  West,  and  was  made  up  of  two 
divisions  under  Generals  William  Sooy  Smith  and  B.  H.  Grier- 
son.  In  all,  about  eight  thousand  well-armed  and  mounted 
troops.  All  massed  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  with  the  view  of 
joining  General  Sherman  at  Meridian,  Miss.,  and  then  making  an 
advance  on  Mobile. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

RAID  TO  WEST  POINT — OKOLONA — ABERDEEN — WEST  POINT — FIGHT 
AT  THE  SAUKATAUCHIE — HAND-TO-HAND  FIGHT — THE  SIXTH 
ILLINOIS  CAVALRY — FIERCE  ASSAULT  OF  THE  REBELS — SUCCESS- 
FUL AMBUSH  BY  THE  NINTH — STAMPEDE  OF  THE  THIRD  BRIGADE 
AND  Loss  OF  GUNS — ATTEMPT  TO  CAPTURE  FORREST — DESTRUC- 
TION OF  CORN — RETURN  TO  GERMANTOWN. 

THIS  magnificent  command  moved  South,  February  11, 1864. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  H.  B.  Burgh  commanded  the  Ninth; 
Major  D.  E  Coon,  the  Second  Iowa  ;  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  M.  H.  Starr ;  the  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry, 
Major  H.  C.  Forbes  ;  these  four  regiments  composing  the  Second 
Brigade,  commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  W.  P.  Hepburn. 

The  Tallahatchee  wat  crossed  at  New  Albany,  and  on  the 
18th  Okolona  was  reached.  From  Okolona,  the  Ninth  Illinois, 
in  advance  of  the  army,  made  a  rapid  march  on  Aberdeen,  Miss., 
which  was  found  occupied  by  Golsen's  Brigade  of  Home  Guards, 
which  made  but  a  feeble  stand*  in  defence  of  the  beautiful  little 
city.  During  the  attack  on  the  place,  and  the  fight  through  the 
streets,  we  captured  between  forty  and  fifty  prisoners,  including 
some  officers  home  on  leave. 

Being,  one  day,  in  advance  of  our  own  army  for  which  we 
had  orders  to  wait  at  Aberdeen,  and  in  close  proximity  to  Gen- 
eral Forrest's  command,  great  vigilence  had  to  be  observed- 
Colonel  Burgh  appointed  Major  L.  D.  Bishop  as  Provost  Marshal' 
and  furnished  him  with  strong  patrol  guards,  in  addition  to 
which  strong  picket  guards  were  kept  on  all  the  roads  leading 
into  town,  and  small  scouting  parties  were  thrown  out  in  the 
direction  of  the  enemy. 

General  Grierson  with  the  balance  of  his  command  arrived 
next  day.  General  Sooy  Smith's  division  did  not  march 
through  Aberdeen.  General  Grierson's  command  passed  through 

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the  city  without  more  than  halting.  The  Ninth  Illinois  was  di- 
rected to  continue  its  positions  in  and  about  the  city  until  the 
command  passed  through,  when  it  was  to  follow. 

"While  this  duty  was  being  performed,  General  Grierson,  his 
Adjutant-General,  Major  Woodward,  Colonel  Burgh  and  several 
officers  of  the  Ninth,  were  received  and  courteously  entertained 
at  the  residence  of  the  Mayor,  Dr.  Hatch,  the  ladies  of  whose 
family  did  the  honors  of  the  house  on  the  occasion,  with  true 
grace  and  Southern  hospitality.  During  the  call  on  the  Mayor's 
family,  General  Grierson  (to  please  the  ladies)  played  a  few 
Southern  airs  on  the  piano,  finishing  with  the  Star  Spangled 
Banner. 

From  Aberdeen,  the  Regiment  marched  to  West  Point,  cross- 
ing some  broad  and  beautiful  prairie  land  that  reminded  the  boys 
of  the  Ninth  of  their  own  beautiful  and  distant  Illinois.  On  the 
morning  of  the  20th,  the  Second  Iowa,  in  the  advance,  encountered 
the  enemy's  advance  guard,  which  they  steadily  forced  back  until 
noon,  when  the  rebels  appeared  in  force.  The  Second  Iowa,  under 
its  gallant  commander,  Major  Datus  E.  Coon,  had  been  fighting 
all  the  morning,  and  thus  far  had  borie  the  brunt  of  the  battle. 
It  was  now  re-inforced  by  the  Sixth,  Seventh  and  Ninth  Illinois, 
the  Ninth  taking  position  on  the  right  of  the  line  of  battle,  and 
next  to  the  gallant  Second  Iowa.  In  this  position  our  old  Brigade 
advanced  on  the  enemy,  who  was  steadily  forced  back  and  across 
the  Saukatauchie  River.  An  incident  occurred  during  this  advance 
that  was  very  exciting  and  of  great  interest.  It  was  a  hand-to- 
hand  fight  between  a  Sergeant  of  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois,  and  a 
rebel  officer,  and  was  witnessed  by  a  large  part  of  the  command. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  at  this  time,  a  part  of  the  Regiment 
were  armed  with  Colt's  revolving  rifles,  which  necessitated  fight- 
ing on  foot,  and  the  other  companies  were  armed  with  carbines 
and  sabers,  and  could  be  fought  mounted  or  dismounted  as  occa- 
sion required.  On  this  occasion  all  the  companies  were  fighting 
on  foot  except  Company  A,  which  was  mounted  and  protecting 
our  right  flank.  As  Company  A  skirmish  line  approached  a  piece 
of  timber  that  skirted  out  from  the  woods  on  our  right  front,  a 
Confederate  .officer  was  discovered  taking  observations  of  the 
advancing  Union  forces.  Sergeant  Henry  II.  Castor,  in  charge  of 


94 

the  skirmish  line,  made  a  rapid  advance  and  ordered  him  to  sur- 
render. The  reb  immediately  stuck  spurs  into  his  horse's  side  and 
dashed  off  after  the  retreating  Confederates.  Again  the  gallant 
Sergeant  demanded  his  surrender.  Castor  was  well  mounted  and 
gained  on  his  enemy,  and  a  third  time  ordered  him  to  surrender 
and  halt.  But  no  thought  had  Mr.  Reb  of  surrendering ;  instead 
he  turned  in  his  saddle  as  the  Sergeant  neared  him,  and  fired  a 
pistol  shot  at  his  pursuer.  Castor  immediately  returned  the  fire 
and  with  better  effect,  for  he  had  his  enemy  on  the  right  side  and 
a  little  in  front,  shooting  the  plucky  rebel  in  the  mouth.  The 
Confederate  fell  from  his  saddle,  and  the  brave  Sergeant  captured 
the  horse  and  regained  his  comrades,  who  had  witnessed  his  gal- 
lant fight. 

It  was  then  about  sundown,  and  General  Grierson  concluded 
to  bivouac  on  some  favorable  ground  that  we  had  passed  over,  so 
ordered  the  recall  sounded,  and  the  brigade  went  into  bivouac. 
On  falling  back  we  came  across  the  rebel  officer  who  had  had  the 
fight  with  the  Sergeant ;  he  was  still  alive  but  unconscious.  His 
recent  antagonist  kindly  carried  him  to  a  house  near  by,  where  his 
wound  was  carefully  attended  to  by  Surgeon  George  B.  Christy, 
of  our  Regiment.  Papers  on  the  wounded  officer's  person  showed 
him  to  be  Major  Dougherty,  a  Quartermaster  in  the  Confederate 
Army. 

For  some  unaccountable  reason  a  retreat  was  ordered  for  next 
day.  Up  to  this  time  the  expedition  had  been  managed  by  Gen- 
eral Sooy  Smith  with  great  ability,  and  success  beyond  his  expecta- 
tions had  attended  every  move  that  he  made.  We  had  now 
almost  reached  the  flank  of  Sherman's  army;  indeed,  it  was  sub- 
sequently ascertained  from  prisoners,  that  we  were  not  twenty 
miles  from  Colonel  Winslow's  Brigade  of  Cavalry,  that  accompa- 
nied Sherman's  army,  and  which  had  been  sent  out  to  meet  us.  To 
turn  back  now  would  be  to  invite  defeat,  for  the  enemy,  discov- 
ering our  retrograde  move,  would  concentrate  all  his  hitherto 
scattered  forces  on  short  lines  and  bring  a  stronger  force  to 
cope  with  us  on  the  retreat  than  had  been  opposed  to  us  on  the 
advance.  In  advancing  Sooy  Smith  had  threatened  several  points, 
and  in  that  way  caused  the  rebel  general  to  scatter  his  forces  so 
as  to  cover  all  the  points  threatened.  To  have  advanced  toward 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  95 

Sherman's  army  would  have  been  attended  with  less  danger  than 
to  retrace  our  steps  toward  Memphis.  Up  to  this  time  we  had 
been  successful;  we  had  driven  the  enemy  steadily,  and  were  now 
almost  in  the  neighborhood  of  Sherman's  army,  with  which  we 
were  to  cooperate.  To  turn  back  now  would  be  to  invite  all  the 
negroes  along  the  line  of  march  to  join  us  in  the  hopes  of  getting 
away  from  slavery  and  into  our  lines,  and  to  be  thus  handicapped 
would  be  to  invite  disaster.  What  caused  General  Sooy  Smith  to 
change  his  plans,  and  to  change  success  into  defeat,  is  not  known.  It 
was  reported  that  he  became  sick  and  that  mentally  he  was  not 
himself  when  he  ordered  the  retreat.  The  retreat  began  on  the 
morning  of  the  21st,  and  it  was  on  the  evening  of  that  day  that 
the  Ninth  Illinois  covered  itself  with  glory.  At  early  morning 
the  Sixth  Illinois,  feigning  an  advance,  attacked  the  enemy's 
works  at  the  bridge  over  the  Saukatauchie  River,  and  under  cover 
of  this  attack  the  retreat  began.  Our  retrograde  movement  was 
discovered  ere  long  and  the  Sixth  Illinois  was  forced  back.  The 
Sixth  was  reinforced  by  the  Seventh  Illinois,  and  some  severe 
fighting  occurred.  The  Seventh  now  took  the  rear  and  kept  up 
a  spirited  resistance  to  the  attacks  of  the  enemy  until  overpow- 
ered by  numbers,  when  they  were  relieved  by  the  Second  Iowa. 
The  Second  took  up  the  fight  right  gallantly,  and  under  the  lead- 
ership of  their  popular  commandant,  Major  Datus  E.  Coon,  fought 
bravely  all  the  afternoon,  holding  the  enemy  in  check,  while  Smith's 
division  and  the  wagon  trains  were  making  slow  progress  over  an 
extemporized  corduroy  road  that  ran  through  a  great  swamp, 
through  which  the  command  had  to  pass.  Knowing  the  character 
of  this  swamp,  the  enemy  made  an  increased  effort  to  double  up 
our  rear  guard  and  capture  our  supply  trains.  The  Second  Iowa, 
running  out  of  ammunition,  about  this  time  asked  to  be  relieved, 
and  the  Ninth  Illinois  took  the  rear.  General  Grierson,  who  had 
been  riding  at  the  head  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  during  the  afternoon, 
had  informed  Colonel  Burgh  of  the  location  of  the  swamp  and 
directed  him  to  hold  his  regiment  in  readiness  to  take  the  rear 
and  hold  the  enemy  in  check  until  the  trains  and  troops  had  passed 
safely  through. 

It  was  about  sundown  when  we  relieved  the  Second  Iowa,  which 
was  outnumbered,  and  hard  pressed,  and  right  heartily  was  the 


96  HISTOKY    OF    THE 

Ninth  cheered  by  their  comrades  of  the  Second  Iowa  as  we  moved 
toward  the  enemy,  and  allowed  the  Second  to  follow  the  command. 
General  Grierson  informed  Colonel  Burgh  that  the  entire  com- 
mand would  be  halted  and  formed  in  close  columns  of  regiments 
on  its  emerging  from  the  swamp,  and  that  couriers  would  be 
despatched  to  let  him  know  when  the  movement  was  com- 
pleted, but  in  the  meantime  he,  General  Grierson,  would  expect 
the  Ninth  Illinois  to  hold  the  enemy  in  check  and  protect  the 
rear.  General  Grierson  declared  that  he  had  held  the  Ninth  in 
reserve  all  day  for  that  occasion,  and  as  we  all  know,  his  faith  in 
the  grand  old  Regiment  was  well  founded.  Soon  after  taking 
the  rear,  and  as  the  shades  of  evening  began  to  thicken,  Colonel 
Burgh  conceived  the  idea  of  placing  our  rifle  companies  in  am- 
bush dismounted,  and  with  the  other  companies  draw  the  enemy 
on  to  the  hidden  line  of  battle.  About  this  time  a  small  bridge 
was  destroyed  by  our  jear  guard,  the  repairing  of  which  delayed 
the  enemy's  advance  long  enough  to  give  the  companies  ample 
time  to  take  the  position  selected  for  the  ambuscade.  The  other 
two  companies  formed  an  extended  but  thin  line  of  battle  in  front 
of  the  bridge,  and  well  in  advance  of  the  heavier  and  concealed 
line  of  battle.  On  repairing  the  bridge  the  enemy  deployed 
and  advanced  on  our  first  line,  which  fought  stubbornly  for  a 
time  and  then  gave  way,  passing  between  the  intervals  of  the 
second  line,  and  drawing  the  rebels  on  to  certain  destruction,  for 
the  fire  from  the  rifles  of  those  concealed  companies  was  quick 
and  deadly.  The  enemy  was  taken  greatly  by  surprise,and  suffered 
heavily.  A  second  time  the  Confederate  line  of  battle  was  ad- 
vanced, and  a  second  time  it  was  repulsed.  The  slaughter  of  the 
rebels  was  dreadful.  Colonel  Forrest  (a  brother  of  General  For- 
rest) and  thirty-seven  officers  and  men  of  his  brigade  were  killed, 
and  one  hundred  and  twenty-three  were  wounded  during  the  at- 
tacks on  our  ambuscade.  Our  losses  were  comparatively  light, 
owing  to  the  advantage  of  position.  During  the  progress  of  this 
fight  General  Sooy  Smith,  who  it  will  be  remembered  was  ill,  be- 
came alarmed  for  the  safety  of  his  trains,  still  struggling  through 
the  swamp,  but  was  assured  by  General  Grierson  that  everything 
was  safe,  as  the  Ninth  Illinois  was  still  in  the  rear ;  for  as  he  said 
he  knew  the  ring  of  their  rifles,  which  was  music  to  his  ear,  and 


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he  could  tell  from  the  sound  that  it  was  in  the  direction  of  the 
enemy.  After  this  last  charge  and  repulse,  the  rebel  general 
withdrew  his  forces  and  discontinued  the  pursuit  for  the  night. 
The  trains  and  pack  animals  having  got  safely  through  the  swamp, 
the  Ninth  followed  and  found  the  command  on  the  bluffs  beyond 
formed  in  close  columns  and  awaiting  its  arrival.  The  march 
was  then  continued  until  about  2  A.  M.,  when  the  command 
bivouacked  for  a  few  hours,  and  resumed  the  march  at  sunrise  on 
the  22d.  It  is  said  of  General  Sooy  Smith  that,  since  that  event- 
ful night,  he  has  had  a  green  spot  in  his  memory  for  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry.  On  the  22d,  the  Third  Brigade  took  the  rear  in 
the  vicinity  of  Okolona,  but  did  not  hold  it  long,  as  the  rebels 
made  an  impetuous  charge  that  scattered  them  to  the  four  winds 
of  heaven,  and  captured  a  battery  of  light  artillery  and  many  pris- 
oners. 

The  five  pieces  of  artillery  captured  by  the  enemy  here  was  all 
but  one  piece  of  the  battery  belonging  to  the  Sixth  Illinois  Caval- 
ry, that  had  been  turned  over  to  McCrellis'  Brigade  in  the  emer- 
gency, and  the  surrender  of  their  guns  and  the  stampede  of  the 
brigade  were  simply  disgraceful.  The  only  redeeming  feature  in 
this  affair  was  the  action  of  the  Fourth  United  States  Cavalry, 
commanded  by  the  gallant  Captain  Bowman,  who  did  all  that 
it  was  possible  for  so  small  a  body  of  troops  to  perform,  to  stay 
the  rushing,  demoralized  tide  of  the  other  regiments  of  the 
Third  Brigade,  including  now  in  their  numbers  the  regiments 
composing  the  First  Brigade,  being  led  in  their  demoralized  retreat 
by  the  Second  New  Jersey  Cavalry;  and  had  not  the  stead}'',  old 
Second  Brigade  formed  at  the  sides  and  given  them  the  road,  I 
verily  believ7e  they  would  have  run  over  them  in  their  haste  to  get 
out  of  harm's  way,  which  danger  just  then  lay  in  Forrest's  charg- 
ing squadroons,  determined  to  reach  the  stampeded  troops  and 
train  in  our  rear.  Charge  after  charge  was  made  by  the  rebels 
to  dislodge  the  Ninth,  but  the  grand  old  Regiment  held  its  ground 
until  the  scattered  forces  were  reorganized,  and  were  ready  for 
battle.  A  great  many  men  were  wounded  in  this  engagement, 
but,  thanks  to  the  breastworks,  no  one  was  killed.  Many  will 
remember  the  long  hill  and  orchard,  as  the  Confederate  line  of 
battle  emerged  from  the  wood,  firing  volleys  which  were  very 

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effective  on  our  lines,  as  we  were  on  an  elevation,  and  the  missiles 
did  not  (as  is  usually  the  case)  pass  over  our  heads.  The  peculiar 
thud,  as  the  bullets  struck  our  extemporized  breastworks  or  the 
cotton  gin.  and  the  "zit,"  "zit,"  as  they  whistled  past  our  ears, 
was  more  suggestive  of  danger  than  music  to  us. 

It  was  later  at  night  that  someone  reported  to  Colonel  Burgh 
that  the  rebel  General  Forrest  was  at  a  house  not  far  from  the 
column,  and  while  not  really  crediting  the  tale,  Adjutant  J.  H. 
Carpenter  was  sent  with  a  squad  of  soldiers  to  see  what  there  was 
to  it.  The  small  party  approached  the  house  cautiously,and  pretty 
soon  saw  what  they  supposed  to  be  a  lot  of  negroes  among  the 
cabins,  but,  when  they  got  a  little  closer,  found  it  to  be  a  part  of 
Forrest's  body-guard  of  Confederate  soldiers,  who  came  out  and 
fired  a  volley  at  Carpenter  and  his  men.  It  was  dark,  and  the 
quantity  of  the  enemy  unknown,  and  the  outlook  unfavorable  for 
Federal  soldiers  in  that  particular  spot,  so  it  was  thought  best  to 
vacate,  which  our  boys  did  very  promptly,  leaving  several  dead 
horses  on  the  ground.  Captain  Buel,  passing  at  this  time,  saw  the 
soldiers  in  the  field,  and  called  out:  "  What  soldiers  are  you  in 
there?"  Someone  answered.  "Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry."  Then  the 
rebs  fired.  It  was  afterward  ascertained  that  Forrest  was  in 
the  house  at  this  time. 

The  re-organization  of  the  stampeded  troops,  mixed  up  as  they 
were  with  pack  trains,  captured  horses  and  mules,  and  one  thou- 
sand six  hundred  or  more  negroes,  of  all  sizes  and  conditions,  all 
surging  and  moving  toward  the  front  of  our  lines,  was  no  easy 
task ;  but  it  was  accomplished,  and  to  General  B.  H.  Grierson 
and  his  able  Adjutant-General,  Major  Woodward,  belongs  the 
credit.  Toward  evening  a  new  line  of  battle  was  formed  by 
portions  of  the  First  and  Third  Brigades,  Avhen  the  Second 
Brigade  was  recalled  from  the  rear,  and  the  enemy  allowed  to 
attack  the  new  line.  The  rebels  made  some  charges,  but  were 
repulsed,  and,  darkness  coming  on,  fighting  ceased.  The  march 
for  the  Tallahatchee  was  now  resumed,  and  on  the  23d  that  river 
was  crossed  in  the  afternoon. 

At  Prairie  Station  the  Confederate  Government  had  concen- 
trated a  large  amount  of  corn  and  supplies  for  their  army.  This 
was  on  the  Mobile  &  Mississippi  Railroad,  and  it  was  of  too  much 


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importance  to  leave  for  the  use  of  the  parties  for  whom  it  was 
intended.  On  the  outward  march,  February  20th,  at  this  place, 
we  destroyed,  by  firing,  a  large  amount  of  corn,  cotton,  and  army 
supplies,  in  great  quantities,  a  long  train  of  cars  also.  Our  forces 
did  not  tarry  long,  but,  as  soon  as  the  work  of  destruction  was 
completed  or  so  well  under  way  that  it  would  be  impossible  to 
extinguish  the  flames,  the  command  moved  on  again.  The  heat 
from  the  bales  of  cotton,  and  the  immense  piles  of  corn  slowly 
consuming,  was  intense,  and  the  smoke  was  visible  for  days  as 
we  marched  away.  The  value  of  property  burned  here  was 
upward  of  three  million  dollars.  We  also  destroyed  a  quantity 
of  corn  at  Aberdeen,  and  nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of 
railroad.  Not  unfrequently  on  our  line  of  march,  while  the  rear 
was  almost  constantly  engaged  with  the  enemy,  we  would  see 
long  lines  of  Confederate  cavalry  on  our  flanks  and  moving 
forward  a  mile  or  two  parallel  to 'our  column,  with  the  evident 
intention  of  gaining  a  position  hi  tjfte:' front:  Occasionally  a 
trooper  would  ride  out  well  mounted  from  the  rebel  line  and 
come  almost  within  musket-shot  of  our  column,  when  some  of 
our  boys  would  take  after  him  and  chase  him  back.  There  is  no 
question  but  that  the  rebels  were  much  superior  in  numbers  to 
our  own,  and  had  not  the  retreat  been  most  skillfully  managed, 
after  General  Grierson  assumed  command,  and  the  pursuit  of 
the  enemy  stubbornly  resisted  by  many  brave  and  brilliant 
maneuvers,  we  never  could  have  escaped  with  the  small  loss  that 
was  sustained  by  this  command,  and  much  credit  is  due  the 
gallant  Second  Brigade,  and  especial  praise  to  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  under  the  gallant  Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh,  and  the 
Second  Iowa  Cavalry,  under  the  brave  and  determined  Major 
Coon,  for  the  heroic  manner  in  which  they  beat  back  the  rebel 
General  Forrest's  charging  troopers.  The  enemy  continued 
pursuit  until  our  command  reached  New  Albany.  Although  this 
expedition  failed  in  its  main  object  of  reaching  General  Sher- 
man's command,  the  large  amount  of  property  destroyed,  the 
many  prisoners  captured,  and  the  valuable  though  motley  variety 
of  booty  brought  in,  consisting  of  horses,  mules,  and  a  large  body 
of  colored  people,  made  our  return  quite  a  "  triumphal  march," 
and  certainly  added  considerable  glory  to  the  well-merited  repu- 


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tation  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  all  the  regiments  of  the 
Second  Brigade.  The  Cavalry  went  into  camp  at  Germantown, 
Tenn.,  February  26th,  after  an  absence  of  sixteen  days,  a  part  of 
the  time  on  forced  march  with  no  rations,  except  what  we  could 
forage.  Often  a  little  corn  meal  mixed  up  with  water,  no  salt  to 
be  had,  and  baked  on  a  shingle  by  an  open  fire,  which  was  called 
a  "  pone  cake/'  This  was  quite  a  luxury;  at  other  times  an  ear 
of  corn  roasted  helped  to  stay  the  gnawings  of  an  empty  stomach. 
In  all  this  time  no  change  of  clothes.  It-  will  not  require  much 
stretch  of  the  imagination  to  say,  "  "VVe  were  a  tough-looking 
crowd." 

From  Harper's  Illustrated  Weekly,  of  March  18,  1864:  "  Gen- 
eral Smith's  Cavalry  expedition  returned  to  Memphis,  February 
26th,  not  having  effected  a  junction  with  Sherman  on  account  of 
delays,  incident  to  the  expedition,  which  gave  the  enemy's 
cavalry  an  opportunity  to  concentrate  a  considerable  force 
against  Smith,  which  it  was  impossible  for  him  to  meet  success- 
fully. The  expedition  was  not  entirely  a  failure,  having 
destro37ed  over  a  million  bushels  of  corn,  and  torn  up  many  miles 
of  the  Memphis  &  Ohio  Kailroad,  besides  burning  many  bridges 
and  much  trestle  work.  General  Smith's  retreat,  however,  leaves 
the  enemy's  country  unoccupied  and  free  for  movement  against 
Sherman." 

The  first  thing  in  order  when  we  reached  camp  was  some- 
thing to  eat,  and  the  boys  did  enjoy  hard  tack  then  as  much  as 
the}7  ever  did  in  their  lives.  Our  tents  and  camp  equipage  in 
general  had  been  sent  to  Memphis  to  ^>e  stored  in  our  absence, 
and  the  first  thing  in  order  was  to  get  them  out  to  our  camp. 
Captain  Mock  was  detailed  to  go  to  Memphis  for  our  supplies, 
and  as  it  had  rained  the  most  of  the  time  for  three  days,  we  were 
badly  in  need  of  them.  Several  days  elapsed  before  we  were 
able  to  get  our  camp  into  any  kind  of  shape.  Our  regimental 
teams  were  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
before  we  left  on  this  raid,  and  we  were  obliged  to  depend  upon 
the  Brigade  Quartermaster  to  supply  us  in  that  line.  March 
1st,  Captain  Mock  returned  from  Memphis  with  our  tents,  etc., 
and  once  more  the  Regiment  was  in  comparatively  comfortable 
quarters. 


CHAPTER   XIII. 

THE  WEST  POINT  EXPEDITION. 

BY   STEWAKT  G.   BAILEY,   SERGEANT  COMPANY  G,   NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY. 

ON  the  Sooy  Smith  raid,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  bore  a  prominent  part, 
they  having  the  proud  satisfaction  of  having  the  best  horses  in  the 
division,  and  by  the  time  the  command  crossed  the  Tallahatchee  River  they  had 
recruited  nearly  enough  horses  and  mules  to  mount  another  regiment,  Harry 
Gifford,  of  Company  G,  with  the  aid  of  a  prisoner  he  had  captured,  and  a  few 
contrabands,  bringing  in  thirty-six  at  one  time.  This  was  very  fortunate,  as  some 
of  the  regiments  in  the  command,  being  poorly  mounted,  were  sadly  in  need  of 
more  horses. 

February  18.  The  Ninth,  in  the  advance,  about  noon,  went  into  Okolona, 
Miss.,  without  much  opposition.  Here  the  boys  replenished  their  stock  of 
tobacco,  the  find  being  of  excellent  quality  and  plenty.  Up  to  this  time  the 
country  we  had  passed  through  was  poor,  barren,  and  unsettled;  some  of  the 
way  dense  pine  woods  which  was  on  fire,  the  smoke  being  stifling  and  almost  un- 
bearable, but  soon  the  country  began  to  improve,  was  better  settled,  and  supplies 
more  plenty.  Company  E,  in  the  advance,  after  sampling  the  Okolona  stock 
of  tobacco  and  spirits,  led  out  on  the  road  to  Aberdeen,  twenty  miles  southeast  on 
the  Tombigbee  River.  The  boys  were  encountering  small  parties  of  the  enemy  at 
nearly  every  turn  of  the  road,  immediately  would  give  chase,  and  as  Colonel 
Burgh  gave  orders  to  keep  the  Regiment  well  closed  up,  the  march  to  Aberdeen 
was  made  very  rapidly.  When  within  three  miles  of  the  latter  place,  about  4 
p.  M.,  the  advance  found  the  enemy  in  some  force  and  reported  to  Colonel  Burgh, 
who  ordered  two  companies  to  reinforce  them,  which  the  advance  observing,  im- 
mediately charged  the  enemy,  and  being  quickly  supported,  the  rebels  broke  and 
fled  in  confusion  with  the  Ninth  in  hot  pursuit,  into  and  through  the  town  of  Aber- 
deen, where  we  captured  a  number  of  prisoners. 

We  had  this  day  traveled  nearly  fifty  miles,  and  were  now  some  fifteen  miles 
in  advance  of  the  main  command,  which  had  bivouacked,  not  being  able  to  keep 
up.  It  thus  behooved  Colonel  Burgh  to  be  very  vigilant.  He  placed  a  strong 
patrol  in  and  around  the  town,  and  camped  the  Regiment  in  a  pleasant  grove  just 
north  of  the  village.  No  doubt  the  rapidity  of  our  march  and  the  boldness  of 
the  attack  deceived  Forrest,  or  he  would,  doubtless,  have  made  it  lively  for  us 
before  morning.  This  was  the  first  time  Yankee  troops  had  entered  this  place, 
and,  coming  as  we  did  rather  unawares,  it  was  a  rich  field  to  cultivate. 

One  rather  amusing  case  occurred.  A  member  of  the  Third  Michigan  Cav- 
alry, whose  regiment  had  gone  home  on  furlough,  had  attached  himself  to  Com- 
pany G,  halted  a  negro,  who  was  carrying  a  trunk,  made  him  open  it,  when 

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it  was  found  to  contain  a  lot  of  watches,  evidently  the  contents  of  some  repair 
shop.     In  the  lot  was  a  few  pretty  good  watches,  but  the  majority  were  old 
bulls'  eyes  and    worthless.      This    soldier,    having    an    extra    pair    of    pants, 
tied  a  string  around  the  bottom  of  the  legs,  and  compelled  the  man  to  empty  the 
lot  into  the  pants,  and  then  hand  them  up  to  him,  when  he  rode  into  camp  and 
distributed  his  find,  taking  promises  from  the  men  to  settle  after  pay  day.      Con- 
federate money  was  plenty,  and  in  the  morning  all  had  enough  to  pay  liberally 
for  their  breakfasts,  thereby  making  friends  of  the  citizens.     About  noon  the  rest 
of  the  command  came  up,   and  all  moved  out  west  and  camped  near  Prai- 
rie Station.     The  country  here  was  very  rich  and  highly  cultivated,  largely 
devoted  to  the  raising  of  corn,  and  the  last  year's  crop  all  on  hand,   awaiting 
shipment  to  the  Confederate  armies.     This  we  proceeded  to  destroy.     On  the  20th, 
the  command  being  sent  in  different  directions,  the  smoke  of  burning  corn  could 
be  seen  on  every  hand,  thus  marking  the  route  of  each  command.     We  moved 
south  parallel  with  the  Mobile  &  Mississippi  Railroad,  and  about  4  p.  M.,when 
near  West  Point,  the  enemy  was  encountered  in  considerable  force,  and  quil^e  a 
severe  engagement  took  place.     Night  coming  on,  the  rebels  fell  back  of  West 
Point,  but  were  aggressive  and  active  during  the  night.    The  prisoners,  horses, 
and  mules  we  had  picked  up  were  started  to  the  rear  with  all  the  troops  except 
the  Second  Brigade,  wb.ich,  early  in  the  morning  of  the  21st,  began  a  retrograde 
movement  with  the  Second  Iowa  in  the  rear,  who  were  early  attacked  in  force. 
We  traveled  as  rapidly  as  possible  all  this  day,  followed  closely  by  a  strong  force 
of  the  enemy,  pressing  heavily  on  the  rear  guards,  which  were  relieved  frequently 
during  the  day,  and  a  large  force  of  rebel  cavalry,  in  plain  sight,  about  two  miles 
to  our  right,  traveled  parallel  with  us,  trying  to  head  us  off.     About  dark,  the 
Ninth  having  the  rear  on  account  of  some  swampy  country,  it  became  necessary 
to  hold  the  enemy  in  check,  while  the  Federal  command  crossed  this  swamp. 
Colonel  Burglt  dismounted  a  part  of  the  Regiment,  sending  their  horses  to  the 
rear  out  of  H      t,  forming  his  men  on  either  side  of  the  road  in  ambush.     The 
enemy  approat-...  d  in  a  solid  body,  and  when  only  a  few  rods  distant,  the  Ninth's 
men  rose  up  and  gave  them  volley  after  volley  in  rapid  succession,  until  our  five 
shooting  rifles  and  revolvers  (ten  shots  to  each  man)  were  empty,  which,  at  such 
close  range,  were  very  destructive.     The  rebels  fled  in  great  confusion,  and  did 
not  molest  us  any  more  that  night.     We  traveled  on  until  about  4  o'clock  A.  M., 
and  near  Okolona  we  found  the  rest    of   the   command   in    camp  and  sound 
asleep.      About    8    A.    M.,  the    Second  Brigade,   having  the  advance,   passed 
through  Okolona,  and  marched  northwest.      All  went  well  until   about  2  p.  M. 
The  bugle  sounded  from  rear  to  front  "  to  halt."     Soon  an  orderly  reported  that 
the  rear  had  been  attacked  and  routed  while  passing  through  Okolona,  and  we 
were  ordered  to  let  the  train  pass  by  and  then  come  up  to  the  rear  as  soon  as 
possible. 

The  boys  had  a  "  circus"  while  the  train  was  passing,  and  there  were  about 
three  thousand  mules  and  horses  and  enough  negroes  to  make  about  three  regi- 
ments, all  mounted  on  those  mules  and  horses,  often  three  or  four  on  one  mule. 
They  had  heard  the  news  and  could  hear  the  firing,  and  were  fearfully  scared. 
As  they  passed  by  they  begged  us  "  for  God's  sake,  Massa,  don't  let  them  rebs  get 
us."  Already  could  be  seen  the  symptoms  of  a  panic,  which  raged  furiously 
before  night.  Not,  however,  the  fault  of  the  Ninth  or  the  Second  Brigade.  After 


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they  passed  by  we  made  our  way  to  the  rear,  where  we  found  a  desperate  state 
of  affairs.  The  Federals  routed  and  flying  in  a  panic,  the  Confederates  crowding 
on  rapidly  flushed  with  an  easy  victory,  and,  for  some  unaccountable  reason,  the 
pack-mule  train  with  the  ambulances  parked  in  a  large  field  a  short  distance  away. 
Never  shall  I  forget  the  appearance  of  the  brave  Captain  Perkins,  as  I  saw  him 
about  dark;  he  had  been  on  brigade  staff  duty,  and  to  the  rear  when  the  rebel 
attack  was  made  and  the  rout  commenced,  had  witnessed  the  loss  of  the  guns,  and 
had  been  bravely  trying  to  rally  the  demoralized  troops  all  day;  his  hat  was  gone, 
his  long  black  hair  disheveled  and  filled  with  dust,  tears  running  down  his  dirt- 
begrimed  cheek.  He  was  begging,  swearing,  and  roaring  like  one  mad,  vainly 
trying  to  rally  some  of  this  demoralized  mob.  I  was  engaged  in  about  the  same 
manner,  and  when  he  recognized  me,  he  shouted  as  he  dashed  up  to  me,  "  That's 
right,  Bailey,  give  them  hell,  they  are  a  set  of  cowards."  All  this  in  a  minute, 
and  away  he  went . , 

The  Second  Brigade  took  position  by  order  of  General  Grierson,  dismounted, 
with  the  Ninth  on  the  left,  in  a  stubble-field  without  any  protection.  The  enemy 
came  up  behind  a  rail  fence  and  in  the  timber,  in  good  gunshot  of  us  and  opened 
fire  on  us  in  a  lively  manner.  General  Grierson  ordered  us  to  take  this  position 
and  hold  it  at  all  hazards,  until  he  got  the  train  started  out.  The  enemy  soon 
lapped  around  the  left  flank  of  the  Ninth,  secreted  in  the  .heavy  woods  with  an 
old  rail  fence  in  their  front.  Thus  exposed  to  an  enfilading  fire,  we  were  com- 
pelled to  fall  back  to  a  new  position,  which  was  done  in  good  order.  Here  the 
four-gun  battery  of  the  Ninth,  twelve  pound  howitzers,  was  in  position,  and 
some  cavalry  mounted  were  formed  to  our  right,  and  as  the  enemy  advanced  into 
the  field,  they  met  such  a  hail  of  shot  and  shell  from  our  line,  and  being  charged 
by  the  mounted  troops  on  the  right,  they  fell  back  to  the  timber,  where  they  were 
held  till  darkness  closed  the  action.  In  view  of  their  experience  of  the  night 
before  with  the  Ninth,  they  did  not  pursue.  The  night  beiiifi:  very  dark,  the 
troops  became  terribly  mixed  \ip,  and  for  awhile  there  was  scarcely  a  dozen  men 
of  a  company  together.  Those  who  have  never  seen  a  panic  in  an  army  can  have 
but  little  conception  of  it,  and  those  who  have  seen  one  never  want  to  see  another. 
Evidently  there  were  some  fearful  blunders  made  early  in  the  day. 

This  trip  was  from  the  start  destined  to  be  a  failure,  for  General  Smith,  contrary 
to  General  Sherman's  express  written  and  verbal  orders  to  start  "  not  later  than 
February  1,"  did  not  move  forward  until  the  llth,  and  then  seemed  to  have  but 
little  push  or  energy  in  him . 

During  the  night  of  the  22d,  order  was  restored,  and  by  daylight  the  com- 
mand was  moving  out  in  good  order,  with  the  Second  Brigade  in  the  rear  again. 
There  was  no  great  rout  or  panic  this  day,  and  the  enemy  paid  dearly  for  their 
rashness  and  soon  became  very  cautious.  About  3  p.  M.,  on  arriving  at  the  Talla- 
hatchee  River,  a  position  was  selected,  and  as  the  troops  came  up  they  formed  into 
line,  and  when  the  enemy  approached  was  attacked,  routed,  and  driven  several 
miles,  this  ending  the  active  pursuit.  The  men  and  horses  were  pretty  well  used 
up  for  want  of  sleep,  rest,  and  time  to  eat.  Two  days  before,  we  had  been 
reveling  in  a  carnival  of  destruction  of  corn  and  fodder,  now  there  was  not  an 
ear  to  be  had.  After  crossing  the  river,  the  country  being  poor  and  sparsely  set- 
tled, there  was  no  prospect  of  recruiting  here.  We  traveled  all  that  night,  and 


104  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

the  next  afternoon  foragers  were  sent  out.  The  command  had  been  divided  on 
three  parallel  roads.  We  had  the  left,  and  about  4  P.  M.  the  foragers  began  to 
arrive  well  loaded  with  corn,  fodder,  hams,  bacon,  and  all  such  things  that  good 
foragers  could  find.  The  command  halted  in  a  pleasant  spot  in  the  woods,  as 
was  supposed  for  the  night,  to  eat,  sleep,  and  be  happy;  all  were  merry,  and  as 
the  aroma  of  the  boiling  coffee  and  broiling  ham  floated  in  the  evening  air,  all 
were  content  in  anticipation  of  the  feast  before  them,  and  the  prospect  of  much 
needed  rest.  But  alas  !  some  evil  spirit  disturbed  the  repose,  and  in  a  twinkling 
our  bright  anticipations  were  blasted.  The  bugle  sounded  "  Boots  and  saddles," 
quickly  followed  by  "To  horse  and  forward."  Word  had  come  that  the  center 
column  had  been  attacked  and  wanted  help.  It  was  a  disappointment,  but  no 
matter  how  hungry  or  sleepy  or  worn  out  we  were,  our  comrades  were  in  danger — 
all  was  forgotten  as  we  flew  to  their  rescue  at  once.  After  a  hard  and  rapid  ride 
of  six  miles,  it  was  ascertained  that  it  had  been  more  of  a  scare  than  a  reality. 
Then  we  were  mad.  We  had  left  all  our  good  things  miles  to  the  rear — night 
was  upon  us.  We  encamped  by  the  roadside  without  much  formality,  thoroughly 
disgusted,  and  fully  realizing  "there  is  many  a  slip  betwixt  cup  and  the  lip." 
We  slept  soundly  till  the  sun  was  high  the  next  morning,  the  tired  horses  en- 
joying the  rest  equally  with  the  men.  After  getting  up  and  disposing  of  a 
scanty  meal,  we  wended  our  way  toward  Memphis,  where  we  arrived  in  a  few 
days,  thoroughly  disgusted  with  the  management  of  this  expedition.  The  sick 
and  wounded  were  sent  to  the  hospitals.  The  rest  mostly  re-enlisted  as  veterans 
and  went  home  on  a  much-needed  and  well  earned  furlough. 


CHAPTEE  XIV. 

REORGANIZATION — MUSTER-IN  OF  THE  VETERANS — HOMEWARD  BOUND 
— SPEECH  OF  GENERAL  BENTON — ARRIVAL  AT  CHICAGO — RECEP- 
TION AT  THE  SOLDIERS'  HOME — CAMP  FRY — BACK  TO  MEMPHIS 
— THE  NEW  SUPPLY  OF  HORSES  AND  ARMS—  GUNTOWN — GEN- 
ERAL GRIERSON'S  ORDER. 

THE  Regiment  remained  in  camp  at  Germantown  till  March 
18th,  during  which  time  a  large  part  of  the  men  re-enlisted  as 
Veterans,  and  it  was  fully  determined  to  make  the  Regiment  a 
Veteran  organization;  there  were,  however,  a  good  many  whose 
term  of  service  did  not  expire  till  October,  1864,  who  did  not  feel 
like  going  in  for  another  three  years,  but  recruiting  was  progress- 
ing rapidty.  At  the  north,  Captain  Harper  and  his  aids,  of  whom 
there  were  thirteen  from  the  Ninth,  were  doing  good  work,  and 
the  large  bounty  offered  by  the  Government  and  the  prospect 
that  the  war  would  not  now  be  of  long  duration,  made  it  compar- 
atively easy  to  fill  up  a  Regiment  which  was  so  well  known  and 
had  so  fine  a  reputation  as  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  Colonel 
Burgh  had  turned  over  to  the  Ordnance  and  Quartermaster  De- 
partments the  arms,  horses,  and  all  the  other  property  belonging 
to  the  Government.  On  the  16th  of  March,  1864,  the  Regiment 
mustered  as  a  Veteran  organization,  and  on  the  following  day 
marched  to  Memphis  and  proceeded  north. 

A  FAREWELL. 
IFrom  the  MempJiis  paper,  April,  18Git.~[ 

Last  evening,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Regiment,  which  had  just  re  en- 
listed in  the  Veteran  Service,  nearly  to  a  man,  departed  for  their  homes  by  the 
steamer  White  Cloud  to  enjoy  their  thirty  days'  furlough.  Before  the  boat  started 
off,  Brigadier-Generals  Grierson  and  Benton  appeared  upon  the  lardirg,  and 
were  loudly  called  upon  for  speeches  by  the  soldiers. 

So  earnest  was  the  invitation  that  it  could  not  be  disregarded.  So,  mount- 
ing a  cotton  bale,  after  an  appropriate  introduction  by  Captain  M.  L.  Perkins,  of 
the  Regiment,  General  Benton  made  a  brief  address  to  the  boys,  as  he  remem- 

105 


106  HISTORY    OF   THE 

bered,  "  who  had  fearlessly  followed  him  through  the  swamps  of  Arkansas  at  the 
initiation  of  the  war,  and  had  ever  since  sustained  the  reputation  they  there  won, 
till,"  as  he  aptly  added,  "I  can  stand  with  the  very  '  King  '  of  the  Confederacy 
under  my  feet,  and  you  upon  the  broad  bosom  of  the  Mississippi,  and  both  ours." 
After  General  Benton  concluded,  General  Grierson  was  called  for  and 
appeared,  acquitting  himself  with  a  very  becoming  speech,  in  which  he  alluded  to 
the  laurels  the  Regiment  had  won  while  under  him,  and  complimented  them  upon 
their  re- enlistment.  Captain  Perkins,  in  behalf  of  the  Regiment,  replied  to  both 
speeches,  after  which  the  steamer  shoved  out. 

The  Veterans  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  embarked  on 
the  steamer  White  Cloud  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  on  the  18th  of 
March,  1864,  for  Chicago,  111.,  where  the  men  were  to  receive 
their  furloughs.  The  eagerness  with  which  our  brave  comrades 
looked  forward  to  their  return  home,  after  an  absence  of  nearly 
three  years,  can  only  be  understood  by  those  who  have  been 
deprived  (as  we  had  been)  of  the  privilege  of  visiting  home  and 
loved  ones  there,  for  so  long  a  time.  Many  of  the  troopers  of  the 
Ninth  had  never  been  absent  a  day  since  their  enlistment  in  1861, 
and  the  heart-felt  words  u  Home  again  "  welled  up  from  many  a 
manly  bosom.  Near  Cairo,  111.,  a  very  sad  accident  occurred. 
Dennis  Maher,  of  Company  D,  fell  overboard  and  was  drowned. 
This  man  enlisted  September  10,  1861.  He  was  a  good  soldier 
and  re  enlisted  again  as  a  veteran,  January  1, 1864,  and  was  pro- 
moted Corporal  in  his  company. 

On  our  arrival  at  Cairo,  it  was  ascertained  that  transportation 
by  rail  could  not  be  obtained,  and  the  steamer  was  headed  for 
St.  Louis.  Colonel  Burgh  preceded  the  Regiment  there,  going 
via  railway  from  Cairo,  so  as  to  procure  railway  transportation 
to  Chicago. 

LETTER  OF  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  BURGH. 

REPORTING   THE   ARRIVAL  IN  ILLINOIS   OF   THE   VETERAN   ORGANIZATION  OF  THE 
NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY. 

SPRINGFIELD,  ILL.,  March  22,  1864. 
Col.  A.  G.  Fuller,  Adjutant-General,  State  of  Illinois: 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  that  I  left  Germantown,  Tenn.,  March  18,  1864, 
with  my  command,  consisting  of  thirty -four  commissioned  officers  and  three  hun- 
dred and  thirty-two  enlisted  men;  thirty  enlisted  men  who  had  not  served  with 
the  Regiment  long  enough  to  entitle  them  to  re-enlist,  but  who  have  declared  their 
intention  of  so  doing,  and  thirty-five  recruits,  aggregate  four  hundred  and  thirty- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  10T 

one  (431),  pursuant  to  S.  O.  No.  62,  Headquarters  16th  A.  C.,  dated  Memphis,. 
Tenn.,  March  17, 1864,  and  proceeded  to  this  point  via  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  en  route 
for  Camp  Fry,  Chicago,  as  per  your  telegraphic  orders  received  by  me  at  St. 
Louis  last  evening. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

H.  B.  BURGH, 
Lieutenant- Colonel  commanding  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

On  our  arrival  in  Chicago  at  3  o'clock  p.  M.,  March  23d,  we 
were  met  by  the  Union  band  and  an  escort,  and  marched  to  the 
"  Soldiers'  Home, "  where  we  were  welcomed  by  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  State  in  a  brief  and  highly  eulogistic  speech,  after 
which  the  ladies  of  the  Home  tendered  an  elegant  supper,  which 
was  highly  appreciated  by  our  brave  though  tired  comrades. 
Soon  after  our  arrival  in  Chicago,  the  Veteran  soldiers  of  the 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  were  furlough ed  for  thirty  days,  and 
departed  in  various  directions  for  their  homes. 

Our  soldiers  began  to  congregate  about  the  middle  of  April  at 
Camp  Fry,  Chicago.  This  beautiful  camp  was  about  three  miles 
north  of  the  Court  House,  in  the  pleasant  woods  in  the  vicinity  of 
what  is  now  known  as  Lincoln  Park.  The  recruits  were  coming 
in.  It  was  necessary  for  some  of  the  officers  to  be  there  to  look 
ont  for  them.  Colonel  Burgh  was  already  there  and  telegraphed 
Lieutenant  Davenport,  Commissary,  who  had  been  on  leave  about 
two  weeks,  to  come  up  to  camp  to  look  out  for  the  rations  of  our 
soldiers. 

Arriving  there  on  the  llth  of  April,  a  number  of  old  com- 
rades were  on  hand  (already  tired  of  their  leave,  and  the  mo- 
notony of  home  life),  and  a  number  of  recruits  soon  came  in,  and 
April  26th,  the  furloughs  having  expired,  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry  again  started  for  the  front.  The  Regiment  had  re- 
cruited largely,  many  coming  to  us  who  had  seen  service  in  other 
regiments. 

At  6.30  P.  M.,  the  regiment  embarked  via  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  for  Cairo.  Arriving  at  the  latter  place  at  11  p.  M.  the 
27th,  the  men  mostly  remained  in  the  cars  all  night.  The  next 
morning  reported  to  General  B  ragman,  commanding  the  post 
of  Cairo.  We  here  learned  that  Major-General  Ilurlbut  was  in 
town,  and  had  left  orders  for  us  to  take  the  first  boat  for  Mem- 
phis. Colonel  Burgh  met  General  Ilurlbut  in  the  morning,  wha 


108  HISTORY    OF   THE 

expressed  himself  as  very  glad  to  see  the  old  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry back,  and  repeated  the  orders  we  had  heard  of.  In  the 
afternoon  the  steamer  Belle  of  St.  Louis  came  down,  and  was 
pressed  into  the  service  by  the  Government  for  our  use,  and 
before  evening  we  were  aboard  with  a  part  of  the  Thirty-seventh 
Illinois  Infantry,  Colonel  John  C.  Black,  who  at  this  time  (1888) 
is  Pension  Agent  at  Washington,  in  command.  The  trip  to  Mem- 
phis was  uneventful.  When  we  passed  Fort  Pillow,  which  looked 
desolate  and  dismantled,  we  saw  an  immense  number  of  turkey 
buzzards  hovering  over  the  place  recently  the  scene  of  Forrest's 
brutal  massacre.  The  Ninth  arrived  at  Memphis  April  29,  1864, 
at  4.30  P.  M.,  but  did  not  disembark  till  the  30th,  as  the  weather 
was  bad.  On  that  day  the  Regiment  went  into  camp,  situated 
two  miles  southeast  of  Memphis,  with  a  complete  outfit  of  tents, 
etc.,  on  the  Hernando  road,  and  nearly  one  mile  from  Fort 
Pickering.  This  location  was  very  pleasant,  but,  on  account  of 
the  scarcity  of  water,  the  Regiment  did  not  remain  here  long. 
What  a  marvelous  change  from  the  bleak,  cold  April  days  in 
Illinois  to  the  balmy  breezes  and  sunny  days,  where  the  very  air 
was  redolent  with  the  fragrant  perfume  of  flowers.  Major-Gen- 
eral  C.  C.  Washburn  commanded  the  District  of  Tennessee. 

May  12th.  As  yet  we  had  only  about  two  hundred  horses  in 
the  Regiment,  and  of  course  could  not  do  much  field  service. 
Major  Bishop  had  been  sent  to  St.  Louis  to  hurry  forward  some 
horses  for  our  use. 

May  21st.  Moved  camp  southeast,  a  short  distance  near  the 
college  building,  a  beautiful  camp  among  the  trees.  Our  new 
recruits  began  coming  in  fast,  and  were  being  drilled  and  put  in 
shape  for  the  field. 

During  the  absence  of  the  Regiment  on  veteran  furlough,  the 
rifles  belonging  to  the  Ninth  were  issued  to  the  employes  of  the 
Quartermaster  Department  pending  a  threatened  attack  of  the 
rebels  under  General  Forrest.  Colonel  Burgh  found  the  rifles  in 
such  bad  order  that  he  refused  to  receive  them  on  the  ground  that 
they  were  damaged.  The  ordnance  authorities  endeavored  to 
force  the  rusty  rifles  back  on  us;  but  our  regimental  commander 
refused  to  receive  or  receipt  for  them.  The  Colt's  revolving  rifle 
was  an  excellent  arm,  and  had  served  us  well  on  many  an  occa- 


GEORGE  A.  PRICE, 

Sergeant  Major. 


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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  109 

sion ;  but  there  was  one  serious  objection  to  them;  when  being 
discharged  they  would  shoot  splinters  of  lead  into  the  left  wrist 
and  hand  of  the  man  firing.  The  Spencer  carbine  was  a  better 
arm  for  mounted  service,  and  that  was  the  arm  Colonel  Burgh 
was  anxious  to  procure,  and  which  he  did  finally  obtain,  but  only 
after  a  very  great  effort,  and  at  one  time  being  threatened  with 
arrest  for  his  refusal  to  receive  back  our  old  guns.  With  our 
new  and  improved  arms,  our  men  became  still  more  emboldened 
and  full  of  confidence  in  their  capability  to  confront  the  enemy. 

When  the  Regiment  went  North  on  veteran  furlough,  the  men 
who  did  not  re-enlist,  the  non-veterans,  or  bob-tails,  as  they  were 
called,  were  left  at  Memphis  mounted  and  equipped,  and  in 
charge  of  proper  officers,  and  on  the  return  of  the  Regiment 
the  non-veterans  rejoined  their  respective  companies.  About  this 
time,  and  while  the  Veterans  were  awaiting  a  re-mount  and  new 
arms,  a  detail  was  called  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  mounted  men 
to  accompany  General  Grierson- .  <>n  the  expedition  of  General 
Sturgis  against  General  Forrest; -w^ich  proved  so  disastrous  to 
the  Union  forces.  The«letachment;of  the  Ninth,  under  the  com- 
mand of  the  gallant  Captain  A.  R.  Mock,  formed  a  portion  of 
the  rear  guard  during  the  retreat  of  that  ill-starred  expedition, 
and  received  special  praise  for  his  efficiency  from  General  Grier- 
son  in  his  report.  Captain  Mock  behaved  with  great  bravery, 
and  his  losses  were  very  heavy,  being  five  killed,  twenty-nine 
wounded,  and  twenty-five  missing.  With  Captain  Mock  on  this 
expedition  were  Captain  McMannis  and  Lieutenants  Avery  and 
Purviance,  of  the  Ninth,  and  a  detail  of  twenty  men,  with  Lieu- 
tenant Bushman  from  the  Third  Illinois  Cavalry,  that  reported 
to  him  when  the  command  started,  making  one  hundred  and 
sixty  men  in  all.  The  detail  from  the  Ninth  were  from  the 
several  companies  of  the  Regiment,  all  under  the  command  of 
Captain  A.  R.  Mock,  and  was  divided  into  two  commands,  one 
part  under  the  immediate  command  of  Captain  McMannis,  and 
the  other  of  Lieutenant  Avery.  The  command  moved  by  way 
of  Collierville,  Moscow,  Lamar,  and  Salem,  arriving  at  Rucker- 
ville,  Miss.,  on  the  evening  of  June  5th.  June  2d  and  3d  it 
rained  almost  constantly. 

On  the  evening  of  the  6th,  the  main  column  turned  south 


110  HISTORY    OF   THE 

toward  Kipley,  while  the  detachment  of  the  Ninth  marched  east 
to  the  Tippah  River  to  guard  and  protect  two  bridges,  one  at 
JVIeek's  Mill,  the  other  about  two  miles  below.  At  Meek's  Mill 
we  captured  a  lieutenant  who  had  been  wounded,  and  was  on 
furlough  recruiting  and  gathering  conscripts  for  the  rebel  army. 
The  detachment  remained  at  the  Tippah  River  guarding  these 
bridges  till  3  o'clock  P.M.  of  the  7th,  when  they  were  ordered 
to  follow  up  and  join  the  command  then  near  Ripley  until  the 
morning,  when  it  moved,  turning  to  the  east  two  or  three  miles 
south  of  Ripleyj  and  camped  that  night  fourteen  miles  from 
Ripley  near  Stubb's  farm. 

On  the  morning  of  the  10th  of  June,  1864,  the  whole  com- 
mand continued  eastward  ten  miles  to  Brice's  farm,  about  one 
hundred  miles  from  Memphis.  Here  the  road  forks.  At  this 
time  the  detachment  of  the  Ninth  was  attached  to  the  brigade 
commanded  by  Colonel  Waring,  of  the  Fourth  Missouri  Cavalry. 

"We  formed  in  line  of  battle,  dismounted  about  two  miles  east 
of  Brice's  farm,  Waring's  Brigade  being  on  the  left,  and  this  de- 
tachment covering  the  road,  while  another  brigade,  commanded 
by  Colonel  Winslow  of  the  Third  Iowa  Cavalry,  covered  a  road 
to  the  right.  General  Grierson  commanded  all  the  cavalry.  At 
this  time  Lieutenant  Purviance  was  left  in  charge  of  the  horses, 
an  important  position,  and  one  which  at  this  time  especially  re- 
quired not  only  bravery  but  good  judgment,  and  Lieutenant 
Purviance  was  one  of  those  faithful  officers  who  always  per- 
formed his  duty  well.  It  required,  if  anything,  better  soldiers  to 
hold  and  look  after  the  horses,  while  the  command  was  dis- 
mounted, than  it  did  in  the  line.  This  detachment  of  the  Ninth 
was  formed  across  the  road  on  the  extreme  left  of  our  whole  line 
of  battle  with  the  Seventh  Indiana  Cavalry  on  our  right.  We 
had  not  been  in  position  long  before  the  rebels  advanced  in  line 
upon  us.  We  stopped  that  part  of  the  rebel  line  in  our  front  and 
held  our  position.  But  the  Seventh  Indiana  Cavalry,  being  armed 
with  an  inferior  carbine,  were  compelled  to  fall  back,  but  not  until 
after  a  hand-to-hand  conflict  with  the  rebels,  and  not  until 
their  Colonel,  the  gallant  Thomas  M.  Browne  (now  member  of 
Congress  from  Indiana),  was  severely  wounded.  We  still  held 
our  position  across  the  road,  under  hot  firing  from  the  enemy,  until 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  Ill 

the  Seventh  Indiana  fell  back,  and  the  rebels  gave  us  an  enfilad- 
ing fire. 

In  this  engagement  our  little  detachment  had  four  killed  and 
sixteen  wounded.  We  then  fell  back  under  a  heavy  fire  unsup- 
ported, and  found  our  line  back  at  the  cross  roads,  where  we  were 
ordered,  and  where  our  troops  had  already  moved  back  and  at- 
tempted to  again  form  in  line ;  but  the  rebels  were  advancing  in 
line  so  near  that  we  could  not  form  but  fell  back  one  half-mile 
and  there  formed  line  again.  Again  our  detachment  was  thrown 
out  on  the  extreme  left  flank,  and  to  the  front  of  the  main 
line,  dismounted  and  still  unsupported,  fully  three-fourths  of  a  mile 
away  from  the  line  and  command.  We  had  not  been  in  position 
long  before  the  rebels  were  upon  us,  advancing  in  line  of  battle. 
Soon  our  whole  main  line  gave  way  ;  we  fell  back  some  distance, 
and  our  horses  were  brought  up  and  we  mounted  under  a  heavy 
fire  from  the  enemy's  guns,  having  a  deep  ravine  with  high 
steep  banks  between  us  and  our  command,  with  but  a  narrow, 
small  bridge  across  it  some  distance  to  our  right,  and  directly  in 
front  of  the  enemy.  To  cross  this  bridge,  we  came  nearly  being 
cut  off,  as  the  rebels  nearly  reached  the  bridge  first.  By  the  time 
we  reached  the  command,  everything  was  in  confusion,  and  the 
whole  fast  becoming  disorganized,  and  soon  a  general  stampede 
commenced  in  the  whole  army,  excepting  the  most  of  the  cavalry, 
and  even  some  of  the  companies  of  cavalry  became  detached  from 
their  regiments,  and  connected  themselves  with  other  regiments, 
with  whom  they  came  in  contact.  Our  little  detachment  kept  its 
organization  intact.  In  this  second  stand  there  was  one  man 
killed  and  several  wounded.  Our  whole  command  then  fell  back, 
traveling  the  balance  of  the  day  and  that  night ;  arrived  at  Eipley 
on  the  morning  of  the  llth. 

About  9  A.  M.  that  day,  this  detachment  was  ordered  to  the 
rear  guard  of  our  straggling  column  with  instructions  to  delay 
and  hinder  the  enemy  as  well  and  as  long  as  they  could.  This 
was  placing  a  good  deal  of  responsibility  upon  this  small  detach- 
ment, asking  them  to  stand  alone  between  General  Forrest's 
rapidly  advancing  command  and  the  slow,  tardy  retreat  of  the 
tired,  worn-out  men  of  our  command.  When  General  Grierson 
ordered  Captain  Mock,  with  his  detachment,  to  take  the  rear  at 


112  HISTORY    OF    THE 

this  time,  lie  instructed  him  not  to  depend  upon  support,  ~but  to 
look  out  for  and  protect  his  own  flanks  and  rear.  This  detach- 
ment defended  and  held  the  rear  of  our  retreating  and  demoral- 
ized army,  alone  and  unsupported,  until  about  3  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon. It  was  one  continuous  fight,  and  we  fell  back,  taking  advan- 
tage of  position,  whenever  and  wherever  their  flanks  were  pro- 
tected by  the  nature  of  the  ground  and  when  it  would  take  the 
enemy  a  long  time  to  go  around,  holding  them  in  check  until 
forced  by  overwhelming  numbers  to  give  way.  About  3  o'clock 
p.  M.  this  detachment  was  in  part  relieved  by  the  Fourth  Mis- 
souri Cavalry,  commanded  by  their  Lieutenant-Colonel,  but  were 
ordered  to  remain  with  and  support  this  regiment,  while  this  lit- 
tle band  of  less  than  one  hundred  and  sixty  men  had  successfully 
held  the  enemy  in  check  from  9  o'clock  in  the  morning  till  3  p.  M., 
and  had  enabled  the  main  command  to  make  their  retreat  in 
safety  homeward.  The  Fourth  Missouri  Cavalry  took  the  rear; 
their  Lieutenant-Colonel  left  his  regiment  in  command  of  another 
officer  and  rode  with  Captain  Mock.  This  Lieutenant  Colonel 
had  been  captured  and  in  Libby  Prison  for  nearly  a  year,  and 
this  was  his  first  field  experience  since  he  rejoined  his  command. 
He  said  to  Captain  Mock  that  he  would  rather  be  shot  than  be 
again  a  prisoner.  Just  at  this  time,  while  the  cavalry  was  mov- 
ing through  the  timber  and  thick  underbrush,  the  rebels  charged 
the  rear  of  the  Fourth  Missouri  Cavalry,  and  the  whole  regiment 
stampeded  pell-mell,  screaming  and  yelling  with  fear,  while  the 
Confederates  charged  into  and  through  them  with  their  hideous 
yells.  Away  went  the  Fourth  Missouri,  leaving  this  detachment 
alone  again.  Captain  Mock  directed  Captain  McMannis  to  form 
his  command  on  the  right  facing  the  rear,  and  to  open  fire  as  soon 
as  possible,  and  Captain  A  very  was  directed  to  form  his  command 
on  the  left  and  somewhat  to  the  rear,  and  open  fire  from  that  po- 
sition. The  stampeding  Fourth  Missouri  made  some  confusion  by 
running  around,  through  and  over  this  little  detachment,  but 
right  well  did  this  small  force  hold  its  organization,  and  bravely 
and  gallantly  did  Captains  McMannis  and  Avery  swing  their  com- 
mands into  line  in  the  face  and  midst  of  the  rebels,  and  poured  a 
galling  fire  into  the  enemy,  which  not  only  checked  their  advance, 
but  sent  them  back  whirling.  As  soon  as  Captain  McMannis 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  113 

emptied  his  guns,  hef'was  directed  to  take  a  position  a  short  dis- 
tance in  the  rear  of  Captain  Avery,  and  hold  to  cover  Avery  in 
falling  back.  While  Captains  McMannis  and  Avery  were  gaining 
their  first  positions,  some  of  the  rebels,  in  following  up  the  rear  of 
the  Fourth  Missouri,  had  charged  into  our  midst  and  in  some  way 
again  captured  the  Lieutenant- Colonel  of  the  Fourth  Missouri, 
who  was  inside  the  positions  taken  by  those  two  commands. 

Captain  Mock  speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  Captains  Mc- 
Mannis and  Avery,  and  says  that  no  officers  could  have  acted 
more  coolly,  promptly  and  bravely  than  did  these  two  in  taking 
their  positions  in  the  field  and  midst  of  the  enemy  and  confusion 
caused  by  the  Fourth  Missouri  running  through  their  ranks. 
This  was  the  last  seen  of  the  Fourth  Missouri,  and  the  detach- 
ment of  the  Ninth  had  to  again  'hold  the  rear  until  nearly  dark, 
all  the  time  fighting  and  skirmishing  with  the  vigorous  advance 
of  the  enemy.  When  he  was  relieved  by  the  Third  Iowa  Cav- 
alry, Colonel  Winslow  informed  Captain  Mock  that  he  was  nine 
miles  in  the  rear  of  the  main  command,  which  had  halted  at  the 
Tallahatchee  River,  to  rest  for  a  short  time.  The  detachment 
followed  up  and  overtook  the  main  command  at  the  Tallahat- 
chee. After  moving  again  toward  home,  and  about  four  miles 
from  the  crossing  of  the  river,  General  Grierson  requested 
Captain  Mock  to  take  his  detachment  back  to  the  river,  and 
guard  and  defend  the  same  for  two  hours,  and  then  follow  up  as 
rear  guard,  saying  that  "  he  did  not  feel  like  ordering  this  little 
band  back,  for  they  had  done  their  full  share  ;  but  that  the  other 
cavalry  reported  that  they  were  out  of  ammunition,  and  he 
wanted  this  detachment  to  go  back."  Our  boys  felt  this  to 
be  an  expression  of  the  General's  confidence  in  and  a  compli- 
ment to  them.  From  this  on,  until  the  command  reached  Collier- 
ville  in  safety,  this  detachment  continued  to  hold  the  rear.  After 
returning  to  camp,  General  Grierson  issued  an  order  compliment- 
ing the  cavalry  on  this  expedition,  and  especially  mentioned  this 
detachment  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  It  is  but  just  to  say 
that  the  Lieutenant  and  twenty  men  from  the  Third  Illinois 
Cavalry,  attached  to  this  battalion  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
fully,  nobly  and  bravely  performed  their  part,  and  proved  them- 
selves to  be  Veterans.  There  were  many  incidents  of  personal 


114  HISTORY   OF   THE 

bravery  performed  by  the  men  of  this  d^achment  in  this  ex- 
pedition worthy  of  mention,  consisting  of  individual  fighting, 
narrow  escapes,  and  dangers  encountered  and  endured,  if  space 
would  permit.  The  expedition  proved  a  lamentable  failure. 
Our  losses  in  men  killed,  wounded  and  prisoners  were  very 
heavy,  and  of  the  magnificent  train  of  three  hundred  six  mule 
wagons,  loaded  with  stores  for  the  army  below,  nearly  all  were 
captured,  and  this  valuabler  train  helped  to  feed,  clothe  and 
arm  the  Confederate  Army.  The  responsibility  of  this  disaster 
has  generally  been  laid  at  the  door  of  General  S.  D.  Sturgis. 
It  is  not  unlikely,  however,  in  the  light  of  the  result  and  subse- 
quent developments,  that  it  was  very  unwise  to  send  this  expedi- 
tion out  at  all,  and  again  it  was  peculiarly  unfortunate  that 
the  heavy  rain-storms  that  occurred  retarded  the  movement  of 
the  trains  to  that  extent  that  the  enemy  had  every  opportunity 
and  all  the  time  they  needed  to  concentrate  their  troops,  and  it 
would  appear  that  it  really  laid  with  the  army  under  Forrest  to 
say  how  far  south  this  valuable  booty  should  go  before  they 
would  possess  themselves  of  its  richness.  It  is  quite  likely  that 
had  the  commanding  General,  who  sent  this  expedition  out,  been 
with  them,  he  would  have  countermanded  the  whole  move- 
ment as  soon  as  the  heavy  rains  had  made  the  country  almost 
impassable. 

It  has  been  said  that  General  Sturgis  had  positive  orders  to 
go  until  he  found  the  enemy,  and  then  to  fight  wherever  he 
found  them.  None  but  those  who  participated  in  this  expedition 
can  form  a  correct  idea  of  the  suffering  and  hardships  endured, 
marching  continually  night  and  day  without  rest,  and  two  or 
three  days  without  rations  or  anything  to  eat,  and  no  time  to  stop 
to  cook  or  eat;  through  the  mud  and  in  the  rain  day  and  night, 
now  fighting,  now  overpowered  and  falling  back,  taking  a  new 
position,  holding  it  as  long  as  possible,  then  falling  back.  This 
course  oft  repeated  became,  to  say  the  least,  decidedly  uncom- 
fortable. The  representatives  of  the  Ninth  shared  their  full 
measure  in  the  hardships  endured  and  the  fighting  which  was 
done,  and  it  may  justly  be  said  to  their  credit  and  honor  that 
they  stood  the  brunt  of  it  all. 

It  would  not  be  doing  justice  to  a  gallant  and  brave  officer,  if 


NINTH   ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  115 

mention  was  not  made  here  of  the  masterly  manner  in  which 
Captain  Mock,  who  was  in  command  of  this  battalion,  handled 
his  men,  not  sparing  himself,  but  in  the  front  ranks  dismounted 
in  their  lines.  Quick  to  see  and  take  advantage  of  position  and 
circumstances,  holding  a  force  many  times  his  own  in  numbers, 
and  fighting  an  exultant  and  confident  foe  for  days,  as  the  rear 
guard  with  so  small  a  force,  while  those  around  him  and  sent  to 
relieve  him,  were  driven  by  the  enemy  in  a  regular  stampede 
even  through  his  command,  though  their  numbers  were  a  regi- 
ment, while  his  command  were  only  a  battalion.  He  kept  the 
enemy  at  bay.  No  wonder  General  Grierson  trusted  them  and 
complimented  them  by  assigning  them  the  position  of  honor  so 
long. 

The  following  brief  account  of  the  Guntown  affair  is  made  up 
from  notes  kindly  sent  me  by  Doctor  Hemenway: 

In  June,  1864,  Doctor  Hemenway  was  the  only  medical  officer 
present  with  General  B.  F.  Grierson's  cavalry  division,  which 
formed  a  part  of  General  S.  D.  Sturgis'  command,  which  em- 
braced five  thousand  infantry,  three  thousand  cavalry,  and  one 
thousand  artillery;  total,  nine  thousand. 

On  the  9th  of  June,  when  picket  firing  began  in  the  morning, 
the  Doctor  was  at  the  front  with  Captain  Mock,  who  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  detachment  of  the  Ninth.  It  was  a  fearful  sight  to 
see  the  shelling  of  our  train  of  about  two  hundred  wagons.  The 
teamsters  became  panic  stricken,  th'e  mules  were  cut  loose  from 
the  wagons,  and  their  drivers  rapidly  retreated.  The  infantry, 
some  five  miles  in  the  rear,  was  making  time  as  best  they  could 
at  double  quick ;  as  a  matter  of  course  they  could  not  endure  long 
under  such  pressure,  as  it  was  a  very  hot  day  and  the  men  were 
dropping  by  the  roadside,  and  throwing  away  their  arms  and 
clothing,  exhausted.  It  was  indeed  a  fearful  scene.  A  portion  of 
the  ambulance  train  under  Doctor  Hemenway's  charge  was  capt- 
ured by  the  enemy  during  the  following  night,  and  who  at  this 
time  fully  realized  the  desperate  straits  in  which  the  whole 
command  was  placed,  and  set  to  work  to  extricate  his  ambulance 
train  from  its  perilous  position. 

The  way  was  completely  blockaded  by  dense  columns  of 
troops,  cavalry,  infantry  and  artillery,  all  in  one  chaotic  mass 


116  NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS. 

in  the  road  for  a  distance  of  four  or  five  miles.  This  was  about 
midnight,  and  the  enemy  was  pushing  with  the  utmost  vigor. 
Doctor  Hemenway  forced  his  way  through  this  mass  of  obstruc- 
tion, and  rode  forward  to  the  head  of  the  column,  finding  many 
soldiers  asleep  holding  their  horses.  He  roused  them  up  and 
started  the  column  in  motion  again.  "When  daylight  came,  he 
discovered  that  only  a  part  of  the  ambulance  train  had  escaped 
from  the  enemy.  Our  forces  were  hard  pushed  during  the  night 
and  following  day.  The  ranking  officer,  with  the  troops  in  the 
retreat  the  next  day,  was  a  Colonel  of  a  Minnesota  regiment 
and  principally  by  his  courage,  skill  and  bravery  our  command 
was  saved  from  being  entirely  annihilated.  To  General  Grierson, 
mainly,  belongs  the  credit,  and  he  deserves  the  greatest  praise 
for  his  skill  and  good  generalship  in  preventing  the  entire 
destruction  of  our  command  at  Guntown,  on  Tisamingo  Creek, 
June  10,  and  11,  1864. 

HEADQUARTERS  CAVALRY  DIVISION,  SIXTEENTH  ARMY  CORPS,      ) 

MEMPHIS,  TENN.,  June  16,  1864.  j" 
Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Cavalry  Division: 

Your  General  congratulates  you  upon  your  noble  conduct  during  the  late 
expedition  under  Brigadier-General  S.  D.  Sturgis.  Fighting  against  overwhelm- 
ing numbers,  under  most  adverse  circumstances,  your  prompt  obedience  to  orders 
and  unflinching  courage  commanding  the  admiration  of  all,  made  even  defeat 
almost  a  victory.  For  hours  on  foot  you  repulsed  the  charges  of  the  enemy's 
infantry,  and  again  in  the  saddle  you  met  his  cavalry,  and  turned  his  assaults 
into  confusion.  Your  heroic  perseverance  saved  hundreds  of  your  fellow  soldiers 
from  capture  and  inhuman  treatment  from  a  barbarous  foe.  You  have  been  faith- 
ful to  your  honorable  reputation,  and  have  fully  justified  the  confidence  and 
merited  the  high  esteem  of  your  Commander. 

[Signed]  B.  F.  GRIERSON, 

Brigadier- General  Commanding  Cavalry  Division,  Sixteenth  Army  Corps. 


CHAPTER  XY. 

THE  A.  J.  SMITH  EXPEDITION  IN  MISSISSIPPI— FIGHTS  AT  RIPLEY, 
PONTOTOC,  TUPELO — CHARGE  BY  FORREST  AND  LEE — WILD 
CHARGE  OF  LIEUTENANT  McMAHON  WITH  TWO  COMPANIES — 
DEATH  OF  McMAHON — SUPPORT  SENT  TO  THE  CHARGING  COM- 
PANIES— CAPTAIN  Me  ARTHUR  WOUNDED — PRECARIOUS  POSI- 
TION OF  CAPTAIN  BUEL — ATTACKING  THE  REBEL  BREASTWORKS, 
MANY  WOUNDED — JESSE  HAWES'  COOL  ASSURANCE  WHEN  A 
PRISONER. 

ABOUT  the  middle  of  June,  the  Regiment  was  fully  mounted 
and  armed  with  the  Spencer,  and  in  the  very  best  condition 
for  service.  The  famous  fighting  General,  A.  J.  Smith,  now  organ- 
ized a  force  to  try  conclusions  with  the  successful  Confederate 
chieftain,  who  had  so  recently  and  so  signally  defeated  our  unfort- 
unate General  Sturgis.  The  Regiment  under  command  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Burgh,  together  with  the  other  regiments  of  the 
Second  Brigade,  was  ordered  to  join  A.  J.  Smith's  command. 
On  reporting  to  General  Smith,  Colonel  Burgh  was  instructed  by 
that  officer  to  take  the  advance  of  his  command  and  proceed  to 
La  Grange,  Tenn.,  which  was  to  be  the  point  of  departure.  On 
July  5th,  the  expedition,  with  fifteen  days,  rations,  started  south. 
Picket-firing  and  light  skirmishing  occurred  all  along  the  line, 
notably  at  Ripley,  where  the  Second  Iowa  had  a  lively  affair  with 
the  enemy,  but  no  heavy  fighting  took  place  until  Pontotoc  was 
reached. 

The  Ninth,  having  been  in  the  rear,  did  not  take  part  in  the 
fight  that  took  place  on  the  first  day.  General  Smith's  command 
bivouacked  at  Pontotoc  the  night  of  the  llth,  and  the  Ninth  was 
placed  on  picket  on  the  Okolona  road,  one  and  a  half  miles  from 
Pontotoc,  supported  by  a  brigade  of  infantry  and  a  battery  of 
artillery. 

The  rebel  General  took  rm  a,  Strono-  nosition  on  the    Okolona, 


118  HISTORY    OF   THE 

road,  three  or  four  miles  from  Pontotoc,  and  from  that  point  he 
hurried  all  his  troops  from  Tupelo. 

The  morning  of  the  1 2th,  the  Ninth  was  relieved  from  picket 
and  the  Second  Brigade  was  ordered  to  make  a  feint  on  the  ene- 
my's position  with  a  view  to  making  it  appear  that  Okolona  was 
the  objective  point.  The  Ninth,  in  advance,  was  ordered  to  drive 
the  rebel  picket  from  a  log  house.  Having  driven  the  enemy 
back,  the  advance  battalion  ran  into  an  ambush,  and  lost  nearly 
thirty  men,  killed  and  wounded.  This  battalion,  composed  of 
Companies  B,  G,  I  and  H,  under  the  command  of  Captain  Buel 
and  Captain  Mock,  was  ordered  out  to  develop  the  strength  of 
the  enemy,  which  had  been  observed  south  of  town.  The  com- 
mand moved  toward  the  pickets  of  the  enemy,  and,  when  within 
long  gunshot  of  them,  they  fired  a  few  shots  and  slowly  retreated, 
our  command  following  until  the  enemy  disappeared  in  a  dense 
thicket  of  small  trees.  Up  to  this  time  our  losses  had  been 
slight,  and,  feeling  that  only  a  small  force  was  opposed  to  us, 
the  little  command  (about  eighty  men)  had  no  hesitation  in  fol- 
lowing them  closely,  supposing  the  Confederate  numbers  to  be 
about  the  same,  or  possibly  a  little  larger,  but  as  we  were  armed 
with  repeating  rifles  we  gave  but  slight  consideration  to  a  mod- 
erate disproportion  of  numbers.  When  we  had  passed  com- 
pletely into  the  thicket,  the  order  was  given  to  load  all  empty 
chambers  of  our  repeating  rifles  and  revolvers.  Just  beyond  the 
dense  thicket  was  a  large  open  field,  the  edge  of  which  was  only 
ten  or  fifteen  rods  from  our  line ;  around  the  edge  of  the  field, 
close  to  the  thicket,  extended  a  rail  fence  directly  in  our  front. 
The  fence  had.  been  permitted  to  remain  unmolested,  while  rails 
were  brought  from  a  distant  part  to  render  it  a  bullet-proof 
breastwork.  Here  were  placed  Lyons'  Kentucky  Brigade  (Con- 
federate) and  Rucker's  Brigade,  while  in  good  supporting  dis- 
tance, back  in  the  field  at  their  rear,  was  McCullough's  old  bri- 
gade. Against  these  three  brigades  our  little  command  was 
drawn  up.  As  soon  as  all  arms  had  been  loaded,  the  order 
"  Forward  ! "  was  given.  So  close  were  the  Confederate  brigades 
that  the  order  to  advance  was  as  plainly  heard  by  them  as  by  us. 
Their  picket  had  seen  our  force  approaching  through  the  open 
field,  but  the  commander  of  tiie  Confederate  division  believed 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  119 

when  he  heard  our  commands  given  that  our  men  must  have  been 
strongly  reinforced,  else  they  would  not  move  against  his  troops 
with  so  much  confidence.  Waiting  until  the  Federals  could  be 
noticed  moving  the  dense  foliage  in  his  immediate  front,  the  or- 
der was  given  the  enemy  to  "  fire ! :?  The  volley  killed  instantly 
Ed.  Branch,  a  new  recruit  of  Company  I,  and  Byron  Smith,  of 
Company  G  ;  a  bullet  passed  through  the  right  arm  of  Tom 
Easor  of  Company  I,  and  Sergeant  Abbott,  of  the  same  company, 
was  wounded  in  the  shoulder ;  Henry  Kinker,  Company  G,  and 
Charlie  Keich,  Sergeant  Henry  Hardesty,  and  James  Feeley, 
Company  B,  were  each  severely  wounded,  and  several  others 
were  rendered  helpless.  Jesse  Hawes,  of  Company  I,  was  the 
only  one  captured  at  this  time.  He  passed  through  the  thicket, 
and,  going  within  arm's  length  of  the  breastwork,  found  himself 
alone  and  unable  to  retreat,  standing  for  a  moment  in  indecision, 
while  a  dozen  voices  cried,  "  Don't  shoot  him ! "  A  big,  brawny 
Kentuckian  reached  over  the  breastworks  and  dragged  him  in. 
Recognizing  at  once  the  great  odds  against  his  comrades,  he  in- 
formed the  Confederate  commander  that  several  regiments  were 
close  at  hand,  and  would  in  a  short  time  charge  the  breastworks. 
The  statement  caused  the  Confederates  to  act  on  the  defensive, 
and  gave  the  detachment  of  the  Ninth  an  opportunity  to  retreat 
without  further  loss.  As  the  battalion  was  at  so  great  a  distance 
from  any  support,  it  would  have  been  an  easy  matter  for  the 
Confederates,  had  they  known  the  real  status,  to  have  captured 
nearly  all  the  battalion.  Thus  this  young  soldier,  by  his  quick- 
witted assertions  in  regard  to  the  strength  of  our  forces  near  by, 
prevented  the  enemy  from  attempting  offensive  operations. 
Rasor  was  so  severely  wounded  that  it  was  found  necessary  to 
leave  him  in  a  house  at  Pontotoc,  and  a  few  weeks  after  his 
arm  was  amputated  by  a  Confederate  surgeon  to  save  his  life. 

During  this  fight  a  part  of  the  battalion  with  Captain  Mock 
were  within  a  short  distance  of  the  enemy's  breastworks,  and 
protected  by  the  logs  and  bushes.  Mock  arose  and  waving  his 
sword,  attempted  to  rally  his  men  for  the  charge,  but  the  hail  of 
lead  was  too  hot;  only  one  man,  Sergeant  Showalter,  arose  from 
cover,  and  the  brave  leader  was  obliged  to  give  up  the  attempt. 
At  this  time,  the  Ninth  had  opened  the  battle  in  gallant  style, 


120  HISTORY    OF    THE 

and  drove  the  enemy  from  his  first  line  of  breastworks  by  a  direct 
charge,  and  was  about  to  charge  and  flank  his  second  line,  when 
orders  were  received  to  fall  back  and  follow  the  command  on  the 
Tupelo  road.  , 

Our  losses  in  this  engagement  were  severe,  as  we  had  to  fight 
the  enemy  on  ground  of  his  own  choosing. 

During  the  continuance  of  the  fight,  General  Smith,  having 
learned  from  his  scouts  that  Forrest  had  evacuated  Tupelo, 
moved  the  main  part  of  his  command  by  the  left  flank,  and  en- 
tered Tupelo  in  the  afternoon.  This  movement  was  a  complete 
surprise  to  the  rebel  commander,  who  tried  hard  to  offset  it  by 
an  energetic  effort  to  cut  off  a  part  of  Smith's  command,  and  to 
capture  his  supply  and  ammunition  trains,  by  a  sudden  and  im- 
petuous attack  on  the  flank. 

Once  in  Tupelo,  General  Smith  quickly  disposed  his  army  in 
line  of  battle,  the  line  being  formed  on  the  ground  that  Forrest 
had  selected  for  the  Confederate  Army. 

The  position  selected  was  on  a  line  of  semicircular  hills  in 
front  of  a  belt  of  timber,  and  with  broad  open  fields  in  front  over 
which  the  enemy  would  have  to  march  to  attack.  The  flanks 
rested  on  swamps,  back  of  which  and  in  rear  of  the  line  the 
cavalry  was  placed  to  guard  against  surprise  in  that  direction. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  however,  was  not  with  the  cavalry 
on  that  occasion ;  the  Regiment  was  dismounted  and  placed  in  line 
of  battle  with  the  infantry  of  General  Mower's  division  and  in 
support  of  Bautau's  battery  of  artillery.  Breastworks  were 
thrown  up  and  the  position  strengthened  as  much  as  possible. 
The  rebel  command  consisted  of  the  combined  forces  of  Generals 
Forrest  and  S.  D.  Lee,  and  was  formed  in  line  of  battle  in  the 
timber  beyond  the  open  field  that  lay  in  our  front,  and  advanced 
in  grand  and  magnificent  array  with  flags  and  banners  streaming 
in  the  morning  sun.  It  was  truly  a  grand  sight  to  see  those  lines 
advancing  through  the  open  fields,  with  their  generals  and  field 
officers  in  position,  and  all  in  full  sight  of  our  line  of  battle.  On, 
on,  they  came,  driving  in  our  skirmish  lines.  On  they  came  with 
our  batteries  mowing  wide  gaps  in  those  splendid  lines.  On  they 
came,  but  not  a  shot  from  our  rifles  was  fired  to  check  or  stop 
their  advance  until  they  were  within  short  rifle  range,  when,  at  the 


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signal  from  General  Smith's  headquarters,  our  entire  line  of  bat- 
tle opened  a  terribly  destructive  fire  on  the  advancing  foe.  The 
rebel  line  wavered,  staggered,  dropped  to  their  knees  and  next 
moment  they  were  in  full  retreat.  With  ringing  cheers  our  men 
sprang  over  the  breastworks  and  charged  the  flying  Confederates. 
Under  cover  of  the  advance  of  our  line,  the  ambulance  train 
pushed  to  the  front  and  brought  in  hundreds  of  wounded  Confed- 
erates. The  field  presented  a  never-to-be-forgotten  scene.  Muti- 
lated bodies  of  men  and  horses  lay  thick  in  front  of  our  lines. 
Field  hospitals  were  improvised  and  our  surgeons  at  once  set  to 
work  to  attend  the  wounded  of  both  sides.  A  second  time  the 
enemy  advanced  upon  our  line,  and  again  he  was  hurled  back  with 
even  greater  slaughter  than  before.  The  sight  upon  the  battle-field, 
after  the  second  repulse,  was  truly  sickening.  The  rebel  forces 
were  now  withdrawn  to  the  timber  in  their  rear,  where  they  were 
reorganized  and  rested  during  the  night.  Next  morning  the  rebel 
generals  made  another  attack,  but  it  ended,  as  the  others  did,  in  de- 
feat. General  Smith  now  took  up  the  march  for  Oldtown  Creek, 
leaving  General  Mower's  division  and  the  Ninth  Illinois  to  hold 
the  lines  while  the  command  got  under  way.  Later  General 
Mower's  division  pulled  out,  leaving  the  Ninth  Illinois  all  alone  to 
hold  the  lines  and  amuse  the  enemy.  Before  leaving,  General 
Mower  sent  an  order  to  the  Ninth  to  mount  and  charge  the  rebel 
lines.  Colonel  Burgh  sent  his  compliments  to  the  General  with 
the  information  that  the  Ninth  was  a  rifle  regiment  and  that 
only  two  of  its  companies  were  armed  with  sabers.  General 
Mower  then  ordered  that  those  two  companies  move  to  the  front 
and  charge  .the  enemy's  skirmish  line.  It  was  a  very  unwise 
order,  but  had  to  be  obeyed.  The  two  companies,  A  and  H, 
mounted  and  moved  to  the  front  on  the  Harrisburg  road,  where, 
in  compliance  with  General  Mower's  direct  order,  they  deployed  as 
skirmishers  and  advanced  upon  the  enemy.  Seeing  that  the  two 
companies  were  moving  against  a  very  superior  force  and  fearing 
for  their  safety,  Colonel  Burgh  mounted  a  battalion  of  the  Regi- 
ment and  followed  after  the  two  companies,  now  rapidly  advanc- 
ing to  the  charge,  so  as  to  cover  their  retreat.  It  was  a  timely 
move,  for,  although  the  charge  was  a  gallant  one  and  only  stopped 
at  the  enemy's  breastworks,  where  its  gallant  leader,  the  brave 


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McMahon  fell,  pierced  by  rebel  bullets,  it  was  doomed  to  de- 
feat, because  of  the  overwhelming  numbers  of  the  enemy.  The 
rebels,  seeing  another  and  a  stronger  force  of  mounted  men  ap- 
proaching, fell  into  the  error  of  supposing  another  charge  was  to 
be  made,  and  allowed  our  two  bleeding  companies  to  retire  unpur- 
sued.  On  reaching  the  two  companies,  the  battalion  was  wheeled 
to  the  rear,  and  all  soon  after  reached  the  lines  without  further 
loss.  One  of  our  bravest  officers  and  a  number  of  our  best  soldiers 
were  killed,  and  a  great  many  were  wounded  in  that  useless 
charge. 

When  the  battalion  under  Captain  Cowen  was  sent  to  the  sup- 
port of  Companies  A  and  II,  the  two  charging  companies,  Com- 
pany L  was  advanced  to  the  center  of  a  large  field  across  which 
McMahon  had  charged.  Here  there  were  a  few  scattering  trees, 
and  the  support  was  placed  in  position  to  cover  the  retreat  of  the 
charging  companies,  Colonel  Burgh,  wisely  foreseeing  their  in- 
evitable defeat ;  Company  L,  under  Lieutenant  Carpenter,  was  in 
the  advance,  and  gallantly  held  the  enemy  back  until  the  last  of 
Company  H  came  back  from  the  fruitless  charge. 

Reuben  Robinson,  of  Company  H,  was  here  wounded  by  a 
shot  through  the  arm  that  cut  an  artery,  and  Lieutenant  Carpen- 
ter instructed  Sergeant  Gallino  to  wind  a  suspender  tightly 
around  the  arm,  which  stopped  the  flow  of  blood  and  saved  the 
man,  though  he  lost  the  arm.  During  all  this  time  the  enemy 
had  been  sending  shot  and  shell  from  their  artillery,  and  Com- 
pany L  fell  in  with  C  and  D,  at  Harrisburg,  no\v  becoming  the 
dismounted  rear  guard,  and  fell  back  half  a  mile  to  their  lead  horses 
that  had  been*taken  back  out  of  range  of  the  enemy's  fire.  The 
firing  now  was  hot  and  heavy,  and  before  they  reached  their 
horses  the  rebs  were  within  fifty  yards  of  them. 

General  Mower's  division  had  moved  away  during  this  last 
movement,  leaving  the  Ninth  alone  in  front  of  the  enemy,  who 
continued  to  shell  our  position,  but  made  no  advance  on  our  lines. 
It  was  during  this  time  that  the  gallant  Captain  Frank  McArthur, 
of  Company  C,  was  wounded  by  a  fragment  of  a  shell.  He  had 
led  his  company  into  the  fight  at  Pontotoc,  and  headed  it  during 
the  big  battle  of  the  the  day  before  at  Tupelo,  and  came  out  with- 
out a  scratch,  and  now,  just  as  we  were  about  to  withdraw  from 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

the  front  of  the  enemy,  he  was  struck  down.  Orders  were  now 
received  to  evacuate  the  works  and  follow  up  the  command. 

On  the  17th,  Company  I)  had  been  relieved  from  picket  by 
Compa,ny  L,  and  a  vidette  had  just  been  placed  out  about  one- 
half  mile  from  the  main  post,  when  4  large  body  of  rebels  was 
seen  approaching.  Lieutenant  Carpenter  called  in  the  vidette, 
formed  his  men  in  line  under  cover  of  the  fence,  waiting  until  the 
enemy  came  within  one  hundred  yards.  This  little  band  opened  on 
them  with  their  long  rifles  so  effectively  that  they  were  obliged  to 
retreat  before  the  main  command,  that  had  been  attracted  by  the 
firing,  came  up  to  reinforce  them.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh 
complimented  Lieutenant  Carpenter,  and  the  brave  men  of  Com- 
pany L,  for  the  handsome  manner  in  which  they  repulsed  the 
enemy. 

The  Ninth  having  the  rear,  and  the  enemy  following  up  closely, 
skirmishing  was  kept  up  all  the  way  to  Old  town  Creek,  and  just 
as  the  Regiment  reached  the  Creek,  where  the  army  had  halted  for 
the  night,  the  rebels  under  General  Forrest,  in  person,  made  a 
furious  attack  on  its  flank  and  rear,  hoping  to  cut  it  up  or  capture 
it  before  rejoining  the  main  force.  From  Oldtown  Creek  the 
army  returned  to  Memphis  by  easy  marches,  having  whipped  the 
enemy  in  return  for  the  Guntown  disaster,  and  accomplished 
everything  that  was  expected  of  it. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

SECOND  EXPEDITION  OF  GENERAL  A.  J.  SMITH — HURRICANE  CREEK 
FIGHT — FLANK  MOVEMENTS —REBELS  DRIVEN  AWAY  FROM 
THEIR  DINNER — BRILLIANT  MANEUVER  OF  THE  NINTH  UNDER 
COLONEL  BURGH — OLDTOWN  CREEK — FORREST'S  RAID  ON  MEM- 
PHIS— ATTEMPT  TO  CAPTURE  GENERALS  WASHBURN  AND  HURL- 
BUT — BRAVE  DEFENSE  OF  CAPTAIN  COOK — COLONEL  STARR 
KILLED — FORREST  DRIVEN  OUT — REGIMENT  TO  WHITE'S  STA- 
TION— MUSTER  Our  OF  NON-VETERANS. 

A  UGUST  2d,  General  A.  J.  Smith's  command  again  took  the 
_JL_L  field,  the  Cavalry  division  being  under  Brigadier-General 
Hatch,  and  the  Second  Brigade  commanded  by  Colonel  D.  E. 
Coon.  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Burgh,  the  Sixth  Illinois,  under  Colonel  Starr,  and  the  Second 
Iowa,  under  Major  Horton.  The  First  Brigade  was  under  Colo- 
nel Herrick  of  the  Seventh  Kansas  Cavalry. 

The  command  moved  in  the  direction  of  Oxford,  Miss.  The 
Second  Brigade  moved  down  'the  Tallahatchee  River  as  a  feint, 
while  the  main  force,  having  built  a  temporary  bridge  near 
Waterford,  crossed  there.  Hatch's  command  pressed  forward, 
and  captured  one  piece  of  artillery  south  of  the  bridge.  The 
First  Brigade  of  Colonel  Herrick  held  the  advance,  and  skir- 
mished to  the  vicinity  of  Oxford,  both  sides  using  artillery.  The 
Second  Brigade  had  the  advance,  and  Major  Horton  of  the 
Second  Iowa,  and  the  Seventh  Kansas,  were  engaged  at  Oxford. 
Captain  Foster  of  the  Second  Iowa,  with  one  battalion,  moved 
forward,  dismounted,  and  Major  Moore,  of  the  Second  Iowa, 
followed  mounted,  but  did  not  reach  the  town  in  time  to  catch 
the  retreating  rebels.  The  skirmish  into  town,  in  which  the 
Seventh  Kansas  was  in  the  advance,  had  been  brisk,  and  several 
men  were  wounded.  Major  Horton  here  captured  a  considerable 
amount  of  ammunition. 

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NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  125 

On  the  12th,  Captain  McMannis  of  the  Ninth,  and  Captain 
Bundy  of  the  Second  Iowa,  with  two  companies  from  each 
regiment,  had  a  fight  with  the  enemy's  picket,  lasting  nearly  two 
hours,  and  caused  them  to  fall  back  on  their  main  line,  when  they 
were  met  with  an  artillery  fire,  and  fell  back ;  then  the  Second 
Iowa  engaged  the  enemy  with  artillery. 

At  Hurricane  Creek,  on  the  13th,  a  severe  fight  took  place,  in 
which  the  Ninth,  under  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Harry 
B.  Burgh,  played  an  important  part.  The  Ninth,  supported  by 
the  Sixth  Illinois,  under  command  of  Major  Whitsit  (Colonel 
Starr  being  too  ill  to  commartd),  turned  the  enemy's  left  flank  and 
captured  three  lines  of  breastworks,  thus  compelling  the  rebel 
general  to  evacuate  the  entire  position. 

In  this  engagement  the  Sixth  and  Ninth  were  opposed  by.  a 
whole  brigade  under  General  Mayberry.  In  the  fight  one 
battalion  under  Captain  Harper  moved  forward  direct,  and  struck 
the  rebel  pickets  at  the  creek,  driving  them  back  some  distance, 
when  they  were  heavily  reinforced  and  held  our  force  in  check ; 
Colonel  Burgh  then  ordered  Captain  Mock  with  his  battalion  to 
dismount  and  move  around  through  the  woods  to  our  right,  and 
attack  the  rebels  on  the  flank  and  rear.  Captain  McMannis  was 
also  ordered  to  dismount  the  other  battalion,  and  place  them  on 
the  left  and  support  the  advance.  The  two  dismounted  battalions 
moved  forward,  the  one  under  Captain  Mock  passing  through  a 
small  cornfield  and  woods;  the  thick  underbrush  of  the  latter 
hiding  them  from  observation  from  the  rebels.  Making  a  half 
wheel,  the  battalion  swung  around,  and  struck  the  enemy  on 
their  left  line  and  in  their  camps. 

It  was  a  complete  surprise  to  the  rebels,  as  their  reserve  in 
camp  were  cooking  their  dinner.  The  officers'  baggage  was  lying 
around  loose,  and  the  frying-pans  on  the  fire,  the  coffee-pots  boil- 
ing, which  our  boys  appropriated  as  they  passed  through  the 
camp.  A  number  of  horses  and  trappings  were  captured  here, 
though  it  was  not  long  before  the  rebels  formed  and  gave  us  a 
hot  fire.  In  the  meantine  Major  McMannis  was  moving  forward 
on  the  left  of  the  line,  the  ground  here  being  open,  and,  pressing 
them  forward  there,  the  battalion  in  the  center  was  enabled  to 
move  forward,  and  with  the  aid  of  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry  gal- 


126  HISTORY    OF   THE 

lantly  drove  the  enemy,  thus  opening  the  way  for  General  Smith 
to  cross  the  creek  with  the  infantry  to  the  opposite  side. 

x  In  this  fight,  which  was  splendidly  maneuvered  by  Colonel 
Burgh,  the  Ninth  did  most  excellent  service.  Up- to  this  time  the 
fight  at  Hurricane  Creek  was  the  sharpest  fight  the  Ninth  had 
been  in,  and  the  very  able  manner  in  which  Colonel  Burgh 
handled  the  Regiment,  and  the  intelligent  and  prompt  manner  in 
which  the  three  battalions  was  handled,  and  the  results  accom- 
plished, were  all  worthy  of  the  highest  praise. 

In  this  fight  we  lost  four  men  killed  and  a  number  wounded, 
among  the  latter  being  Sergeant  Mapes,  of  Company  C,  who  died 
shortly  afterward  of  his  wound  ;  W.  P.  Bryson,  of  Company  C  ; 
Sergeant  Godfrey  LaSalle,  of  Company  B,  severely  through  the 
head  ;  William  Brigham,  of  Company  A,  who  died  soon  after; 
and  others  whose  names  can  not  be  obtained. 

At  Oxford,  the  Ninth,  having  swung  around  the  outskirts,  en- 
tered the  town  from  the  rear,  as  our  main  force  came  in  from 
the  front. 

Here  General  Smith  learned  that  Forrest  had  withdrawn  the 
main  part  of  his  command  after  the  fight  at  Hurricane  Creek, 
and  had  made  a  raid  on  Memphis. 

This  intelligence  caused  General  Smith  and  his  command  to 
return  to  Memphis. 

August  21st,  the  Confederate  General  Forrest  made  a  dash  into 
Memphis,  expecting  to  capture  Generals  Washburn  and  Hurlbut, 
but  did  not  succeed  in  getting  either,  though  General  "Washburn 
had  a  very  narrow  escape.  It  was  just  at  daylight  when  they 
came  into  the  city.  Dividing  their  force  into  two  parties,  one 
under  Colonel  Jesse  Forrest,  a  brother  of  the  General,  dashed  up 
to  General  Washburn's  headquarters,  but  the  bird  had  flown, 
as  General  Washburn  was  away  and  into  Fort  Pickering  at  the 
first  alarm. 

A  number  of  prisoners  were  captured  here,  among  them 
Lieutenant  Arthur  M.  Kenzie,  aid  to  General  Washburn,  and 
Sergeant-Major  Curtis  L.  Knight,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
the  latter  being  detailed  on  duty  at  Washburn's  headquarters. 

Forrest  carried  off  Washburn's  overcoat. 

They  then  rode  to  the  Gayosa  House  and  into  the  office,  de- 


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manding  of  the  astonished  clerk  to  kno\v  where  General  Hurlbut 
was.  The  clerk  informed  them  that  General  Hurlbut  had  not 
staid  there  that  night.  This,  they  said,  was  all  a  damned  lie, 
and,  demanding  the  key  to  his  room,  rushed  up-stairs  ;  but  for- 
tunately it  was  true.  Hurlbut  was  not  there,  he  having  remained 
away  with  some  friends  that  night,  and  thus  narrowly  escaped 
capture. 

Many  interesting  incidents  occurred.  One  Captain  Cook  was 
awakened  by  the  bursting  in  of  the  door  of  his  room,  seized  his 
revolver,  and  actually  drove  three  men  with  loaded  muskets  from 
his  door  and  down-stairs.  Very  many  acts  of  personal  bravery 
occurred.  An  incident  which  I  will  relate,  as  it  has  connection 
with  these  two  expeditions,  is  the  following :  While  General 
Smith  was  advancing  on  Oxford,  Colonel  M.  H.  Starr,  of  the  Sixth 
Illinois,  accompanied  Smith's  expedition,  but  was  taken  ill  dur- 
ing the  engagement  at  Hurricane  Creek.  The  next  day  he  was 
sent  to  Memphis,  via  railroad,  from  Holly  Springs,  in  charge  of  a 
train  of  our  wounded  soldiers.  Arriving  at  Memphis,  he  turned 
over  his  charge  and  repaired  to  his  regimental  camp,  where  he 
hoped  to  find  rest  and  restoration  to  health.  The  next  morning, 
before  the  Colonel  arose,  Forrest's  troopers  dashed  through  the 
camp  grounds  en  route  for  the  city,  firing  right  and  left  as  they 
galloped  through.  While  lying  on  his  cot  in  supposed  security, 
Colonel  Starr  received  a  mortal  wound,  from  the  effects  of  which 
he  died  October  1st,  following.  This  was  just  like  one  of  For- 
rest's moves.  He  managed  tajteet  in  the  rear  of  Smith's  raiding 
forces  after  the  fight  at  OlMown  Creek,  and,  while  General 
Smith's  forces  were  moving  toAvard  Oxford,  he  took  about  two 
thousand  of  his  picked  cavalry,  and,  knowing  the  country  and 
every  short  cut,  made  a  dash  for  Memphis  and  the  railroad,  ex- 
pecting to  catch  some  of  our  big  Generals  and  cut  our  communi- 
cations on  the  Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad. 

The  Provost  Guard  and  the  Eighth  Iowa  Infantry  were  alter 
him,  and,  with  the  militia,  soon  began  to  fight  in  earnest,  and 
after  about  two  hours'  fighting  in  the  streets,  he  was  driven  out, 
hard  pressed  by  our  soldiers.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  this  raid  was 
barren  of  results,  except  to  show  Forrest's  audacity. 

The  Regiment,  under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh,  arrived  in 


128  HISTORY    OF    THE 

camp  at  Collierville,  Tenn.,  August  30th,  and,  with  General 
Hatch's  Division,  was  immediately  ordered  to  Germantown. 
Colonel  Burgh  had  a  severe  sunstroke  on  the  24th,  while  on  the 
march  (and  before  the  arrival  in  camp  of  the  expedition),  which 
threatened  to  be  serious  in  its  consequences.  Report  came  to  us 
at  this  time  that  Colonel  Brackett  had  been  promoted  to  a  Briga- 
dier-Generalship. This  we  all  hoped  would  prove  true,  for  in  ad- 
dition to  the  honor  bestowed  on  our  gallant  Colonel,  it  would 
have  caused  the  promotion  of  our  worthy  and  gallant  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Burgh  to  be  Colonel,  and  several  more  well-merited  pro- 
motions in  the  Regiment.  The  rumor  was,  however,  much  to  our 
regret,  unfounded.  We  had  just  got  comfortably  fixed  in  camp 
when  the  cavalry  division  was  ordered  to  White's  Station,  nine 
miles  from  Memphis.  This  camp  was  very  dry  and  dusty,  and 
was  supplied  with  water  from  an  artesian  well.  Date  of  arrival 
at  this  station  was  September  5th.  The  term  of  service  of  the  non- 
veterans  was  then  expiring,  and  efforts  were  put  forth  to  fill  their 
places. 

September  22d,  four  hundred  non-veterans  from  the  Second 
Iowa  Cavalry  were  sent  north  to  be  mustered  out.  This  had  a 
tendency  to  cause  many  of  our  boys  to  determine  that  they,  too, 
would  muster  out  at  the  expiration  of  their  three  years'  term  of 
service.  At  this  time  Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh  was  ordered  to 
Springfield,  111.,  to  make  arrangements  for  men  enough  to  fill  up 
the  Regiment. 

In  addition  to  those  designatedJjin  the  following  order,  those 
named  below  were  mustered  out  on  the  dates  named  by  reason  of 
the  expiration  of  their  term  of  service  : 

First  Lieutenant  William  M.  Benton,  Company  A,  October  19,  1864; 
Captain  F.  H.  McArthur,  Company  C,  November  15,  1864;  Captain  Llewellyn 
Cowen,  Company  D,  September  23,  1864;  Captain  Richard  D.  Ellsworth, 
Company  E,  October  31,  1864;  First  Lieutenant  A.  W.  McClure,  Company 
H,  November  25,  1864;  Captain  Louis  F.  Booth,  Company  L,  November 
11,  1864.  The  remainder  of  the  non-veterans  of  the  Regiment  were  mustered 
out  at  various  periods  as  their  terms  of  service  expired. 

HEADQUARTERS  DISTRICT  OP  WEST  TENNESSEE,  ) 
MEMPHIS,  TENN.,  September  16,  1864.      j" 
SPECIAL  ORDER  No.  143. 

EXTRACT  1. — The  original  term  of  enlistment  of  Companies  A,  B,  C  and  D, 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  having  expired,  the  non-veterans  of  those 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  129 

Companies  are  hereby  ordered  to  proceed,  forthwith,  in  charge  of  the 
following  named  commissioned  officers,  viz.:  Major  Ira  R.  Gifford,  Captain 
Llewellyn  Cowen,  and  Chaplain  Gideon  L.  Brayton,  to  Springfield,  111.,  and  re- 
port through  His  Excellency,  the  Governor,  to  the  Superintendent-General 
Recruiting,  State  of  Illinois,  for  muster  out  of  service. 

The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  necessary  transportation. 
By  order  of  Major-General  C;  C.  Washburn. 

WILLIAM  H.  MORGAN, 
Major  and  Assistant  Adjutant- General. 
[Official.]  CHARLES  H.  TOWNSEND, 

Lieutenant  and  Acting  Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

When  the  cavalry  expedition,  of  which  the  Ninth  formed  a 
part,  under  General  Hatch,  moved  out  from  German  town,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Burgh  was  still  ill  from  the  effects  of  the  sunstroke 
received  not  long  before,  and  was  unable  to  take  command  of  the 
Regiment  in  the  field,  and  as  the  Majors  of  the  Ninth  were  about 
to  muster  out,  the  command  devolved  upon  Captain  William  C. 
Blackburn,  of  Company  A,  who  was  the  senior  Captain  of  the 
Regiment. 

Captain  Blackburn  commanded  the  Regiment  till  about  the  8th 
of  November,  1864,  when  he  was  relieved  from  the  command,  and 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Confederates  at  or  near  Campbellville, 
Tenn.,  November  24,  1864. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 
• 

THE  NINTH  MARCHES  FROM  WHITE'S  STATION  —  CLIFTON  AND  SHOAL 
CREEK  —  SAVANNAH  —  HOOD'S  ARMY  THREATENING  —  SKIR- 
MISH AT  SHOAL  CREEK  —  SEVERE  FIGHTING  ON  THE  HTH  AND 
19TH  OF  NOVEMBER  —  CAPTAIN  HARPER  IN  COMMAND  —  CAPT- 
URE OF  CHALMER'S  HEADQUARTERS  TRAINS  AND  FLAGS,  BY 
CAPTAIN  MOCK  —  MOVEMENT  TO  BUTLER  CREEK  —  CAPTAIN  CAR- 
PENTER'S BRAVE  FIGHT  ON  PICKET  —  CAPTURE  OF  COURIERS  WITH 
VALUABLE  DISPATCHES  —  HARD  FIGHT  OF  LIEUTENANTS  HILLIER 

AND  NlEMYER  -  CAPTAIN    MOCK'S   BATTALION    CUT    OFF  --  THE 

DARKY  GUIDE  —  ADJUTANT   POWER  A    PRISONER  —  CROSSING 
THE  FORD,  AND  ARRIVAL  IN  CAMP. 


Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  commanded  by  Captain  W.  C. 
JL  Blackburn,  forming  a  part  of  General  Hatch's  cavalry 
division,  moved  out  from  White's  Station,  Tenn.,  September  30, 
1864,  at  12  M.,  crossed  Wolf  River  at  Germantown,  and  camped 
that  night  three  miles  from  the  river. 

October  1st.  Passed  through  Moscow,  camping  three  miles 
from  the  town,  and  started  at  3  A.  M.  without  breakfast,  arrived 
at  Bolivar  at  6  P.  M.,  and  crossed  the  Hatch  ee  River. 

October  2d.  Drew  here  what  rations  were  left,  and  the  wagons 
were  sent  back  to  camp. 

October  3d.  Marched  all  day,  camped  at  6  p.  M.  at  Mount 
Princeton  ;  at  this  place  some  of  the  boys  indulged  rather  too 
freely  in  hard  cider  ;  started  at  3  P.  M.,  passed  through  Miffin, 
and  camped  eighteen  miles  from  the  Tennessee  River. 

October  5th.  Started  at  8  A.  M.,  dinner  and  feed  at  2  p.  M., 
and  marched  all  night.  The  country  here  being  very  rough  and 
mountainous,  arrived  opposite  Clifton,  on  the  Tennessee  River, 
where  were  found  two  gunboats  and  three  transports. 

October  6th.  Crossed  the  Tennessee  River  to  Clifton,  and  drew 
five  days'  rations,  moving  out  on  the  Nashville  pike  twelve  miles 

130 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  131 

and  camped  for  the  night.     At  this  time  there  was  with  us  one 
brigade  of  infantry  ;  General  "Washburn  also  present  with  us. 

October  7th.  Passed  through  Waynesboro,about  noon,  camped 
at  night  about  twelve  miles  from  Lawrenceburg ;  at  4  o'clock  A.M., 
in  the  saddle  again,  passing  through  Lawrenceburg  at  2  p.  M.  ; 
encamped  at  dark  on  Shoal  Creek,  three  miles  from  Eagle  Mills. 

October  9th.  Left  Shoal  Creek  by  the  military  road  to  Flor- 
ence, crossed  the  State  line,  and  camped  again  on  Shoal  Creek. 

October  10th.  Moved  out  at  3  A.  M.,  leaving  the  military  road 
and  marched  toward  Waterloo,  passing  through  Gravelly  Springs; 
arrived  at  Waterloo  about  dark.  Here  we  learned  that  there  was 
quite  a  fight  a  short  distance  from  this  place  between  our  infantry 
and  Forrest's  command.  We  lost  four  pieces  of  artillery  and  a 
number  of  prisoners. 

October  llth.  Marched  twelve  miles  down  the  river  and 
camped. 

October  12th.  One  battalion  of  the  Ninth  was  sent  to  Pulaski 
with  despatches,  passed  through  Savannah  at  3  P.  M.  and  camped 
three  miles  below ;  here  the  foraging  parties  of  the  Eegiment 
struck  a  bonanza,  rinding  a  plenty  of  pork,  potatoes,  molasses,  etc. 

October  14th.  Four  men  captured  while  foraging.  These  men 
were  under  Lieutenant-Major  and  straggled  from  the  command. 
The  next  da}7  three  of  the  men  came  in,  having  been  paroled. 
The  other  one  was  wounded  and  left  at  a  house  by  his  captors, 
they  having  paroled  him,  too. 

October  16th.  Marched  to  Clifton,  where  we  found  one  gun- 
boat and  a  transport  with  rations  and  forage.  Here  General 
Washburn  left  us,  going  down  the  river  on  the  City  of  PeJcin. 
Drew  three  days'  rations,  and  on  the  19th  had  our  horses  shod. 

October  20th.  Foraging.  The  21st,  again  drew  three  days' 
rations  ;  the  22d,  foraging. 

October  23rd.  Another  boat  came  up  the  river  and  the  battalion 
that  was  sent  to  Pulaski  on  the  12th  returned,  and  all  needing 
clothing  were  fitted  out.  The  weather  rainy  and  very  cold. 

October  22d.  Rebel  picket  and  our  boys  had  some  talk  across 
the  river. 

October  28th.    Captain  Blackburn  took  the  Regiment  down  to 
Patriot  for  forage;  29th,  marched  out  four  miles,  to  the  Nashville 


132  HISTORY    OF    THE 

pike  and  camped  ;  30th,  marched  all  day  and  camped  seven  miles 
east  of  Waynesboro  ;  31st.  again  marched  all  day  and  camped  at 
Lawrenceburg.     We  here  mustered  for  pay,  but  did  not  know 
when  the  Regiment  or  command  would   be  favored  by  the  pres- ' 
ence  of  the  Paymaster. 

November  1st.  Arrived  at  Pulaski  at  3  p.  M.,  camping  two  miles 
from  town  on  Duck  River ;  it  now  began  to  look  threatening,  as 
Hood's  army  was  reported  crossing  the  Tennessee  River  at  Flor- 
ence, Ala.,  and  the  Fourth  Army  Corps  ordered  here  to  Pulaski. 
The  Brigade  nearly  all  on  picket. 

November  5th.  The  cavalry  division  took  up  their  line  of 
march  toward  Florence,  camped  at  dark  at  Sugar  Creek,  cannon- 
ading on  the  Tennessee  River ;  November  6th,  marched  through 
Lexington  and  struck  the  enemy  at  Shoal  Creek ;  November  7th, 
skirmishing  at  the  Creek ;  November  8th,the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry 
had  an  election,  and  thus  had  an  opportunity  of  showing  that, 
though  they  were  soldiers,  they  were  still  citizens  of  the  republic 
of  the  United  States,  while  the  soldiers  from  the  great  State  of  Illi- 
nois were  disfranchised  because  we  were  soldiers.  The  weather 
continued  very  bad,  rainy  and  cold,  roads  almost  impassable,  and 
the  command  moved  out  on  the  9th  and  attacked  the  enemy.  After 
two  hours'  fighting,  retired  and  went  into  camp. 

November  10th.  A  part  of  the  Regiment  went  out  for  forage, 
of  which  there  was  an  abundance  in  this  section  ;  weather  clearing 
and  prospects  for  a  better  spell  of  weather,  which,  with  the 
little  or  no  covering  which  the  boys  had,  made  a  more  cheerful 
feeling  in  camp. 

SHOAL  CREEK. 

The  various  skirmishes  taking  place,  day  by  day,  in  the  vicinity 
of  Shoal  Creek  seemed  to  be  barren  of  any  substantial  results. 
General  Hatch  determined  on  a  general  attack  all  along*  our  line. 
The  Second  Brigade  was  to  attack  the  enemy  on  the  main  or  Old 
Jackson  military  road  leading  from  Nashville  to  Florence.  The 
whole  movement  and  attack  to  be  made  as  near  as  possible 
simultaneously,  at  a  certain  hour  in  the  morning. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  commanded  by  Captain  J.  W. 
Harper,  was  ordered  to  move  up  the  river  and  cross  at  Cowpen 
Mills,  and  then  move  around  and  to  the  rear  of  the  rebels,  and 


WESJ.ET  T.    FOSTER. 

Sergeant  Co.  K. 


JOHN    M.    FLETCHER. 

Co.  E. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  133 

strike  them  at  a  certain  time  after  the  hour  set  for  the  commence- 
ment of  the  battle.  At  the  appointed  time  the  cannons  began  to 
roar  and  the  carbines  to  rattle  all  along  our  line.  The  Ninth 
marched  as  ordered  up  the  river,  and,  crossing  at  Cowpen  Mills, 
moved  out  into  the  enemy's  camp  some  five  miles,  on  another 
road  leading  toward  Florence.  The  instructions  to  Captain 
Harper  were  that  when  he  found  the  enemy  he  was  to  charge 
them,  and  make  them  believe  that  the  whole  or  a  large  part  of  our 
command  was  there.  After  coming  thus  far  we  struck  another 
road  turning  to  the  left,  and  here  Captain  Harper  directed 
Captain  Mock  (the  next  ranking  officer)  to  take  six  companies 
and  move  on  straight  ahead,  and  gave  him  the  same  orders  he  had 
himself  received,  while  he  took  the  remaining  six  companies 
and  moved  to  the  left.  At  this  time  the  fighting  at  the  ford 
was  hard,  our  forces  making  ..vigorous  exertions  to  drive  the 
enemy  and  dislodge  them  so  as  to  move  forward,  but  without 
success.  Captain  Harper  proceeded  .to.  charge  large  bodies  of  the 
enemy  in  his  front,  and  such  was  his  dash  and  impetuosity 
that  the  rebs  gave  way  and  he  pressed  forward  some  distance. 
Finally  striking  the  main  command,  he  was  unable  to  go  farther, 
and,  being  in  great  danger  of  being  cut  off,  and  not  knowing  the 
fate  of  the  other  six  companies,  he  started  back.  In  the  mean- 
time, Captain  Mock  had  moved  forward,  met  the  enemy,  charged 
and  drove  them  back  into  their  camp,  and  could  go  no  farther  in 
that  direction.  Having  early  in  the  day  dismounted  two  com- 
panies, H,  under  Lieutenant  David  Hillier,  and  F,  under  Lieu- 
tenant Niemyer,  to  push  the  rebels  back  into  their  camps,  so 
far  did  these  two  companies,  under  the  lead  of  their  gallant  com- 
manders, go,  that  it  seemed  almost  an  impossibility  for  them  to 
draw  their  men  aAvay  in  safety.  The  swarming  Confederate 
troops  had  almost  surrounded  them.  Sergeant  Henry  Hardesty 
reported  the  rebels  to  be  moving  to  the  right,  with  the  evident 
intention  of  gaining  the  Federal  rear.  Finally  Captain  Mock  got 
his  six  companies  together,  and  moved  back  to  the  road,  thinking 
if  he  joined  again  with  Captain  Harper  the  outlook  would  be 
better.  After  marching  about  two  miles  with  a  persistent  and 
aggressive  pursuit,  and  a  hot  fire  from  the  rebs,  he  met  Captain 
Harper  coming  back;  he,  too,  having  all  he  could  do  and  a  little 


134  HISTORY    OF    THE 

more,  and  expecting  they  would  have  to  cut  their  way  out,  and 
the  whole  command  really  surrounded.  The  Confederate  com- 
manders did  not  know  what  to  make  of  their  bold  attacks,  and 
soon  became  impressed  with  the  idea  that  a  much  larger  force 
was  over  the  river  and  in  their  rear,  where  our  main  attack  had 
been  concentrated ;  so  that  when  the  two  divisions  of  the  Ninth 
were  again  united,  and  preparing  to  force  their  way  through, 
they  suddenly  found  the  way,  in  the  direction  of  the  ford, 
abandoned  by  the  enemy,  who  were  beating  a  hasty  retreat  from 
the  position  in  front  of  the  main  part  of  our  forces  at  the  ford, 
where  the  brigade  had  been  fighting  them  all  the  morning, 
and  had  been  unable  to  dislodge  them.  This  was  an  unexpected 
and  fortunate  movement  for  the  Ninth,  and  they  were  not  slow 
to  improve  it.  •  Then  while  the  Regiment  was  marching  to  the 
ford  and  across,  the  Confederates  saw  their  mistake.  They  really 
had  the  Ninth  completely  bagged  and  then  kindly  opened  the 
door  and  let  them  walk  away.  When  the  brigade  on  the  Federal 
side  of  the  river  saw  the  Ninth  coming  back  over  the  very  ground 
just  vacated  by  the  Confederate  troops,  they  thought  surely  they 
were  enemies,  and  formed  in  line  of  battle  to  receive  them,  not 
knowing  if  they  were  friends  or  foes. 

The  Regiment  had  been  within  a  few  miles  of  Florence  and 
did  steady  and  hard  fighting,  and  threw  the  whole  Confederate 
army  into  more  or  less  confusion  by  the  boldness  and  dash  of  their 
attacks,  and  finally  withdrew  in  safety  with  but  small  loss. 

From  the  llth  to  the  17th  of  November,  moving  in  the  vicinity 
of  Shoal  Creek,  and  having  no  regular  rations,  the  Regiment  was 
obliged  to  forage  on  the  country  almost  entirely;  on  this  day,  the 
17th,  drew  five  days'  rations;  on  the  18th,  crossed  Shoal  Creek 
again  and  moved  out  to  the  Butler  Creek  road ;  met  the  rebels 
and  skirmished  that  day,  returned  to  camp  at  Cowpen  Mills,  again 
raining  all  day. 

November  19th  the  brigade  again  crossed  the  river  and 
marched  to  Butler  Creek  road,  expecting  to  camp  there.  The 
battalion  commanded  by  Captain  Mock,  A,  B,  K  and  M,  was  or- 
dered to  the  Waynesboro  road,  and  ran  into  the  rebel  General 
Chalmers'  wagon  train,  capturing  eight  wagons,  one  ambulance 
and  about  fift}T  mules  and  horses,  from  which  the  riders  fled,  panic- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  135 

stricken,  when  our  cavalry  dashed  in  upon  them ;  while  this  was 
taking  place  the  Confederate  cavalry  had  forced  the  rest  of  the 
brigade  back  over  the  river,  and  this  battalion  was  cut  off.  The 
position  at  this  time  was  very  critical.  The  rebels  surrounded  the 
small  command  before  dark  and  charged  on  them  repeatedly. 
They  then  broke  for  the  woods,  and  becoming  somewhat  separated, 
wandered  around  all  night  trying  to  reach  some  ford  where  they 
could  cross  back  to  the  command.  They  were  now  in  the  rear 
and  \n\j\\vmidsl  of  the  Confederate  army.  It  now  being  very 
dark,  they  frequently  ran  into  some  of  the  rebel  camps,  and  they, 
supposing  the  intruders  were  rebs  like  themselves,  paid  them  no 
attention  and  finally  laid  down  to  rest.  Toward  morning  they 
found  a  ford  unguarded  by  the  rebels,  and,  crossing  over  about 
daylight,  joined  the  main  command  some  three  or  four  miles  back 
from  the  river,  with  a  loss  at  that  time  of  thirty-two  men  ;  the 
most  of  them,  however,  came  in  within  the  next  few  days. 

The  following  account  is  made  up  from  extracts  from  a  paper 
kindly  furnished  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  A.  R.  Mock,  who  was  at 
the  time  mentioned,  November  19,  1864,  Captain  of  Company  B, 
and  was  in  command  of  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
composed  of  Companies  A,  B,  K  and  M,  commanded  respectively 
by  Lieutenant  David  Hillier,  Company  A ;  Sergeant  Thomas  J. 
McNair,  Company  B ;  Lieutenant  A.  Clark,  Company  K ;  Lieu- 
tenant Benjamin  D.  Gallino,  Company  M  : 

On  the  morning  of  November  19,  1864,  in  order  to  ascertain 
the  strength  of  the  enemy  on  the  south  side  of  Shoal  Creek,  and 
north  of  the  Tennessee  River,  General  Hatch  ordered  the  Second 
Brigade  to  move  to  the  ford  at  Cowpen  Mills  and  cross  Shoal 
Creek,  and  go  into  camp  at  or  near  Bailey's  Springs,  on  Butler 
Creek.  Shoal  Creek  was  a  stream  fully  one  hundred  yards  wide, 
with  an  uneven,  rocky  bottom,  and  only  fordable  at  certain  places. 
The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Captain  Harper  commanding,  was  in 
the  advance,  and  Captain  Mock's  Battalion,  the  advance  guard  of 
the  Regiment.  Soon  after  crossing  the  river  \ve  struck  the  rebel 
pickets,  and  drove  them  back  as  we  moved  forward.  Two  and 
one-half  miles  from  the  river,  we  came  to  a  cross  road.  Here  our 
command  was  to  turn  to  the  right  and  march  to  Butler  Creek. 
On  reaching  this  cross  road,  Company  L,  Captain  J.  H.  Carpenter 


136  HISTORY   OF   THE 

commanding,  was  placed  on  the  cross  road  leading  to  the  right, 
as  a  picket,  and  to  protect  'that  flank  while  the  command  was 
passing.  Captain  Carpenter  then,  with  his  company,  moved  for- 
ward on  this  road  about  one  mile,  and,  hearing  the  sound  of 
moving  wagons  and  artillery  but  a  short  distance  over  the  hill, 
became  convinced  that  the  rebels  were  there  in  force,  and  marched 
•back  to  his  picket  post.  They  had  not  been  stationed  here  long, 
when  they  saw  a  solitary  horseman  approaching  on  the  road. 
The  timber  was  scattering.  He  seemed  to  be  quite  unconcerned, 
and  entirely  unaware  that  there  were  any  Yankees  over  the  river ; 
when  he  came  within  two  hundred  yards,  John  Shelton,  against 
the  order  of  Captain  Carpenter,  fired  at  him,  and  he  immediately 
went  back  and  over  the  hill ;  soon  the  rebels  began  to  appear  over 
the  crest  of  the  hill,  and  Captain  Carpenter  sent  a  courier,  Henry 
Shelton,  to  Captain  Harper,  informing  him  of  the  state  of  affairs, 
and  asking  for  orders.  Captain  Harper,  realizing  the  situation, 
ordered  Captain  Carpenter  to  fire  a  volley  if  attacked,  and  hold 
the  enemy  in  check  as  long  as  possible,  and  then  moved  to  his 
relief  with  the  balance  of  the  regiment  that  was  left  with  him. 
In  the  meantime  the  rebs  kept  coming  up  over  the  hill,  and 
moving  forward  toward  the  picket.  Captain  Carpenter  threw 
his  company  into  position  to  receive  them,  by  dismounting  his 
men  and  forming  them  in  a  half  circle  behind  the  trees,  and 
awaited  the  coming  charge  of  the  rebels,  with  instructions  to  his 
men  not  to  fire  till  he  gave  the  order.  The  rebs  charged  up, 
and  when  within  short  range  Company  L  opened  on  them  from 
their  seven-shooting  carbines,  and  kept  up  a  stream  of  firing ;  on 
dashed  the  rebels  into  and  through  the  little  band.  Many  horses 
were  shot  and  rebels  killed.  A  prisoner  captured  the  next  day 
reported  that  they  lost  sixteen  men  killed,  and  supposed  they  were 
fighting  a  brigade.  One  rebel's  horse  fell,  shot  through  the  neck, 
at  Captain  Carpenter's  feet,  and  his  two  revolvers  dropped  from 
his  saddle,  which  Carpenter  picked  up.  The  Johnnies  could  not 
stand  the  fire  and  retreated,  while  Company  L  did  not  lose  a 
man.  It  was  bravely  done.  How  in  the  world  this  one  company 
beat  off  at  least  two  hundred  rebels  was  a  matter  of  surprise. 
"When  Colonel  Coon  inquired  wno  was  on  this  picket,  and  was 
informed  that  it  was  Captain  Carpenter,  he  said,  "  It  was  all 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  137 

right,  and  he  felt  safe."  Pretty  soon  Captain  Harper  came  up, 
and  the  rebels  came  back  again,  this  time  in  larger  force,  and, 
after  a  sharp  fight,  our  whole  command  was  driven  over  the 
river.  At  this  time  Captain  Carpenter  was  rear  guard,  and  fought 
the  enemy  by  platoons.  The  Second  Iowa  had  already  crossed 
by  an  old  ford,  which  Colonel  Horton  had  discovered  the  day  be- 
fore, through  which  he  had  a  short  time  before  rushed  over  the 
wagon  trains  of  the  brigade,  and  they  then  covered  our  retreat 
across  the  river. 

Captain  Mock  was  directed  to  take  his  battalion  and  proceed 
four  miles  straight  on  to  the  Savannah  road  to  ascertain  the 
movements  of  the  enemy,  and  to  return  and  join  our  command 
at  Bailey  Springs.  When  Colonel  Coon  gave  his  directions  to 
Captain  Mock  as  to  what  he  wanted  done,  he  remarked,  "  That 
he  thought  it  doubtful  about  his  being  able  to  camp  with  the 
command  at  Butler  Creek,  and  that  when  he  (Mock)  returned^ 
he  must  be  careful  and  not  take  the  enemy  for  our  command,  for 
they  were  as  likely  to  be  camping  there  as  our  command  would 
be,  and  that  Captain  Mock  must  look  out  and  not  be  surprised." 
With  these  instructions,  Captain  Mock  and  his  battalion  moved 
out  on  a  road  running  through  heavy  timber.  On  reaching  the 
road  designated  by  his  instructions,  a  rebel  wagon  train  was 
observed  moving  along.  Under  cover  of  the  timber,  Captain 
Mock  approached  as  near  as  he  could  without  being  observed, 
and  then  charged  the  train  with  two  companies,  holding  two 
companies  in  supporting  distance.  The  rebel  escort  fled  on  our 
approach,  and  the  train  was  captured  with  a  part  of  the  drivers. 
This  capture  was  the  headquarters  train  of  the  rebel  General 
Chalmers  ;  but  the  enemy  being  near,  and  in  large  force,  it  was 
impossible  to  get  away  with  the  train.  It  was  too  wet  to  burn, 
and  as  there  was  not  time  to  destroy  —  the  rebels  were  then  in 
sight  —  the  train  was  plundered,  and  partially  destroyed.  The 
drivers,  mules,  and  as  much  plunder  as  they  could  carry  were 
taken  possession  of,  and  the  command  started  back  the  same 
way  they  came.  By  this  time  the  rebel  soldiers  were  upon  them, 
and  opened  fire.  The  road  being  through  heavy  timber,  and 
wide  enough  for  only  one  company  in  line  covering  the  whole 
road,  the  small  command  of  Captain  Mock  presented  as  strong 


138  HISTORY    OF   THE 

a  front  as  the  rebels,  and  held  them  in  check,  while  his  command 
moved  back  at  their  leisure.  Among  the  trophies  captured  were 
two  large  garrison  flags,  which  were  supposed  to  belong  to  head- 
quarters. The  command  moved  back  —  the  rear  company  skir- 
mishing with  the  enemy  all  the  time  —  until  we  neared  the  place 
where  we  left  the  command  at  the  cross  roads.  Here  the  advance 
guard  ran  into  the  rebels,  and  found  them  in  force,  and  dis- 
covered that  they  had  driven  our  main  command  away,  and 
were  occupying  that  place  themselves.  The  rebels  opened  fire 
on  our  advance,  and  thus  this  battalion  was  attacked  in  both 
front  and  rear.  It  was  also  discovered  that  the  rebels  were 
between  our  little  force  and  the  main  command,  which  meant 
very  evidently  that  the  battalion  was  cut  off,  and  must  get  out 
of  a  bad  scrape  the  best  way  they  could.  When  Captain  Mock 
captured  the  train,  and  saw  the  rebels  coming,  he  sent  back  a 
courier  to  Colonel  Coon  to  inform  him  what  had  been  done ; 
but  the  courier  never  reached  Colonel  Coon,  as  he  ran  into  some 
rebels,  and  was  captured. 

The  command  then  left  the  road,  and,  turning  into  the 
woods,  had  only  to  meet  the  enemy  and  defend  from  one  di- 
rection, and  soon  left  them  in  the  rear.  Moving  through  the 
woods  some  distance,  a  heavy  rebel  column  was  seen  moving  on 
another  road.  The  command  still  in  the  woods  under  cover  was 
halted ;  and,  after  the  rear  of  the  column  had  passed,  four  men 
were  sent  forward  to  reconnoiter.  When  these  four  soldiers  reached 
the  road,  two  rebel  soldiers  came  riding  along,  and  were  taken 
prisoners,  and  brought  back  in  the  woods  to  Captain  Mock.  They 
proved  to  be  the  bearers  of  important  dispatches  from  the  rebel 
General  Forrest,  giving  the  details  of  their  intended  movement 
on  Nashville,  and  which  dispatches  also  gave  the  information 
that  the  rebels  were  making  a  general  advance  that  day,  and 
would  move  up  to  and  camp  at  Shoal  Creek  that  night.  This 
was  not  pleasing  intelligence,  as  it  was  then  known  that  they 
would  have  pickets  at  every  ford  that  would  prevent  the  com- 
mand from  crossing  back  to  the  main  body,  which  it  was  now 
known  must  have  been  driven  back  across  the  Shoal  Creek. 
Consequently  this  battalion  was  left  alone  on  the  enemy's  side 
of  the  stream,  which  could  only  be  forded  at  certain  places,  and 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  139 

could  easily  be  picketed.  At  this  time.  Captain  Mock  had  a 
realizing  sense  that  his  troopers  were  cut  off  from  our  own 
command,  and  that  there  was  no  hope  of  succor  from  our  forces, 
who  had  undoubtedly  been  driven  over  the  river.  He  also 
realized  more  fully  the  caution  Colonel  Coon  had  given  him 
in  the  morning.  To  avoid  the  enemy,  he  was  obliged  to  keep 
off  and  away  from  the  main  roads,  and  follow  out-of-the-way 
or  blind  roads,  through  the  woods,  making  his  way  up  stream. 
He  had  not  gone  far  before  he  again  came  in  sight  of  another 
rebel  column  moving  on  another  road  leading  toward  the  river ; 
again  halted  the  command  in  the  woods  until  the  rear  of  the 
rebel  column  had  passed,  then  sent  t\vo  men  forward  to  the 
road  to  see  if  any  more  rebels  were  coming ;  if  not,  they  were  to 
beckon  him  to  come  on.  The  command  was  instructed  to  close 
up,  and  that  when  we  moved  we  should  go  rapidly,  and  for  them 
to  keep  closed  up.  Lieutenant  Hillier,  with  his  Company  A,  was 
the  rear  guard ;  and,  while  we  were  halted,  Lieutenant  Hillier, 
with  ten  men  of  his  company,  were  faced  to  the  rear,  and  when 
ready  to  cross  the  road,  Captain  Mock  sent  his  orderly  (Orville 
Broad)  back  to  tell  the  companies  to  move  forward  rapidly. 
Lieutenant  Hillier  mistook  the  order,  and,  being  faced  to  the 
rear,  instead  of  following  us  and  moving  forward,  moved  to 
the  rear,  and  was  cut  off  with  his  ten  men.  After  marching  and 
wandering  through  the  woods  the  rest  of  the  day  and  night,  suc- 
cessfully avoiding  the  enemy,  he  found  a  crossing,  and  returned  to 
the  command  about  daylight. 

The  two  men,  on  reaching  the  road,  not  seeing  any  of  the 
enemy,  signaled  for  us  to  come  on ;  but  a  few  rods  back  there  was 
a  bend  in  the  road  and  they  could  not  see  very  far,  and  as  the 
rear  of  our  column  was  crossing  the  road,  the  head  of  the  rebel 
column  was  upon  us  and  came  in  contact  with  our  rear,  and  our 
boys,  thinking  them  a  part  of  our  command,  rode  right  into  them. 
A  few  were  captured  and  some  of  the  others,  getting  away  from 
the  rebels,  were  cut  off  from  the  command,  and,  abandoning  their 
horses,  concealing  themselves  during  the  day,  and  traveling  by 
night,  succeeded  in  joining  our  camp,  some  of  them  after  ten  days' 
hiding.  After  crossing  this  road  and  going  some  distance  over  a 
hilly,  rocky  country  hunting  for  a  road,  we  came  in  sight  of  a  log 


140  HISTORY   OF   THE 

cabin.  Here  were  found  a  woman  and  a  boy  about  fourteen  years 
old,  and  on  inquiring  the  direction  to  Bailey  Springs,  she  gave  it 
to  be  seven  miles  distant  with  no  direct  road,  only  a  path  through 
the  wood,  and  many  paths  leading  in  all  directions.  Inquiring 
of  the  boy  if  he  knew  the  way  there,  he  said,  "he  did."  It  was 
now  near  dark,  and  Captain  Mock  feared  they  could  not  find  the 
way,  so  he  asked  the  boy  to  go  with  them. 

The  mother  asked  if  we  were  Yankees  and  was  answered 
"  no."  The  boy  was  anxious  to  go  with  us,  and  Captain  Mock 
ordered  one  of  the  boys  to  bring  up  a  mule  for  him  to  ride.  Then 
his  mother  began  to  cry,  and  was  informed  "she  had  nothing  to 
fear,  that  the  boy  would  come  back  all  right."  She  then  said  "  I 
believe  you  un's  are  Yankees."  Captain  Mock  asked  her  why 
she  thought  so.  She  said,  "You  un's  don't  talk  like  we  un's  and 
your  hair  is  shorter  than  our  boys."  Mock  assured  her  that  they 
belonged  to  Forrest's  cavalry  and  that  it  would  not  be  safe  for 
any  Yankees  to  be  on  that  side  of  the  river.  At  this  very  mo- 
ment a  rebel  column  was  marching  by  only  a  short  distance  away. 
Again  starting  out,  it  was  not  long  before  the  command  came  to 
a  road  across  our  pathway  full  of  rebels ;  with  the  boy  now  with 
them,  they  passed  to  the  left  and  crossed  the  road.  This  threw 
the  party  off  the  direction  and  they  then  struck  out  for  the  river. 
By  this  time  it  was  dark,  and  they  within  one  mile  of  the  river. 
The  command  came  to  the  rebel  camps.  The  night  was  very 
dark;  they  passed  not  more  than  one  hundred  yards  from1  where 
the  rebel  soldiers  were  sitting  around  their  fires  and  in  their 
camps.  Going  down  a  steep  hill  or  embankment,  Lieutenant  Clark's 
horse  stumbled  and  the  horse  and  rider  rolled  down  the  hill,  and 
another  time  a  horse  got  astride  a  log,  and  it  took  considerable  time 
to  extricate  him  from  his  difficulty.  After  passing  their  camps, 
they  came  to  the  rebel  chain  guard.  Here  they  passed  between 
two  videttes  not  more  than  seventy-five  yards  away,  and  right 
between  those  two  rebel  videttes  there  was  an  eight-rail  fence,  and 
some  of  the  boys  (Yolney  S.  Wilkinson,  of  Company  K,  was  one) 
dismounted  and  quietly  laid  down  the  fence,  and  our  boys  passed 
through  without  attracting  the  attention  of  the  videttes.  After 
crossing  the  fence  they  struck  the  river  bottom,  and  about  a  quar- 
ter of  a  mile  back  from  the  river  came  in  sight  of  the  fire  of  the 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  141 

reserve  of  the  rebel  picket  at  the  river,  moved  by  their  flank  and 
came  to  the  river  abont  9  o'clock  p.  M.  Here  a  few  men  were 
dismounted  and  quietly  moved  up  the  stream,  and  soon  came  near 
enough  to  hear  the  rebel  pickets  talking,  and  feeling  that  the  Con- 
federate troops  were  apprised  of  a  body  of  Federal  troops  being 
on  that  side  of  the  river  and  would  be  on  the  lookout  for  us,  it 
was  necessary  to  be  very  careful.  All  then  staited  down  the 
stream,  and  Volney  S.  Wilkinson  undertook  to  swim  his  horse 
across,  but  when  he  reached  the  opposite  bank,  he  found  it  so 
steep,  and  it  was  so  dark,  that  he  could  not  get  out,  and,  being 
obliged  to  swim  back,  came  near  losing  his  life.  They  then 
marched  down  the  river  still  farther,  and  came  to  a  plantation, 
and  the  rebels  were  in  camp  the  other  side  of  the  house.  A  few 
men  were  here  dismounted,  and,  going  quietly  to  some  negro 
quarters,  succeeded  in  finding  a  darky.  It  took  some  time  to 
convince  the  darky  and  his  wife  that  they  were  Yankees.  This 
negro  expressed  much  surprise  at  seeing  us  here,  and  said  "  that 
Marsa's  house  was  full  of  rebel  officers,"  and  that  there  was  no 
other  ford  where  we  could  cross  except  above  where  the  rebel 
pickets  were,  and  down  at  Cowpen  Mills.  The  darky  was  brought 
out  and  finally  said  that  "  he  thought  he  knew  a  ford  where  there 
was  no  ford,"  a  private  out-of-the-way  ford  where  we  could  cross, 
but  on  arriving  at  the  place  it  was  found  that  the  river  was  so 
swollen  and  high  that  the  command  could  not  cross.  It  was  then 
determined  to  go  back  up  the  river,  rest  until  near  daylight  and 
then  force  or  capture  the  guard  and  cross  if  possible,  as  this  seemed 
to  be  our  only  hope  of  getting  back  to  our  friends.  At  about  4 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  the  command  again  mounted,  and  started 
for  the  ford,  a  short  distance  from  our  resting-place ;  moving 
along  quietly,  and  expecting  every  moment  a  volley  from  the 
rebel  pickets.  Captain  Mock  instructed  the  advance  guard  that  if 
the  enemy  fired  upon  them  or  discovered  their  presence,  they  should 
charge  them  and  drive  them  away  from  theford,and  hold  them  back 
until  we  crossed.  To  the  utter  surprise  and  pleasure  of  this  tired 
and  valiant  little  command,  they  moved  to  the  ford  and  crossed 
without  seeing  or  hearing  a  rebel.  This  was  the  same  place 
where  our  brigade  had  been  driven  back  in  the  afternoon  before, 
and  the  same  place  where  they  heard  the  pickets  talking  in  the 


142  HISTOKY    OF    THE 

early  part  of  the  evening,  and  near  where  Adjutant  W.  A.  Power 
had  been  concealed,  and  swam  across  the  river,  he  also  hav- 
ing been  within  hearing  of  the  rebel  pickets.  Fortunately  for 
our  boys,  the  rebel  pickets  were  stationed  on  a  bluff  a  short  dis- 
tance back  from  the  river.  From  this  place  the  boy  and  the 
darky  were  mounted  on  a  mule  and  sent  back,  though  they  both 
wanted  "  to  go  with  the  Yankees."  Although  across  Shoal  Creek, 
it  was  by  no  means  certain  the  command  was  at  all  safe  yet. 
Captain  Mock  moved  cautiously  about  half  a  mile,  and,  coming  to 
a  house,  called  a  man  out  and  inquired  of  him  "  what  troops  had 
crossed  there."  He,  not  knowing  whether  our  party  were  rebels 
or  Yankees,  was  slow  in  answering,  and  Captain  Mock,  becoming 
impatient,  demanded  of  him  "  what  command  had  crossed  and 
where  they  were."  Just  then  the  door  opened  and  a  voice  said, 
"Captain  Mock,  is  that  you?"  It  was  Adjutant  Power,  and  that 
explained  why  the  man  avoided  our  questions.  Adjutant  Power 
was  there  drying  his  clothes ;  he  was  glad  to  meet  us,  and  we  for 
the  first  time  after  very  many  hours  felt  that  we  were  safe  within 
our  own  lines.  A  mule  was  furnished  Lieutenant  Power,  and  the 
command  started  for  the  camps  of  the  brigade,  five  miles  distant. 
It  was  at  this  time  coming  daylight.  Lieutenant  Hillier  had  in 
the  meantime  reached  camp,  and  the  regiment  and  brigade  were 
feeling  very  much  disturbed  over  the  loss  of  four  companies.  The 
rest  is  best  told  in  the  language  of  Captain  Mock. 

We  approached  the  pickets  of  the  brigade  (Company  C,  of 
the  Ninth),  and  when  they  saw  it  was  us,  what  a  shout  of  wel- 
come they  gave  us.  Their  shout  was  heard  by  the  command. 
An  orderly  was  sent  out  by  Colonel  Coon  to  ascertain  the  cause ; 
when  we  met  him  he  wheeled  about,  went  back  and  informed 
them  of  our  arrival.  Oh!  such  a  shout  of  welcome  from  the  whole 
brigade.  /  never  felt  better  in  all  my  life  than  I  did  then.  I 
reported  to  Colonel  Coon  and  showed  my  dispatches.  He  handed 
back  the  dispatches  and  ordered  me  to  report  at  once  to  General 
Hatch,  about  one  mile  distant.  On  reporting  to  and  handing 
General  Hatch  the  dispatches,  when  he  read  them  he  said  "  it 
furnished  him  the  very  information  he  was  sent  there  to  find  out." 
He  ordered  his  bugler  to  sound  "  To  horse,"  and  the  whole  com- 
mand started  back  lively,  on  the  gallop  part-of  the  time,  to  Lex- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  143 

ngton,  arriving  there  just  in  time  to  prevent  being  cut  off,  or  per- 
mitting a  rebel  force  from  gaining  our  rear. 

At  several  times  during  the  day,  the  command  of  Captain  Mock 
was  in  plain  sight  of  the  enemy,  who  evidently  thought  they 
were  their  own  men,  as  it  was  a  rainy,  dark  day,  and  our  men  had 
on  rubber  coats  or  blankets,  so  their  blue  coats  did  not  show,  and 
they  did  not  expect  any  Yankees  on  that  side  of  the  river ;  had  it 
been  a  clear  day,  it  would  have  been  almost  an  impossibility  to 
have  escaped  capture. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 

LAWRENCEBURG — CAPTAIN  McMANNis'  BRAVE  FIGHT — CAMPBELLS- 
VILLE  —  CAPTAIN  HARPER  AGAIN  IN  COMMAND  —  FIVE  SER 
GEANTS  KILLED  AND  MANY  OTHERS  KILLED  AND  WOUNDED  — 
COLUMBIA  — THE  FIGHT  AT  FRANKLIN  — FORREST  DRIVEN  BACK 
OVER  THE  RIVER — EXTRACT  FROM  HOOD'S  BOOK  —  THE  CAV- 
ALRY AT  NASHVILLE  —  IN  CAMP  AT  EDGEFIELD. 

1VTOVEMBER  22d.  On  the  military  road  in  the  fore  part  of 
I  \l  the  day,  the  Cavalry  was  camped  north  of  Lawrenceburg, 
and  the  Confederates  in  large  force  drove  our  Cavalry  out  of  town, 
and  the  command  fell  back  on  the  Pulaskiroad.  A  strong  picket 
had  been  posted  on  the  south  side  of  town,  north  of  the  creek. 
This  picket  was  composed  of  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry  and  four  companies  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  under 
Captain  Bundy.  The  whole  was  under  the  command  of  Captain 
McMannis  of  the  Ninth.  They  had  not  been  here  long  when  they 
were  attacked  furiously  by  the  enemy,  and  the  fight  was  stubborn. 
The  rebs,  though  in  superior  force,  could  not  make  any  headway, 
and  were  obliged  to  bring  up  their  infantry  and  artillery,  and 
after  six  hours,  severe  fighting,  in  which  the  enemy  used  their 
artillery  freely.  Captain  McMannis  gave  the  order  to  fall  back  to 
the  main  command  north  of  the  town.  This  was  about  4  o'clock 
p.  M.  Here  the  whole  command  came  into  action  as  the  enemy 
advanced  in  large  force,  and  the  artillery  was  brought  into  play 
on  both  sides.  The  battle  raged  with  considerable  violence,  the 
rebels  pressing  sharply  upon  our  lines.  The  fight  lasted  until 
dark,  and  at  the  last  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry  gallantly  defended 
the  rear,  hard  pressed  by  the  enemy,  when  we  fell  back  about 
four  miles  and  went  into  camp  on  the  Pulaski  road. 

At  this  place,  though  the  fight  had  lasted  nearly  all  day,  our 
loss  was  not  large,  as  our  boys  managed  to  protect  themselves 
from  the  enemy  by  the  unevenness  of  the  ground  and  the  wash- 
outs, as  they  would  seek  places  of  shelter  when  they  observed  the 

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enemy  about  to  fire  his  artillery.  In  this  affair  the  battalion 
under  the  command  of  Captain  McMannis.  with  the  five  compa- 
nies of  the  Second  Iowa,  had  a  long-continued  contest  with  the 
enemy,  who  had  brought  up  their  infantry  and  artillery  against 
them  and  were  engaged  from  10  A.  M.  till  dark,  having  joined  the 
main  command  in  the  afternoon.  The  Ninth,  with  the  Second 
Iowa  and  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry,  this  day  bore  the  brunt  of  the 
battle  right  gallantly. 

The  23d  of  November,  drew  rations  (three  days')  and  marched 
out  on  the  Columbia  road  and  camped.  November  24th,  moved 
out  early  and  passed  through  Hamilton,  and  halted  for  breakfast 
at  Campbells vi lie,  Tenn.  Here  the  rebels  came  upon  us, 'open ing 
fire  upon  our  pickets;  we  started  to  the  north,  but  the  enemy  had 
marched  a  part  of  their  command  around  and  ahead  of  us.  At 
this  time  Captain  Blackburn  had  again  been  relieved  from  the 
command  of  the  Regiment,  and  Captain  Harper  was  again  in  com- 
mand. The  rebels  having  intercepted  our  advanced  brigade,  the 
First,  commanded  by  Colonel  Wells,  Ave  turned  our  course  and 
moved  east  or  northeast  on  a  road  running  to  Lynnville  on  the 
pike.  This  road  ran  through  a  deep  and  narrow  path  with  high, 
steep  and  impassable  hills  on  each  side.  This  narrow  pass  led  into 
a  valley  about  two  hundred  yards  wide.  As  the  command  was  then 
placed,  the  Ninth  was  in  the  rear  of  our  brigade,  and  the  First 
Brigade  was  in  our  rear,  and  this  move  was  their  only  chance  of 
escape  from  capture. 

The  rebels  were  advancing  up  this  valley  when  the  Ninth 
came  into  the  valley  from  the  path.  They  halted  and  formed  in 
line  ready  for  action.  Four  companies  of  our  Regiment  under  Cap- 
tain McMannis  were  thrown  in  line  and  mounted  to  the  left  of  the 
valley  over  the  high  ridge  to  protect  our  left  and  flank,  on  that  side. 
The  other  eight  companies  were  dismounted,  and  under  the  im- 
mediate command  of  Captain  Mock  were  thrown  in  line  across 
the  valley.  These  eight  companies  drove  the  rebels  back  about 
two  hundred  yards  beyond  the  farmhouse,  and  several  small  out- 
houses, and  an  orchard,  took  position,  and  formed  their  lines  behind 
these  buildings  and  the  orchard  fence,  and,  with  a  firm  determi- 
nation to  fight  it  out  on  that  line  as  long"  as  possible,  his  instruc- 
tions being  to  "hold  at  all  hazards."  It  was  less  than  one  hun- 
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146  HISTORY    OF    THE 

dred  yards  across  this  orchard,  and  the  rebels  soon  rallied,  and 
with  augmented  numbers  again  advanced,  and  when  within  easy 
range  our  boys  opened  a  heavy  fire  upon  them  ;  but  on  they  came 
in  good  order  with  the  evident  intention  of  charging  across  the 
orchard,  but  when  they  got  to  the  fence  our  fire  made  it  so  hot  for 
them  that  they  dared  not  attempt  to  move  across  the  open  field, 
and  laid  down  behind  the  fence.  Soon  another  rebel  line  was 
seen  advancing  to  the  fence,  and  then  both  lines  attempted  to 
climb  the  fence,  and  advance  on  our  boys ;  but  again  they  found 
it  too  hot  for  them,  and  they,  too,  laid  under  cover  of  the  fence. 
The  firing  was  constant  on  both  sides,  and  each  attempted  to 
strengthen  their  position  by  taking  off  the  top  rails  and  stopping 
up  the  cracks.  Twice  Captain  Mock  sent  word  back  to  Captain 
Harper,  that  it  would  be  impossible  for  him  to  hold  his  position 
much  longer,  and  soon  seeing  a  third  line  forming  to  advance  upon 
his  little  band,  he  again,  for  the  third  time,  sent  word  to  Captain 
Harper  that  the  rebels  were  again  advancing,  and  it  would  be  im- 
possible for  him  to  hold  his  position  any  longer,  as  the  rebels  were 
in  very  heavy  force,  and  his  ammunition  was  giving  out;  but 
each  time  was  informed  by  Captain  Harper  that  it  was  General 
Hatch's  orders  that  it  must  be  held  at  all  hazards.  Our  boys  had 
all  confidence  in  General  Hatch,  and  knew  that  when  such  orders 
were  given  there  were  some  very  urgent  reasons  for  them,  and 
that,  for  some  reason  to  them  unknown,  it  must  be  a  necessity. 
Captain  Mock  told  his  men  "  to  take  good  aim,  shoot  low,  and 
make  every  shot  count."  When  the  third  line  reached  the  fence 
the  others  rose  up,  and  all  advanced.  It  was  indeed  a  formidable 
force  for  our  little  band  of  eight  companies  to  withstand,  but  the 
orders  were  imperative"  to  hold  at  all  hazards."  But  on  the  rebels, 
came  almost  in  solid  line,  on,  on,  they  swept  across  the  field, 
our  fire  was  weakening,  for  not  much  ammunition  was  left,  }ret 
this  brave,  this  heroic  little  band,  under  the  eye  of  the  gallant 
Captain  Mock,  did  not  flinch.  They  held  their  position  against 
that  overwhelming  force  advancing  and  ready  to  pounce  upon 
them  ;  they  did  not  for  an  instant  falter,  but  right  well  and  gal 
lantly  did  they  hold  their  line  at  the  fence  until  that  fence  alone 
separated  them  from  the  enemy,  and  our  brave  boys  and  their  op- 
ponents were  fighting  in  a  hand-to-hand  conflict  with  their  guns 


JOHN  T,  SHDWALTER, 

Lieutenant  Company  B. 
(Now  Major  of  2qd  Kansas,  N.  G.) 


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clubbed.  A  few  straggling  shots  were  now  all  our  boys  had  to 
give  the  enemy,  and  it  was  either  fall  back  or  surrender.  Captain 
Mock  then,  to  save  his  command  from  certain  destruction,  gave 
the  order,  "  Fall  back."  This,  too,  was  a  terrible  ordeal,  for  the 
rear  was  an  open  meadow  without  any  cover  or  support  for  a 
half  mile,  and  while  falling  back  they  were  exposed  to  the  unob- 
structed fire  of  the  enemy.  Had  these  eight  companies  been 
supplied  with  plenty  of  ammunition,  it  seemed  they  had  pluck 
enough  to  have  made  it  too  hot  for  any  number  of  the  enemy 
to  have  attempted  to  have  crossed  that  orchard.  Some  of  the 
Ninth  boys  had  gone  into  the  outhouses  to  be  under  cover,  and 
fired  from  the  windows  and  cracks ;  but  when  the  line  at  the 
fence  suddenly  gfcve  way  and  fell  back,  many  of  those  in  the 
buildings  were  unable  to  get  out,  and  some  were  killed  while 
others  were  captured.  During  the  early  part  of  the  fight,  while 
our  forces  were  driving  the  rebels  back,  two  women  and  two 
or  three  children  were  in  the  large  house  which  was  between  the 
two  fires,  and  during  the  hptte.st  of  the  firing  these  women  and 
children  ran  out  of  the  house  between  our  lines  for  the  hill.  Both 
sides,  by  one  impulse,  ceased  firing  until  these  women  and  chil- 
dren had  passed  out  from  between  the  two  lines.  When  this 
command  started  to  fall  back,  as  Captain  Mock  was  passing  one 
of  the  outhouses,  a  flanking  party  of  rebs,  who  had  come  up  on 
the  other  side  of  this  building,  saw  him,  and  one  of  the  soldiers 
said,  "  There  goes  an  officer  ;  shoot  the  damn  Yankee,"  and  two 
or  three  pulled  up  their  guns  and  fired  ;  but  the  Captain  heard 
them  in  time,  and  suddenly  changed  his  course,  and,  jumping  to 
one  side,  narrowly  escaped.  It  was  a  close  call. 

While  these  eight  companies  were  having  such  hot  work, 
the  battalion,  under  the  gallant  Captain  McMannis,  were  having 
their  hands  full  on  the  ridge  at  the  left,  he  having  dismounted 
his  four  companies,  and,  throwing  them  forward,  was  holding 
a  much  larger  body  of  the  enemy  back,  and  the  firing  was  steady 
and  hot.  Finally,  they  fell  back  to  where  their  horses  were  in 
the  rear,  the  rebels  in  strong  force  almost  upon  them ;  but  just 
as  steady  as  a  regiment  on  dress  parade  was  this  little  band ; 
the  horses  were  in  line;  and,  at  the  word  of  command,  each 
trooper  vaulted  into  the  saddle,  and  the  command,  "  Left  wheel," 


148  HISTORY    OF    THE 

was  given,  and  with  a  parting  shot  they  fell  back  to  their  sup- 
port. 

It  was  here  that  Lieutenant  Carpenter,  the  gallant  officer 
commanding  Company  L,  received  a  shot  in  the  thigh.  He  at 
first  thought  it  was  a  gun  swinging  from  a  comrade's  saddle  that 
had  struck  him ;  but  on  examination  found  that  a  bullet  was  im- 
bedded in  the  flesh.  It  was  not  so  deep  but  that  he  picked  it  out 
and  found  the  wound  was  not  of  a  serious  character. 

By  this  time  the  brigade  in  our  rear  had  passed  by  to  a  place 
of  safety ;  the  gallant  and  firm  stand  and  hard  fighting  of  the 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  had  saved  them  from  capture.  When 
we  fell  back,  the  gallant  Second  Iowa  Cavalry,  under  the  brave 
Major  Horton,  were  in  line,  and  ready  to  tak^  our  place  in  the 
rear,  and  for  some  time  stubbornly  held  the  large  body  of  rebels 
back.  The  Second  Iowa,  less  than  five  hundred  men,  were  here 
dismounted,  seeking  such  cover  as  was  possible,  and  with  their 
seven -shooting  carbines  met  the  charging  rebels  Avith  such  a 
storm  of  lead  that  they  were  at  the  first  checked  in  their  ad- 
vance ;  but,  as  heavy  reinforcements  came  up,  the  Second  Iowa 
were  obliged  to  give  way,  and  the  order  to  retire  was  given.  At 
this  place  Major  Moore  was  in  command  of  the  right  line,  and 
found  the  enemy  in  his  rear,  and  that  he  was  cut  off  from  his 
men  and  horses.  It  being  impossible  for  him  to  escape  by  the 
road,  he  fell  back  to  the  right  and  rear,  and  after  a  running 
fight  of  nearly  four  miles  reached  our  command  in  safety.  In 
this  fight  at  Campbellville,  our  losses  in  killed  were:  Thomas 
Matsel,  Sergeant  of  Company  C ;  Marcellis  Covill,  Sergeant  of 
Company  F;  Robert  Henderson,  Sergeant  of  Company  G;  Will- 
iam J.  Teas,  Sergeant  of  Company  I ;  Stephen  Meloy,  Eobert 
Peters,  Horatio  B.  Hessey,  all  of  Company  I,  and  a  number 
of  others  whose  names  I  cannot  obtain,  besides  twenty -seven 
wounded  and  prisoners. 

In  this  engagement,  the  Ninth  Regiment  Illinois  Cavalry  was 
commanded  by  Captain  J.  W.  Harper,  and  in  the  hard  fighting 
the  Ninth  was  called  upon  to  perform  he  was  prompt  and  cool 
in  handling  his  command ;  while  the  battalion  commanders. 
Captains  Mock  and  McMannis,  gallantly  and  bravely  held 
their  commands  steadily  in  the  hottest  places  in  which  they 


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were  ever  placed,  and  while  the  brave  and  gallant  officers  and 
men  were  fighting  the  enemy,  the  conduct  of  all  was  worthy 
of  the  highest  praise. 

BY  D.   L.    TALCOTT. 

Undoubtedly,  one  of  the  hottest  hand-to-hand  conflicts  ever  experienced  by 
members  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  on  the  24th  of  November,  1864,  at  or 
near  Canrpbellsville,  Tenn.,  where  a  whole  brigade  of  the  enemy  made  a  rush  for 
them  as  they  were  dismounting  and  preparing  to  hold  a  gap  or  narrow  gorge  in 
the  road.  In  this  action  the  Ninth  lost  some  thirty  men  in  about  twenty  minutes, 
Company  I  losing  twelve  or  fifteen.  Franklin  C.  Hayes,  John  Tipping,  Alfred 
McDode,  Miles  H.  Strong  and  D.  L.  Talcott  were  taken  prisoners,  unwounded. 
Strong  was  shot  in  the  hip  after  having  surrendered.  The  Johnny  Reb  that  shot 
him  turned  to  shoot  Talcott,  when  his  revolver  was  knocked  from  his  hand  by  a 
rebel  lieutenant,  who  cursed  him  soundly  for  shooting  men  who  had  surrendered 
and  were  unarmed.  Among  those  of  Company  I  who  fell  in  this  action  was  the 
big  sergeant,  William  Teas,  shot  through  the  breast.  To  his  captured  comrades 
he  said,  when  dying  :  "  If  ever  you  meet  our  boys  again,  tell  them  where  I  was 
shot,  how  I  died,  and  tell  them  good-bye  for  me."  He  faced  death  calmly  and 
bravely;  with  a  grasp  of  the  hand  he  bid  them  a  last  farewell.  Then  there  was 
the  brave  and  gritty  little  Scotchman,  Robert  Peter  (whose  term  of  service  had 
expired  some  days  before),  who  soon  expected  to  go  home  to  care  for  his  aged  and 
feeble  parents,  who  had  all  these  three  long  years  of  his  service  needed  him,  the 
filial  love  he  bore  for  them  being  the  only  reason  he  did  not  veteranize.  Horatio 
B.  Hersey,  the  quiet  and  trusty,  and  Stephen  Maloy,  the  little  giant,  were  killed 
instantly.  Michael  Farle  had  a  knee  shattered,  and  Tom  Anderson  lost  an  eye 
(the  right,  I  think).  The  wounded  prisoners  were  left  by  the  enemy,  and  I  believe 
were  afterward  brought  inside  of  the  Union  lines.  McDrde  was  taken  sick  and 
died  while  en  route  to  a  Southern  prison.  Talcott,  Hayes  and  Tipping  were  sent 
to  Andersonville  prison,  Georgia,  and  I  believe  all  survived. 

November  25th.  The  Regiment  crossed  Duck  River  at  Colum- 
bia, and  camped  two  miles  from  town,  skirmishing  along  the 
lines  in  the  afternoon.  An  inspection  at  this  time  showed  that 
a  large  part  of  the  horses  of  the  command  had  the  greaseheel, 
caused  by  the  almost  constant  rains  and  so  often  fording  the 
streams,  and  the  gravel  and  lime  water  they  had  been  marching 
in  so  long,  so  that  really  we  had  a  very  incomplete  mount  for 
the  Ninth. 

General  Hatch,  in  view  of  the  hard  service  his  command  had 
endured,  and  the  valiant  exploits  performed,  and  more  par- 
ticularly in  consideration  of  the  condition  of  the  horses,  was 
given  the  opportunity  to  proceed  to  Nashville  for  rest  and  a 
remount ;  but  the  General,  not  being  inclined  to  retire  as  long  as 


150  HraTOKY   OF   THE 

there  was  an  enemy  close  by,  asked  for  and  obtained  permission 
to  move  his  division  into  the  country,  and  press  horses  from  the 
citizens.  The  division  marched  northeast  eight  miles,  and  small 
squads  were  sent  out  in  every  direction  for  horses,  and  with  so 
much  success  that  in  a  few  days  the  Ninth  were  again  nearly  all 
mounted  on  good  horses. 

On  the  28th,  the  command  moved  to  the  Shelbyvilje  pike, 
and  lay  in  line  of  battle  all  night.  On  the  29th,  marched  to 
Mount  Carmel,  and  relieved  General  Croxton  in  the  rear,  as  he 
was  hard  pressed  by  the  enemy.  The  Second  Brigade,  Colonel 
Coon  commanding,  held  the  fortifications  here  for  an  hour  or 
more,  then  was  ordered  to  retire,  the  enemy  following  until  they 
found  they  could  not  make  any  impression  upon  our  boys,  armed 
as  we  were  with  repeating  carbines,  and  so  readily  thrown  into 
line  of  battle ;  we  marched  to  Franklin  Avith  no  further  pursuit, 
and  camped  there  the  same  day. 

The  cavalry  command  had  in  all  these  days  been  in  our  rear 
and  in  front  of  Hood's  army,  holding  the  enemy  in  check  in 
order  that  our  large  trains  could  reach  the  roads  to  Nashville ; 
and,  as  these  roads  were  in  a  terrible  condition,  owing  to  the 
heavy  rains  of  the  past  week,  it  was  no  light  task  to  move  the 
heavily  loaded  wagons,  as  they  could  move  on  the  pike  roads  only. 

The  whole  army  had  now  left  the  vicinity  of  Duck  River,  and 
had  of  course  evacuated  Columbia.  The  cavalry  command,  of  which 
the  Ninth  formed  a  part,  moved  camp  November  30th,  three 
miles  east  of  the  town  of  Franklin,  and  drew  three  days'  rations. 

FRANKLIN. 

A  little  past  3  o'clock  p.  M.,  the  rebels  began  the  attack  on  our 
line  by  repeated  charges  of  the  fiercest  and  most  determined  char- 
acter, and  while  the  infantry  were  engaged  in  what  has  justly, 
and  truly  been  termed  "the  bloodiest  battle  of  the  war,"  consid- 
ering the  length  of  its  duration  and  the  numbers  engaged.  Gen- 
eral Forrest  with  his  cavalry  had  crossed  the  river  east  of  town,  and 
made  determined  and  repeated  attacks  on  our  cavalry,  which  was 
on  that  side,  ever  on  the  watch  for  their  enemy.  General  Hatch, 
with  all  the  available  force  of  the  Fifth  Division,  assisted  by  Gen- 
eral Croxton,  was  ready  for  him,  and  hurled  Forrest's  cavalry 


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back  after  severe  and  hard  fighting  from  our  flanks,  and  though 
he  made  repeated  attempts  to  break  through  our  lines  in  the  en- 
deavor to  strike  our  moving  troops  and  wagons  on  the  pike,  he 
could  not  force  a  passage  and  was  driven  back  to  and  over  the 
Harpeth  River.  At  the  same  time  the  battle  was  raging  with  great 
violence  all  along  the  line,  and  as  the  rebels  made  brave  and  desper. 
ate  charges  on  our  lines,  carrying  some  of  them  by  the  impetuosity 
of  their  tried  and  desperate  veteran  troops,  led  by  the  best  officers 
of  their  command  and  losing  fearfully  in  numbers  in  each  charge; 
while  some  of  their  general  officers  were  killed  at  the  head  of 
their  advancing  column  or  in  the  vain  endeavor  to  carry  and  hold 
the  outer  works  of  the  Union  lines.  The  battle  at  times  became 
a  hand-to-hand  struggle,  and,  as  Hood  says  in  his  report,  "  Some 
of  the  rebels  were  lifted  by  the  hair  of  their  heads  over  the  works, 
and  taken  prisoners." 

The  loss  at  Franklin  on  the  Union  side  was  about  sixteen  hun- 
dred, and  that  of  the  Confederates  in  the  neighborhood  of  six 
thousand.  General  Hood's  claim  that  the  losses  were  about  equal 
would  appear  to  be  very  wide  of  mark,  for  he  admits  in  his  official 
report  a  loss  in  this  battle  of  forty-five  hundred,  including  in  the 
killed :  Major-General  Clebourne,  and  Brigadier-Generals  Gist, 
Adams,  Strehl  and  Granberry  ;  and  the  wounded :  Major-General 
Brown  and  Brigadier-Generals  Carter,  Mannigault,  Quales,  Cock- 
rell,  Scott ;  and  captured  :  Major-General  Gordon. 

General  N.  B.  Forrest  says  their  loss  here  was  six  thou- 
sand. 

After  the  battle  of  Franklin,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry 
marched  to  Nashville,  and  went  into  Camp  Edgefield,  where  was 
found  the  remnant  of  the  Regiment  which  had  arrived  from  Mem- 
phis a  few  days  previous,  bring  the  camp  equipage,  etc.,  so  that 
once  more  the  boys  could  be  comparatively  comfortable  after  a 
long  and  ardous  campaign  of  sixty-four  days. 

I  deem  it  interesting  in  this  place  to  make  some  extracts  from 
a  work  published  in  1880,  entitled  the  u  Advance  and  Retreat," 
by  Lieutenant-General  J.  B.  Hood,  in  which  is  recounted  so  many 
reasons  to  show  why  he  did  not  succeed  in  winning  battles,  and 
in  which  he  lays  the  blame  of  his  many  reverses  to  the  disobedi- 
ence of  orders  and  lukewarm  support  of  his  subordinate  com- 


152  HISTOEY    OF    THE 

manders ;  also  to  show  how  prone  he  was  to  exaggerate  the  num- 
bers opposed  and  the  obstacles  thrown  in  his  way. 

Writing  of  the  battle  at  Franklin,  November  30,  he  says:  "At 
early  dawn  the  troops  were  put  in  motion  in  the  direction  of 
Franklin,  marching  as  rapidly  as  possible  to  overtake  the  enemy 
before  he  crossed  the  Big  Harpeth,  eighteen  miles  from  Spring 
Hill.  Lieutenant-General  Lee  had  crossed  Duck  River  after  dark 
•the  night  previous,  and  in  order  to  reach  Franklin  was  obliged  to 
march  thirty  miles.  The  head  of  his  column  arrived  at  Spring 
Hill  at  9  A.  M.  on  the  30th,  and  after  a  short  rest  followed  in 
the  wake  of  the  main  body.  A  sudden  change  in  sentiment  here 
took  place  among  officers  and  men;  the  army  became  metamor- 
phosed, as  it  were,  in  one  night ;  a  general  feeling  of  mortification 
and  disappointment  prevailed  in  its  ranks.  The  troops  appeared  to 
recognize  that  a  rare  opportunity  had  been  totally  disregarded, 
and  manifested  seemingly  a  determination  to  retrieve  if  possible 
the  fearful  blunders  of  the  previous  afternoon  and  night. 

The  feeling  existed,  which  sometimes  induces  men,  who  have 
long  been  wedded  to  but  one  policy  to  look  beyond  the  sphere  of 
their  own  convictions,  and  at  least  be  willing  to  make  trial  of 
another  course  of  action. 

"  Stewart's  corps  was  first  in  order  of  march.  Cheatham  fol- 
lowed immediately, and  Lieutenant-General  Lee  in  the  rear.  Within 
about  three  miles  of  Franklin,  the  enemy  was  discovered  on  the 
ridge,  over  which  passes  the  turnpike.  As  soon  as  the  Confeder- 
ates began  to  deploy  and  skirmishers  were  thrown  forward,  the 
Federals  slowly  withdrew  to  the  environs  of  the  town.  It  was 
about  3  P.  M.  when  Lieutenant-General  Stewart  moved  to  the 
right  of  the  pike,  and  began  to  establish  his  position  in  the  front 
of  the  enemy.  Major-General  Cheatham's,  as  it  arrived  in  town, 
filed  off  to  the  left  of  the  road,  and  was  disposed  in  line  of  battle. 
The  artillery  was  instructed  to  take  no  part  in  the  engagement,  on 
account  of  the  danger  to  which  the  women  and  children  in  the 
village  would  be  exposed.  General  Forrest  was  ordered  to  post 
cavalry  on  both  flanks,  and,  if  the  assault  proved  successful,  to 
complete  the  ruin  of  the  enemy  by  capturing  those  who  attempted 
to  escape  in  the  direction  of  Nashville.  Lee's  corps,  as  it  arrived, 
was  held  in  reserve,  owing  to  the  lateness  of  the  hour  and  my  in. 
ability  to  post  it  on  the  extreme  left. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  153 

"  Schofield's  position  was  rendered  favorable  for  defense  by 
open  ground  in  front,  and  temporary  intrenchments,  which  the 
Federals  had  thrown  up,  notwithstanding  the  Confederates  had 
marched  in  pursuit  with  all  possible  speed.  At  one  or  two  points 
along  the  short  space,  a  slight  abatis  had  been  hastily  constructed, 
by  felling  some  small  locust  saplings  in  the  vicinity.  Soon  after 
Cheatham's  Corps  was  massed  on  the  left,  Major-General  Cle- 
bourne  came  to  me  where  I  was  seated  on  my  horse  in  rear  of  the 
line,  and  'asked  permission  to  form  his  division  in  two,  or,  if  I 
remember  correctly,  three  lines  for  the  assault.  I  at  once  granted 
his  request,  stating  that  I  desired  the  Federals  to  be  driven  into 
the  river  in  their  immediate  rear,  and  directing  him  to  advise  me 
as  soon  as  he  had  completed  the  new  deposition  of  his  troops. 
Shortly  afterward  Cheatham  and  Stewart  reported  all  in  readi- 
ness for  action,  and  received  orders  to  drive  the  enemy  from  his 
position  and  into  the  river,  at  all  hazards.  About  that  time  Cle- 
bourne  returned,  expressing  himself  with  an  enthusiasm  which  he 
had  never  before  betrayed  in  our  intercourse,  and  said  '  General,  I 
am  ready,  and  have  more  hope  in  final  success  of  our  cause  than  I 
have  had  at  any  time  since  the  first  gun  was  fired.'  I  replied, 
'  God  grant  it.'  He  turned  and  moved  at  once  toward  the  head 
of  his  division ;  a  few  moments  thereafter  he  was  lost  to  my  sight 
amid  the  tumult  of  battle.  These  last  words  spoken  to  me  by 
this  brave  and  distinguished  soldier,  I  have  often  recalled  ;  they 
they  can  never  leave  my  memory,  as  within  forty  minutes  after 
he  uttered  them,  he  lay  lifeless  upon  or  near  the  breastworks  of 
the  foe.  The  two  corps  advanced  in  battle  array  at  about  4  p.  M., 
and  soon  swept  away  the  first  lines  of  the  Federals,  who  were 
driven  back  upon  the  main  line.  At  this  moment  resounded  a  con- 
centrated roar  of  musketry,  which  recalled  to  me  some  of  the 
deadliest  battles  of  Virginia,  and  which  now  proclaimed  that  the 
possession  of  Nashville  wa"s  once  more  dependent  upon  the  fort- 
unes of  war.  The  conflict  continued  to  rage  with  intense  fury. 
Our  troops  succeeded  in  breaking  the  main  line  in  one  or  more 
points,  capturing  and  turning  some  of  the  guns  upon  their  oppo- 
nents. Just  at  this  critical  moment  of.  the  battle,  a  brigade  of 
the  enemy,  reported  to  have  been  Stanley's,  gallantly  charged  and 
restored  the  Federal  line,  capturing  at  the  same  time  about  one 


154  HISTORY    OF   THE 

thousand  of  our  troops  within  the  intrenchments ;  still  the  ground 
was  obstinately  contested,  and  at  several  points  upon  the  imme- 
diate sides  of  the  breastworks,  the  combatants  endeavored  to  use 
the  musket  upon  one  another  by  inverting  and  raising  it  perpen- 
dicularly in  order  to  fire ;  neither  antagonist  at  this  junction  was 
able  to  retreat  without  almost  a  certainty  of  death. 

It  was  reported  that  soldiers  were  even  dragged  from  one  side 
to  the  other  of  the  breastworks,  by  men  reaching  over  hurriedly 
and  seizing  their  enemy  by  the  hair  or  collar.  Just  before  dark 
Johnston's  division  of  Lee's  corps  moved  gallantly  to  the  support 
of  Cheatham  ;  although  it  made  a  desperate  fight  and  succeeded 
in  capturing  three  stands  of  colors,  it  did  not  effect  a  permanent 
breach  in  the  line  of  t%e  enemy. 

The  two  remaining  divisions  could  not,  unfortunately,  become 
engaged,  owing  to  the  obscurity  of  night.  The  struggle  con- 
tinued with  more  or  less  violence  until  9  P.  M.,  when  followed 
skirmishing  and  much  desultory  firing  until  about  3  A.  M.  the 
ensuing  morning.  The  enemy  then  withdrew,  leaving  their  dead 
and  wounded  upon  the  field. 

Thus  terminated  one  of  the  fiercest  conflicts  of  the  war. 

The  remnant  of  the  Regiment,  when  the  Ninth  left  "White's 
Station,  September  30th,  moved  into  Memphis  October  10th,  as  it 
was  not  considered  safe  for  so  small  a  command  to  remain  out- 
side. Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh  came  back  from  his  trip  north 
and  took  command  of  what  was  here  left  of  our  cavalry  divis 
ion. 

Memphis  was  then  excited  over  an  anticipated  raid  by  Forrest, 
and  the  city  Avas  put  in  a  state  of  defense  ;  streets  were  barricaded 
with  bales  of  cotton,  hay,  etc.;  but  as  there  was  quite  an  army 
there  General  Forrest  did  not  appear. 

November  17th,  the  detachment  of  cavalry  left  Memphis  on  the 
steamer  Kate  Hart  bound  for  Nashville,  where  it  was  expected  to 
join  the  main  part  of  the  division  of  General  Hatch. 

We  reached  Cairo  on  the  21st  and  immediately  reshipped  on 
the  fine  large  boat  John  II.  Grosebeck  for  Nashville,  Colonel 
John  Lynch,  of  the  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry,  in  command  of  our 
remnant.  The  detachment  from  Memphis  arrived  at  Nashville 
November  24th,  the  very  day  of  the  fight  of  Campbellsville 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  155 

where  the  Regiment  had  such  hard  fighting  and  lost  so  large  a 
number  of  men. 

Here  we  found  our  former  Colonel  Brackett,  Inspector- Gen- 
eral for  General  Sherman. 

The  Cavalry  were  to  go  into  camp  some  four  miles  from  the 
city,  across  the  Cumberland  River,  at  Edgefield.  We  here  learned 
that  the  gallant  Ninth,  for  some  time  under  the  command  of  the 
brave  and  dashing  Captain  Harper,  had  had  hard  fighting  and 
had  distinguished  itself,  day  after  day,  as  a  brave  and  gallant 
Regiment. 

General  Hatch  said  :  "  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  fight  like 
devils,  and  are  the  best  Regiment  in  my  division." 

This  command  had  been  enlarged  and  was  composed  of  twelve 
regiments  or  about  six  thousand  cavalry.  The  campaign  had 
lasted  sixty-four  days  when  the  command  reached  Nashville. 

While  the  cavalry  command  of  General  Wilson  was  encamped 
at  Edgefield,  across  the  Cumberland  River  from  Nashville,  there 
was  a  sudden  change  in  the  weather,  which  became  very  cold, 
and  much  suffering  was  experienced  by  our  boys  in  camp,  more 
especially  as  stringent  orders  had  been  issued  against  cutting  trees. 

Had  our  brave  soldiers  not  been  able  to  procure  by  foraging 
some  little  fuel,  the  hardships  then  endured  would  have  been  much 
greater.  As  it  was,  the  Cavalry  boys  were  glad  of  an  order  to 
move,  which  came  December  12th,  when  the  command  recrossed 
the  Cumberland  to  Nashville  and  camped  in  an  open  field  east  of 
of  the  city.  Then  as  the  weather  moderated  somewhat  the  mud 
became  more  of  a  nuisance  than  the  cold  recently  endured.  Here  we 
wallowed  for  three  days,  and  were  not  sorry  when  the  order  came 
to  exchange  our  disagreeable  camping-ground  for  the  more 
dangerous  and  exciting  scenes  of  the  coming  battle. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

THE  BATTLE  OF  NASHVILLE  —  BRENTWOOD  —  FRANKLIN  PIKE  — 
RUTHERFORD  CREEK  —  SUGAK  CREEK  —  BIG  CREEK  —  Ross' 
FARM. 


battle  of  Nashville,  December  15th  and  16th,  1864. 
I  "What  memories  do  these  few  words  bring  up  to  every  Fed- 
eral soldier  who  had  the  honor  to  be  present  on  those  eventful 
days  ? 

The  glorious  victory  has  been  so  oft  and  graphically  described 
that  I  shall  not  attempt  to  give  anything  more  than  a  brief 
account  of  some  of  the  part  taken  by  the  cavalry  division,  of 
which  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Regiment  formed  a  part.  To 
Gen.  Jas.  H.  Wilson's  Cavalry  Corps  was.  in  these  eventful  days, 
assigned  the  position  of  honor  in  the  field,  the  extreme  right,  and 
to  them  was  given  the  task  of  sweeping  forward  and  around  to  the 
left  of  Hood's  army,  which  was  on  this  side  strongly  entrenched 
behind  fortified  hills,  and  embankments,  and  redoubts  in  great 
numbers.  How  vividly  the  scene  of  that  dull  December  morning 
rises  before  me;  then  later,  as  the  sun  slowly  emerged  and  forced 
his  rays  through  the  banks  of  fog  and  mist,  they  slowly  rolled 
back  as  a  curtain,  and  the  field  spread  out,  an  uneven  surface 
made  up  of  hill  and  dale. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  commanded  by  Colonel  Joseph  "W. 
Harper,  formed  a  part  of  the  old  Second  Brigade,  composed  of 
the  Sixth,  Seventh  and  Ninth  Illinois,  and  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry, 
commanded  by  Major  Horton.  The  brigade  commanded  by 
Colonal  D.  E.  Coon,  formed  a  part  of  the  Fifth  Division  Cavalry 
Corps,  the  division  being  under  the  command  of  Brigadier- 
General  Edward  Hatch,  and  the  cavalry  corps  commanded  by 
Brevet  Major-General  James  H.  Wilson.  As  mentioned,  the  cav- 
alry formed  the  extreme  right  of  that  long  Union  line.  At  our 
left,  their  right  resting  against  our  Cavalry,  were  the  tried  and 

156 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  157 

gallant  veterans  of  the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Major-General  A.  J.  Smith.  At  i  o'clock  on  the  morning 
of  the  15th,  reveille  sounded  in  the  camp  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  and  ere  daylight  the  Kegiment  was  slowly  moving  out 
of  camp.  On  every  hand  was  seen  the  active  movement  of  a 
large  army.  The  sun  had  barely  risen,  but  was  obscured  by  a 
dense  fog  that  hung  over  the  city  like  a  pall,  the  ground  yet  icy, 
but  slowly  giving  way  to  the  more  humid  atmosphere. 

Never  did  a  large,  army  move  out  upon  an  enemy  supposed  to 
be  equal  or  more  in  numbers,  and  one  who  had  had  ample  time 
and  opportunity  to  select  their  own  line  and  ground  of  defense, 
than  did  this  grand  army  commanded  by  Major-General  George  II. 
Thomas.  Notwithstanding  the  lack  of  confidence  shown  him  by 
General  Grant,  the  old  soldiers  knew  him  and  the  new  ones  soon 
learned  his  merit.  Now,  on  this  eventful  day  that  should  show  an 
army  broken  and  falling  back,  all  were  sanguine  of  success.  How 
much  this  feeling  has  to  do  with  victory  only  those  who  share  the 
sentiment  really  know. 

Now  the  long  lines  of  the  cavalry  are  slowly  but  surely  work- 
ing forward  and  around  to  our  right  to  close  in  on  the  rebel  hosts. 
The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  the  leadership  of  the  brave 
and  impetuous  Colonel  Harper,  and  his  gallant  officers  and  men, 
moved  out  steadily  along  the  line  of  Richland  Creek  up  hill,  and 
down  over  stumpy  ground.  Soon  the  cavalry,  in  the  long  wheel 
necessary  to  reach  the  designated  position,  struck  the  redoubts  and 
abatis  of  the  rebel  army,  but  did  not  pause,  but  charged  right  up 
to  and  over  them  with  a  wild  hurrah  that  sent  the  Johnnies  flying 
back  to  a  new  line.  On  dashed  the  cavalry,  now  the  officers  and 
men  vie  with  each  other  to  see  who  will  gain  the  works  on  the 
hill  first.  It  is  well  fortified  and  so  steep  that  the  men  can  hardly 
go  up,  and,  holding  their  Spencers  almost  at  a  "  present,"  begin  the 
ascent,  while  the  Confederate  troops  send  round  after  round  and 
volley  after  volley  to  hold  back  our  rushing  upward  tide,  but  they 
generally  shoot  too  high.  Here  and  there  a  poor  fellow  falls,  struck 
by  the  leaden  messenger,  but  the  struggling  soldiers  stop  not  then, 
but  on  and  up.  The  fort  is  gained,  and  the  brave  Cavalry  boys 
scale  the  walls,  and  in  a  moment  the  white  flag  of  surrender  is 
aloft.  General  Hatch,  Captain  Carpenter,  Lieutenant  Davenport 


158  HISTORY    OF   THE 

and  of  the  Second  Iowa,  Colonel  Coon,  Major  Horton,  Captain 
Budd  and  Color  Sergeant  Hartman,  the  latter  shot  dead  on  the 
parapet,  are  in  the  fort.  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  claims,  and 
justly,  too,  the  honor  of  being  first  in  the  fort.  The  dead  and 
wounded  are  on  every  side,  and  many  prisoners  taken.  General 
Hatch,  all  excitement,  calls  for  men,  and  orders  the  rebel  guns 
turned  on  the  fleeing  Confederate  soldiers,  and,  without  thinking, 
orders  a  rebel  captain  of  artillery  to  help  man  the  guns.  The 
soldier  stirs  not,  but  a  look  reminds  the  General  that  he  is 
asking  too  much  of  a  prisoner.  Hatch  grasps  a  gun,  we  all  turn 
in  and  help  him,  and  it  is  not  long  ere  those  same  guns  are  belch- 
ing forth  destruction  to  their  former  owners.  Colonel  Hill,  com- 
manding a  brigade  of  A.  J.  Smith's  command,  received  orders 
about  the  same  time  to  charge  these  works.  It  was  a  race  be- 
tween the  cavalry  and  infantry,  but  the  dismounted  troopers 
gained  the  fort  and  were  over  the  parapet  in  advance,  though  all 
were  very  nearly  together,  Colonel  Hill  falling  dead  at  the  head 
of  the  charging  soldiers.  Here  was  demonstrated  what  had  been 
heretofore  declared  an  impossibility,  viz. :  For  cavalry  even  dis- 
mounted to  charge  and  carry  fortifications.  We  captured  in  this 
fort  six  pieces  of  artillery  and  a  number  of  prisoners. 

This  occurred  on  the  line  of  the  rebel  forces  near  Hillsboro 
pike,  but  there  were  more  works  on  this  line.  Two  divisions  of 
infantry  from  the  Twenty-third  Army  Corps  were  ordered  to 
General  Smith's  right  and  next  to  the  Cavalry,  and  an  advance 
was  made.  While  this  ascent  was  in  progress,  the  Cavalry  was 
passing  forward  and  enlarging  the  circle  and  charged  with  the 
infantry  on  the  second  fortified  hill,  and  the  enemy  were  soon 
driven  out  with  the  loss  of  guns,  colors,  and  many  prisoners. 

By  this  time  the  Confederatesfwere  forced  back,  and  the  whole 
line  driven  to  the  line  of  intrenchments  on  the  Granny  White 
pike.  The  importance  of  these  movements  will  be  better  under- 
stood when  it  is  stated  that  this  line  was  a  very  strong  one  nat- 
urally, and  the  Confederates  had  heavy  guns  and  large  forces  to 
man  them,  as  these  three  hills  were  nearly  on  a  line  with  each 
other,  a  little  farther  to  our  left  and  their  right. 

Not  more  than  five  minutes  before  our  first  ascent  was  made 
General  Hood  himself  was  in  one  of  these  forts,  and  gave  orders 


.ASS'T  SURG-EDN    STACY  HEMENG-WILY. 


.     NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  159 

to  hold  them  at  all  hazards,  and  told  his  officers  he  would  send 
five  thousand  men  immediately  to  reinforce  them.  This  he  did, 
but  before  they  arrived  the  works  were  ours,  and  we  took  in  out 
of  the  wet  a  goodly  proportion  of  those  sent  to  their  relief  as 
prisoners,  and  if  Hood  had  not  got  out  pretty  quick  we  would 
have  had  him,  too. 

The  retreating  line  of  the  enemy's  left  was  closely  followed 
by  the  cavalry  and  infantry,  but  as  darkness  came  on  the  whole 
army  bivouacked  for  the  night,  stopping  just  where  they  hap- 
pened to  be.  The  results  of  the  first  day's  tight  were,  that  Hood's 
army  had  been  driven  more  than  two  miles  from  his  first  line  of 
defense,  with  the  loss  of  all  the  redoubts  and  fortifications  on 
that  line ;  many  of  his  soldiers  were  killed  and  wounded,  and  a 
large  number  of  guns  and  prisoners  captured,  and  in  our  center 
and  right  the  Fourth  and  Sixteenth  Army  Corps,  with  the  cav- 
alry, pressed  close  to  his  second ;  linef  > 

In  this  day's  fighting  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  distinguished 
itself  by  the  enthusiasm'  'and  dash  with  which  both  officers  and 
men  performed  every  duty  (and  more)  that  was  assigned  to  them. 
Colonel  Harper,  while  gallantly  leading  the  assault  on  the  second 
hill,  received  a  painful  wound  in  the  arm,  and  the  command  of 
the  regiment  then  fell  upon  Major  Mock,  who,  always  equal  to 
the  occasion,  led  the  army  on  to  renewed  deeds  of  daring.  Gen- 
eral Hatch  and  Colonel  Coon  were  wild  with  exultation  and 
delight  over  the  splendid  achievements  of  our  brave  cavalry 
boys.  All  lay  down  to  rest  that  night  full  of  suppressed  excite- 
ment, with  the  camp-fires  of  the  enemy  in  full  sight,  and  the 
rumble  of  moving  divisions  plainly  heard  as  Hood  was  busy  nar- 
rowing his  line  and  concentrating  his  forces  for  the  great  struggle 
of  the  morrow/  There  was  no  one,  however,  that  had  a  doubt 
now  but  that  we  should  again  be  the  victors,  and  had  high  hopes 
that  Hood's  army  would  be  annihilated. 

On  the  morning  of  the  16th,  the  cavalry  had,  by  a  wide 
detour,  passed  beyond  the  extreme  Confederate  left  and  secured 
a  lodgment  on  the  Granny  White  pike.  It  was  hoped  by  Gen- 
eral Sherman  that  the  cavalry  would  not  be  needed  on  the  rebel 
flank,  but  would  be  enabled  to  march  rapidly  still  farther  to  their 
rear,  and  thus  cut  off  the  only  avenue  of  escape  of  the  rebel  army. 


160  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Just  at  this  time,  while  the  infantry  and  artillery  were  in  hot 
action,  a  part  of  General  Hatch's  division  of  cavalry,  the  old 
Second  Brigade,  were  dismounted,  and,  pushing  their  way  through 
the  woods,  had  dragged  by  hand  two  pieces  of  artillery  up  a  steep 
hill,  and  now  planted  up  among  the  clouds,  from  that  elevation 
poured  a  destructive  fire  on  the  devoted  heads  of  Bates'  rebel 
division,  and  then  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  charging  up  the 
hill  with  their  seven-shooting  carbines  and  amid  wild  and  trium- 
phant cheers  poured  volley  after  volley  into  the  rebel  ranks,  and, 
rushing  in,  completed  the  general  stampede-  of  the  enemy,  and 
the  works  were  ours. 

Later  in  the  evening  of  the  16th,  the  rebels  made  a  stubborn 
stand  on  both  sides  of  the  pike,  behind  stone  fences,  which  were 
regular  stone  walls;  the  Second  Brigade  was  in  front,  and  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry  in  advance.  Colonel  Coon  directed  Captain 
Mock  to  form  the  Ninth  on  the  right  of  the  pike,  dismounted, 
and  to  charge  the  rebels  in  our  front.  The  Ninth  immediately 
dismounted  and  formed  in  line,  when  Colonel  Coon  sent  word  to 
Oaptain  Mock  by  his  Adjutant,  Captain  Avery,  that  the  Twelfth 
Tennessee  Cavalry  would  charge  on  the  left,  and  that  he  desired 
to  see  which  regiment  would  carry  their  position  first.  The 
rebel  position  in  front  of  the  Ninth  was  on  quite  a  ridge  with  a 
gradual  descent  in  front  of  the  .regiment.  The  Ninth  now 
advanced  under  heavy  fire  from  the  rebels,  not  more  than  three 
hundred  yards  away ;  this  was  just  at  dusk,  and  the  Ninth 
advanced  rapidly,  firing  as  they  moved  forward;  they  reached 
and  scaled  the  stone  wall,  and  carried  their  position  before  the 
Twelfth  Tennessee. 

Colonel  Coon  highly  complimented  the  Veteran  Ninth  for  so 
promptly  and  gallantly  carrying  the  position.  In  this  charge  the 
Ninth  took  a  great  many  prisoners,  the  rebels  holding  their  posi- 
tion until  the  Ninth  boys  scaled  the  stone  wall,  and  then  it  was 
too  late  for  them  to  get  away,  and  they  surrendered  in  large  num- 
bers. By  this  time  it  was  dark,  and  in  the  confusion  some  of  the 
rebels  got  away,  but  the  most  of  them  were  taken  in.  It  was 
just  dark  enough  for  the  continuous  firing  of  both  sides  to  pre- 
sent a  grand  sight ;  sheet  after  sheet  flashed  forth  from  the 
Ninth's  Spencers  and  the  rebel  guns,  equaling,  if  not  excelling,  a 
grand  display  of  Fourth-of  July  fireworks. 


NINTH   ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  161 

The  Twelfth  Tennessee  were  not  so  fortunate  in  their  efforts. 
Although  a  gallant  and  brave  set  of  boys,  they  were  unable  to 
carry  their  position  and  dislodge  the  enemy  until  after  the  rebels 
in  their  front  saw  that  the  Ninth  was  on  their  flank,  and  gaining 
their  rear,  then  they  fled. 

After  we  pressed  the  rebels  back  about  one  mile  from  these 
stone  walls,  Colonel  Goon  ordered  Captain  Mock  to  move  the 
Ninth  to  the  left  of  the  pike,  and  move  forward  in  line  and  form 
on  a  line  with  the  Twelfth  Tennessee  Cavalry.  After  the  Ninth 
had  crossed  over  to  the  other  side  of  the  pike  and  "while  moving 
to  the  front,  Captain  Mock,  Adjutant  Power,  Lieutenanjt  Carpen- 
ter and  -some  others  were  riding  along  on  the  pike,  feeling  for  the 
Twelfth  Tennessee,  and  came  to  a  squad  of  men  on  the  pike  and 
asked  them  "  if  they  belonged  to  the  Twelfth  Tennessee;"  they 
said  "  they  did ; "  they  were  then  asked  where  their  line  was,  and 
told  us  that  it  was  there.  Captain  Mock  then  halted  the  Ninth 
and  remained  there  some  time.  After  a  while  they  heard  more 
of  our  troops  coming  up  on  the  right  of  the  pike,  and  when  they 
reached  the  troops  that  the  Ninth  had  formed  line  on,  each  de- 
manded of  the  other,  "  Who  are  you  ? "  or  something  like  it.  Then 
the  clash  of  arms  commenced.  It  turned  out  that  the  line  the  Ninth 
had  formed  on  was  the  rebel  Twelfth  Tennessee,  and  the  others 
were  the  Union  Twelfth  Tennessee.  The  rebels  who  were  not 
then  or  there  captured  were  soon  put  to  flight,  though  there  was 
a  whole  brigade  of  them  commanded  by  the  rebel  General  Rucker. 
A  captain  of  the  Twelfth  Tennessee  rode  up  to  General  Rucker 
and  asked  him  "  who  he  was  ? "  it  was  so  dark  one  could  not  dis- 
tinguish friend  from  foe.  He  said,  "  I  am  General  Rucker."  He 
was  told  to  surrender,  but,  attempting  to  draw  his  sword,  was  shot 
through  tipe  arm,  and  had  his  arm  broken  so  that  it  had  to  be 
amputated.*  Captain  Mock  supposed  that  our  Twelfth  Tennes- 
see had  preceded  him  and  were  somewhere  in  the  front,  but 
they  had  not,  and  the  Ninth  had  been  there  alone  with  the  rebels 

*  Captain  Carpenter  is  very  positive  that  the  credit  of  the  capture  of  General 
Rucker  belongs  to  the  Ninth,  as  he  saw  him  in  charge  of  Harry  Gifford  of  Com- 
pany B,  and  Rucker  told  Gifford  that  "  Forrest  would  soon  be  there  and  would 
capture  all  the  Yankees."  It  would  appear  that  this  was  true,  and  that  Rucker 
was  turned  over  to  the  Twelfth  Tennessee  by  the  Ninth  for  safe  keeping. 
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162  HISTORY   OF   THE 

supposing  that  they  were  with  their  friends,  while  the  rebel  sol- 
diers did  not  know  that  the  enemy  was  quietly  resting  on  their 
left. 

"We  had  all  been  fighting  and  on  the  go  for  two  days,  and  in 
that  two  days  of  bloody  battle  were  all  tired  out  and  anxious  for 
rest,  and  very  glad  of  the  opportunity  of  keeping  quiet  for  a  little 
while,  as  were  the  rebels,  and  for  this  reason  neither  side  took 
much  pains  to  find  out  who  were  their  neighbors.  The  enemy 
were  making  this  their  rallying  point  and  re-forming  to  stop  our 
advance,  and*as  their  troops  were  continually  coming  back,  they 
naturally  supposed  that  when  the  Ninth  came  there  it  was  a. 
part  of  their  own  force  falling  back,  and  it  was  so  dark  that  they 
could  not  see  if  they  were  few  or  many  in  number. 

Captain  Mock  sent  Lieutenant  Carpenter  ahead  to  stop  our 
men  from  farther  advance.  After  moving  forward  some  dis- 
tance, he  came  up  with  some  soldiers  and  inquired,  "  What 
command  ?"  "  Seventh  Alabama,"  was  replied.  He  knew  they 
were  rebels,  but  said  nothing,  but  quietly  marched  along  with 
them  until  he  reached  our  lines,  and  brought  in  seven  rebels  as 
prisoners. 

In  these  two  days  of  hard  fighting,  the  Fifth  Division  Cav- 
alry, under  the  command  of  the  'gallant  and  intrepid  General 
Hatch,  had  taken  every  gun  that  had  been  fired  at  them,  captured 
twenty-three  pieces  of  artillery,  several  stands  of  colors,  and  a, 
large  number  of  small  arms  and  many  prisoners.  Colonel  Coon,, 
while  gallantly  leading  a  charge  of  the  Second  Brigade  with  his 
staff  around  him,  and  exposed  to  a  fire  from  three  directions  (a, 
hill  in  our  front,  one  on  the  right,  and  a  regiment  of  infantry 
behind  a  stone  wall  on  our  left),  had  his  horse  shot ;  but,  strange 
to  say,  though  the  poor  beast  was  shot  through,  it  Jived  until 
next  morning. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  led  by  the  gallant  Colonel  Harper, 
during  the  first  day  had  stormed  and  captured  two  forts,  and  later 
in  the  evening  and  during  the  16th,  under  the  command  of  the 
cool  and  brave  Lieutenant-Colonel  Mock,  performed  so  many 
deeds  of  valor  and  daring  that  to  mention  them  all  would  be 
impossible. 

On  the  afternoon  of  December  17th  the  rebels  made  a  stand 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  163 

on  a  ridge  on  the  Franklin  pike,  and  toward  evening  our  whole 
brigade  charged,  mounted,  and  drove  the  enemy,  while  they  fell 
back  a  short  distance  and  made  another  more  desperate  and 
determined  stand.  This  was  just  before  dark  ;  here  we  charged 
and  drove  them  back  again.  In  both  these  engagements  the 
Ninth  did  a  good  deal  of  hard  fighting,  the  rebels  having  con- 
tested every  foot  of  ground  ;  our  brigade  was  barely  able  to  hold 
its  own.  Colonel  Coon  and  Captain  Avery,  A.  A.  G.,  rallied  the 
men,  when  they  again  advanced,  this  time  with  their  horses  at 
a  slow  walk,  firing  rapidly,  drove  the  rebels  so  fast  as  to  com- 
pel them  to  leave  their  three-gun  battery  unsupported,  which 
General  Hatch  observing,  with  but  a  handful  of  followers,  rushed 
forward,  capturing  three  twelve-pound  brass  pieces. 

The  rebels  soon  re-formed,  and  made  a  desperate  attempt  to- 
recapture  this  battery ;  but  Captain  Mock,  with  the  Ninth  Illlinois 
Cavalry,  stubbornly  and  successfully  resisted  every  advance  of  the 
enemy.  The  Ninth  here  fired  by  volleys  at  the  word  of  com- 
mand. In  this  way,  it  being  after  dark,  they  prevented  the 
enemy  from  taking  advantage  from  the  flash  of  our  guns  to 
return  our  fire.  After  repeated  attempts  to  break  through  our 
lines,  the  Confederates  withdrew,  and  the  day  was  ours ;  the 
field,  with  the  enemy's  killed  and  wounded,  as  also  their  can- 
non, being  in  our  possession. 

Colonel  Coon  complimented  the  Ninth  for  the  gallant  manner 
in  which  it  advanced  and  drove  the  rebels  back  under  such  a 
galling  fire. 

December  19th  the  whole  command  had  a  hotly  contested 
fight  at  Rutherford's  Creek.  The  Ninth  was  in  line  with  the 
whole  brigade,  and  was  engaged  nearly  all  day.  The  rebels  had 
destroyed  the  bridge,  and  a  new  one  had  to  be  built  over  this- 
creek,  which  was  much  swollen  by  the  recent  heavy  rains,  before 
we  could  cross  or  advance. 

This  enabled  the  enemy  to  hold  their  position  and  keep  us  in 
check  as  long  as  they  did,  and  they  did  fight  stubbornly  and 
bravely  at  this  time  for  the  purpose  of  holding  us  in  check  as 
long  as  they  possibly  could,  to  enable  their  straggling  forces  to  gain 
a  safe  distance  on  their  retreat,  as  it  was  apparent  to  them  that 
this  \vas  their  last  bold  and  desperate  stand  before  crossing  the 


164  HISTORY   OF    THE 

Tennessee  River,  infantry  and  cavalry  on  both  sides  being  engaged 
and  considerable  artillery  firing  being  indulged  in.  From  this  on 
we  had  skirmishing  until  we  reached  Columbia ;  here  there  was 
considerable  firing  across  the  river,  mostly  by  artillery.  Light 
skirmishing  occurred  from  this  on  until  Christmas  Day;  we  had  our 
last  fight,  and  Forrest  made  his  last  stand.  This  was  on  the  hill 
near  Ross'  farm.  The  Second  Brigade  was  passing  through  a 
narrow  valley,  just  about  wide  enough  for  our  Regiment  to 
form  a  line  across  it.  Here  we  found  corn  and  fodder  in  abun- 
dance, and  as  we  had  not  had  opportunity  to  feed  for  some  time, 
General  Hatch  halted  his  division,  with  each  regiment  in  line 
closed  up  behind  each  other,  thus  showing  a  regimental  front 
which  completely  filled  this  narrow  valley.  "We  had  taken  the 
bridles  off  our  horses,  and  they  were  eating.  Our  brigade, 
with  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  in  the  front,  was  the  advance  of 
our  division  ,with  another  division  still  in  the  advance  of  us.  Gen- 
eral Forrest  had  laid  a  trap  for  this  advance  division,  and  they 
ran  right  into  it.  Forrest  closed  in  on  them  and  completely 
routed  them,  and  sent  them  back  whirling  and  disorganized  upon 
us,  but  our  blockade  of  the  valley  stopped  them.  The  rebels 
sprang  their  trap  too  soon,  or  they  would  have  surrounded  and  taken 
in  the  whole  advanced  division.  General  Wilson  came  riding  back, 
hunting  for  General  Hatch,  who  was  with  the  Ninth,  then  the 
head  of  the  column.  General  Wilson  seemed  much  surprised  to 
see  General  Hatch  feeding  his  horses,  and  told  him  that  Forrest 
had  routed  the  advanced  division  and  would  soon  be  back  on 
him  (Hatch).  General  Hatch  told  General  Wilson  not  to  be 
.alarmed,  that  Forrest  knew  too  much  to  attempt  to  come  back, 
and  he  could  not  get  l)ij  us  anyway,  for  we  had  the  valley  block- 
aded. General  Wilson  then  ordered  General  Hatch  to  move  his 
division  to  the  front  and  advance.  As  we  moved  forward,  the 
Ninth  in  the  front,  and  coming  in  sight  of  the  hill  (Ross'  farm), 
we  saw  the  rebels  pulling  up  the  hill,  by  hand,  some  artillery 
they  had  just  captured.  General  Wilson  kept  hurrying  General 
Hatch,  and  when  he  saw  the  rebels  pulling  up  this  artillery  he 
said  to  General  Hatch,  "  There  they  are;  hurry 'up!"  Hatch 
then  said  to  Wilson,  "  General,  if  you  will  let  me  take  my  own 
course,  I  will  carry  that  hill  in  twenty  minutes."  Wilson  said, 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEEES.  165 

"All  right;  go  ahead."  General  Hatch  then  ordered  Captain 
Mock  to  dismount  the  Ninth,  and  to  move  up  the  hill  on  the  right 
of  the  road,  as  far  as  he  could  safely,  in  front  of  the  enemy,  and 
to  make  it  as  hot  for  the  rebels  as  he  could.  At  the  same  time, 
the  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry  was  also  dismounted  and  directed 
to  advance  up  the  hill  on  the  left  of  the  road  and  in  a  line  with 
the  Ninth.  The  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  was  sent  mounted  to  our 
right,  and  to  strike  the  left  and  rear  of  the  enemy.  The  Twelfth 
Tennessee  Cavalry  was  sent  mounted  around  the  enemy's  right 
flank,  and  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  left  in  our  rear  as  a, 
support. 

The  rebels  had  made  a  strong  breastwork  in  our  front,  on  the 
hill,  by  tearing  down  log  houses  and  using  rails,  and  with  the  two 
had  made  very  formidable  works.  The  Ninth  advanced  up  the 
hill  to  within  seventy-five  yards  of  the  rebels,  keeping  up  a  heavy 
fire  all  the  time  as  they  advanced.  The  enemy  being  in  too 
heavy  force  for  the  Ninth  to  go  any  farther,  they  remained  there 
under  cover  of  logs  and  trees,  and  kept  up  a  heavy  fire  on  the 
rebels  to  hold  them  there,  and  prevent  them  from  reinforcing 
their  flanks,  and  in  about  twenty  minutes  we  heard  the  firing  and 
welcome  shouts  of  the  gallant  Second  Iowa  coming  in  on  the 
flank  and  rear  of  the  rebels,-  then  the  Ninth  rose  up,  and  with  a 
shout  moved  forward  and  carried  the  rebel  works,  and  the  enemy 
fell  back.  By  this  time  it  was  dark,  and  the  fighting  ended.  We 
went  out  some  five  miles  and  got  forage,  and,  returning,  went  into 
camp  on  Ross'  farm. 

There  was  captured  here  a  number  of  prisoners,  several  pieces 
of  artillery  and  a  quantity  of  small  arms,  the  latter  having  been 
abandoned  by  the  enemy. 

Going  back  to  the  evening  of  the  16th  I  find  that  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry  followed  the  retreating  army  of  Hood,  and  at 
Brentwood  again  had  sharp  fighting,  and  camped  on  the  field. 
On  the  17th  reached  the  Franklin  pike,  where  the  rebs  were 
making  another  stand,  but  they  could  not  hold  their  ground  in 
the  face  of  our  advancing  column,  and  the  retreat  continued  to 
Rutherford  creek,  which  now,  owing  to  the  continued  rains  and 
melting  snow  and  ice,  was  a  rushing  torrent.  The  Federal  troops 
were  not  long,  however,  in  crossing,  finally  coming  to  Duck 


166  HISTORY   OF   THE 

River,  on  the  opposite  side  of  which  was  Columbia,  and  we  could 
see  the  long  lines  of  Hood's  supply  trains  slowly  moving  away. 
A  sharp  fire  was  taking  place  over  the  river.  General  Hatch,  with 
a  few  staif  officers  and  orderlies,  were  well  in  front  on  the  skirmish 
line,  and  as  we  came  in  sight  of  the  town  a  large  number  of  Con- 
federate troops  were  seen  on  the  opposite  bank.  While  we  halted 
a,  moment  to  view  the  scene  the  crowd  parted  and  we  saw  artil- 
lery just  in  the  act  of  being  fired  at  our  little  squad.  General 
Hatch  said  quickly,  "  Scatter,  boys,  they  are  going  to  shell  us." 
As  he  spoke,  the  blue  wreaths  of  smoke  from  their  guns  were  seen, 
and  the  shot  whistled  over  our  heads.  We  were  so  close  that  they 
shot  too  high,  so  we  galloped  back  unscathed. 

It  was  not  long  ere  we  saw  a  white  flag  approaching  our  line, 
and  a  party  was  sent  out  to  meet  them.  They  brought  a  message 
from  General  Forrest  saying  he  wanted  to  meet  General  Hatch. 
(The  bridge  over  Duck  River  had  been  burned  by  the  rebels  in 
November.)  General  Hatch  soon  went  forward  to  the  river  side, 
and  Forrest  appeared  on  the  abutment  on  the  other  side,  and 
calling  across,  said,  "  You  are  shelling  your  own  wounded  men 
and  prisoners  and  the  women  and  children  in  the  town ; "  also 
that  "he  wanted  to  exchange  some  prisoners."  This  simply 
showed  how  wily  was  the  Confederate  chieftain,  for  while  Gen- 
eral Hatch  was  communicating  with  General  Thomas,  the  Con- 
federate trains  were  moving  away  in  safety.  When  after  this 
delay  the  Federal  soldiers  finally  crossed  the  river  there  was  no 
one  in  Columbia  but  the  wounded  of  both  armies  and  the  women 
and  children.  In  "  The  Campaigns  of  General  N.  B.  Forrest," 
published  in  1868,  occurs  the  following  account  of  this  affair : 

On  the  morning  of  the  19th  of  December  the  enemy's  cavalry  were  early 
on  the  field,  and  in  formidable  numbers  displayed  a  resolute  purpose  to  force  the 
passage  at  Rutherford's  Creek,  while  a  considerable  column  \vas  observed  in 
movement,  as  if  aiming  to  cross  Duck  river  below  the  junction  of  the  creek  with 
it,  but  up  to  3  P.  M.  they  were  unable  to  break  the  barrier  of  the  creek,  and  mean- 
while the  Confederate  train  and  main  force  were  safely  beyond  Duck  river;  then 
the  rear  guard  was  withdrawn  southward  of  that  stream  without  hindrance,  and 
bivouacked  on  the  night  of  the  19th  at  Columbia. 

There,  on  the  morning  of  the  20th,  Walthall's  division,  Stewart's  corps,  rein- 
forced by  five  other  fragments  of  brigades,  in  all  only  nineteen  hundred  bayonets, 
•was  placed  under  the  orders  of  General  Forrest,  as  commander  of  the  rear  guard, 
and  he  was  directed  to  hold  the  position  to  the  last  possible  moment,  retiring,  when 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  167 

forced  to  do  so,  upon  Florence  by  way  of  Pulaski,  doing  what  was  possible 
meanwhile  to  gain  time  for  the  remains  of  the  Confederate  army.  Of  Walthall's 
force  at  least  three  hundred  were  shoeless,  and  so  footsore  as  to  be  unable  to 
march  and  bear  arms,  and  were  therefore  detached  on  the  wagon  train.  For 
some  reason  the  enemy  did  not  appear  in  force  until  late  in  the  afternoon,  when, 
although  Columbia  was  manifestly  unoccupied  by  any  part  of  the  Confederate 
army,  they  opened  a  furious  cannonade  of  shot  and  shell. 

Hoisting  a  flag  of  truce  Forrest  had  an  interview  with  General  Hatch  (the 
stream  between  them),  whom  he  formally  assured  that  Columbia  was  only  occu- 
pied by  non-combatants  and  the  wounded  of  both  armies.  He  also  proposed  to 
exchange  some  two  thousand  prisoners,  the  fruits  of  the  campaign,  who  were,  as 
he  acquainted  him,  without  blankets  or  proper  clothing  for  the  inclement  season, 
and  must  therefore  perish  in  many  cases  from  cold  if  not  exchanged.  After  a 
delay  of  two  hours  the  answer,  in  the  name  of  General  Thomas,  was  a  refusal 
to  either  exchange  prisoners  or  to  receive  those  Forrest  had  on  parole  with  the 
understanding  that  a  like  number  should  subsequently  be  returned.  The  shell- 
ing, however,  was  discontinued. 

It  was  an  unfortunate  circumstance  that  the  party  having  the 
pontoon  train  of  General  Thomas  had  made  a  blunder  and  taken 
the  wrong  road,  the  Murfreesboro  pike,  and  there  was  much 
delay  in  crossing  the  stream,  which  at  that  time  was  much  swollen, 
very  deep  and  rapid.  To  this  blunder  may  Hood  and  Forrest  be 
thankful  that  our  cavalry  was  not  treading  on  their  heels  and 
flanks  a  good  deal  sooner.  As  soon  as  possible  a  picked  body  of 
cavalry  of  which  the  Ninth  formed  a  part,  crossed  the  river  and 
followed  the  retreating  Confederates  to  the  Tennessee  river, 
fighting  the  enemy  all  the  way,  whose  sole  aim  now  was  to  get 
away  and  over  the  Tennessee  river  with  as  much  of  their  train 
and  army  as  possible ;  but  our  little  force  of  cavalry  was  capturing 
prisoners,  guns,  wagons,  etc.,  constantl}r,  and  the  fleeing,  demoral- 
ized Confederates  were  abandoning  and  throwing  away  every- 
thing that  impeded  their  flight,  burning  and  destroying  all  they 
could  to  prevent  its  falling  into  our  hands. 

Many  poor  fellows  deserted  and  many  more  straggled  from 
their  commands  for  the  express  purpose  of  falling  into  our  hands, 
as  they  seemed  to  realize  now  the  utter  hopelessness  of  their 
cause. 

December  27,  1864:,  the  last  of  General  Hood's  demoralized 
and  shattered  army  crossed  the  Tennessee  River,  and  our  forces 
pursued  no  further.  The  roads  were  simply  terrible  from  the 
heavy  rains  and  storms  that  had  so  long  prevailed,  the  bridges 


168  HISTORY    OF   THE 

destroyed,  and  the  only  places  where  an  army  could  march  were 
on  the  pike  roads;  and  while  this  state  of  affairs  was  bad  for  the 
retreating  Confederate  army,  they  were  better  informed  in  regard 
to  the  lay  of  the  land. 

As  it  was,  the  Federal  army  of  General  George  H.  Thomas 
pursued  with  unexampled  vigor,  and  as  a  result  the  army  of  Con- 
federate troops  was  completely  broken  up,  and  not  counting 
the  stragglers  that  voluntarily  came  in,  General  Hood's  loss  in 
this  invasion  was  about  fifteen  thousand  men  by  capture,  among 
which  were  seven  generals,  sixteen  colonels,  and  about  one  thou- 
sand officers  below  the  rank  of  colonel,  seventy  stands  of  colors, 
seventy-two  pieces  of  artillery,  with  wagons,  army  supplies,  horses, 
mules,  etc.,  of  great  value,  and  no  doubt  his  loss  all  told  was 
equal  to  one-half  the  army  with  which  he  in  November  had 
invaded  Tennessee.  Our  losses  during  the  same  time  could  not 
foot  up  more  than  half  that  number,  and  during  that  time  nearly 
two  months  in  duration,  many  hard  fought  battles  and  much 
severe  fighting  had  occurred. 

The  results  and  termination  of  the  campaign  were  summed  up 
in  a  general  order  by  General  George  H.  Thomas  as  follows : 

PULASKI,  December  29,  1864. 

SOLDIERS  :  The  Major-General  commanding  announces  to  you  that  the  rear 
guard  of  the  flying  and  dispirited  enemy  was  driven  across  the  Tennessee  River 
on  the  night  of  the  27th  instant.  The  impassable  state  of  the  roads,  and  the  con- 
sequent impossibility  to  supply  the  army,  compels  a  closing  of  the  campaign  for 
the  present.  Although  short,  it  has  been  brilliant  in  its  achievements,  and  unsur- 
passed in  its  results  by  any  other  of  this  war,  and  is  one  of  which  all  who  partic- 
ipated therein  may  well  be  proud.  That  veteran  army,  which  though  driven 
from  position  to  position  opposed  a  stubborn  resistance  to  much  superior  num- 
bers during  the  whole  of  the  Atlanta  campaign,  taking  advantage  of  the  absence 
of  the  largest  portion  of  the  army  which  had  been  opposed  to  it  in  Georgia, 
invaded  Tennessee  buoyant  with  hope,  expecting  Nashville,  Memphis,  and  the 
whole  of  Tennessee  and  Kentucky  to  fall  into  its  power  an  easy  prey,  and 
scarcely  fixing  a  limit  to  its  conquests.  After  having  received  at  Franklin  the 
most  terrible  check  that  army  has  received  during  this  war,  and  later  at  Murf  rees- 
boro  in  its  attempt  to  capture  that  place,  it  was  finally  attacked  at  Nashville,  and 
although  your  forces  were  inferior  to  it  in  numbers,  was  hurled  back  from  the 
coveted  prize  on  which  it  had  been  permitted  to  look  from  a  distance,  and  finally 
sent  flying,  dismayed  and  disordered,  whence  it  came  impelled  by  the  instinct  of 
self  preservation,  and  thinking  only  of  how  it  could  relieve  itself  for  short  intervals 
from  your  persistent  and  harassing  pursuit  by  burning  the  bridges  over  the  swol- 
len streams  as  it  passed  them,  until  finally  it  had  placed  the  broad  waters  of  the 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  169 

Tennessee  River  between  you  and  its  shattered,  diminished  and  discomfited  col- 
umns, leaving  its  artillery  and  battle  flags  in  your  victorious  hands,  lasting 
trophies  of  your  noble,  daring  and  lasting  monuments  of  the  enemy's  disgrace 
and  defeat. 

You  have  diminished  the  forces  of  the  rebel  army  since  it  crossed  the  Tennes- 
see River  to  invade  the  State  at  the  least  estimate,  fifteen  thousand  men,  among 
whom  were  killed,  wounded  and  captured  eighteen  general  officers. 

Your  captures  from  the  enemy,  as  far  as  reported,  amount  to  sixty-eight 
pieces  of  artillery,  ten  thousand  prisoners  and  many  stands  of  small  arms,  several 
thousand  of  which  have  been  gathered  in,  and  the  remainder  strew  the  route  of 
the  enemy's  retreat,  and  between  thirty  and  forty  flags,  besides  compelling  him 
to  destroy  much  ammunition  and  abandoning  many  wagons;  and  unless  he  is 
mad  he  must  forever  abandon  all  hope  of  bringing  Tennessee  again  within  the 
lines  of  the  accursed  rebellion. 

A  short  time  will  now  be  given  you  to  prepare  to  continue  the  work  so  nobly 
begun. 

By  command  of 

MAJOR-GENERAL  THOMAS  W.  D.  WHIPPLE, 
Assistant  Adjutant- General. 

Subsequent  reports  materially  increased  the  number  of  pris- 
oners, cannons  and  flags. 

Not  long  afterward  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  United  States  passed  the  following : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due  and  are  hereby  tendered  to 
Major-General  George  H.  Thomas  and  the  officers  and  soldiers  under  his  com- 
mand for  their  skill  and  dauntless  courage  by  which  the  rebel  army  under  Gen- 
eral Hood  was  signally  defeated  and  driven  from  the  State  of  Tennessee. 

SECOND  BRIGADE  — OUR  CAPTURES  AT  NASHVILLE. 

The  captures  of  the  Second  Brigade  of  cavalry  of  General 
Hatch's  division  as  officially  reported  from  December  15th  to  De- 
cember 27th,when  the  last  of  Hood's  command  was  closely  pursu- 
ed by  the  cavalry  embracing  the  five  hundred  picked  troopers  from 
this  gallant  brigade,  when  he  was  finally  driven  across  the  Ten- 
nessee River  at  Bainbridge  was  as  follows : 

One  general,  two  majors,  one  standard  of  division  colors,  three  stands  of 
brigade  colors,  thirteen  hundred  and  fifteen  muskets,  twenty-one  wagons,  seven 
ambulances  and  fifteen  pieces  of  artillery. 

In  a  well  written  article  published  in  the  National  Tribune  of 
March  22,  1888,  by  Captain  Thomas  J.  Cafer  of  the  Ninth  Indi- 
ana Cavalry,  occurs  the  following  paragraph  in  regard  to  the  cav- 
alry command  of  Major-General  James  H.  Wilson,  in  the  cam- 


170  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALEY   VOLUNTEERS. 

paign  toward  Nashville,   Tenn.,  and  the  part   the  cavalry  per- 
formed in  driving  Hood's  army  from  Nashville  and  across    th 
Tennessee  River : 

' '  No  better  enconium  could  be  desired  than  was  given  by  a  general  of  infantry, 
who  followed  in  their  wake,  and  saw  what  they  had  done. 

"The  whole  course  from  Nashville  to  the  Tennessee  River  is  one  bloody  line  o* 
battle.  I  have  seen  the  road  lined  with  abandoned  guns,  dead  men  and  horses 
until  I  am  heart  sick.  I  want  to  lift  my  hat  to  Wilson's  splendid  corps  of  cavalry. 

"In  it  there  is  glory  enough  for  all,  and  if  some  did  more  than  others,  it  is 
because  their  opportunities  were  greater." 


CHAPTER  XX. 

THE  NINTH  MARCH  TO  EASTPOKT  ;  TO  GRAVELLY  SPRINGS  — 
SHORT  RATIONS  —  BACK  TO  EASTPORT  —  CAMP  EQUIPAGE  RE- 
CEIVED —  PROMOTIONS  IN  COMPANY  A  — TURNING  OVER  HORSES 
AND  CARBINES — ORDER  or  GENERAL  WILSON  —  SURRENDER  OF 
LEE  AND  ASSASSINATION. OF  LINCOLN  —  RETURN  OF  CAPTAIN 
BLACKBURN — REBEL  SOLDIERS  COMING  IN — MARCH  TO  DECA- 
TUR  —  ORDERS  OF  GENERALS  HATCH  AND  COON — :NEW  SUPPLY 
OF  HORSES  AND  ARMS  —  MARCH  TO  MONTGOMERY  —  AMNESTY 
OFFICERS  APPOINTED. 

AFTER  the  escape  of  the  remnant  of  Hood's  army  across  the 
Tennessee  River,  the  roads  being  in  an  almost  impassable 
condition  and  the  weather  very  cold,  the  cavalry  command  was 
ordered  to  Huntsville,  Ala.,  but  when  within  a  day's  march  of  that 
place  received  orders  to  march  to  Eastport,  Miss.,  on  the  Tennessee 
River,  which  place  we  reached  on  the  llth  of  January,  1865,  where 
we  immediately  commenced  to  erect  winter  quarters,  as  we  had 
no  tents  or  camp  equipage.  Here  we  were  very  short  of  provis- 
ions; Lieutenant  Davenport,  .brigade  commissary,  had  been  sent 
back  from  Columbia  to  Spring  Hill  for  rations,  and  rejoined  the 
command  at  Eastport  with  fifteen  wagon  loads  of  hard  bread, 
sugar,  coffee  and  salt,  these  being  the  principal  articles  needed  as 
we  could  forage  for  meat  and  corn  meal,  but  as  this  had  to  be 
divided  among  twelve  regiments  of  the  cavalry  command,  they 
did  not  last  very  long. 

The  Ninth  with  the  cavalry  command  left  Eastport  for 
Gravelly  Springs,  twelve  miles  distant  on  the  14th  of  January, 
where  we  remained  nearly  a  month.  During  this  time  we  had 
great  difficulty  in  procuring  rations,  and  much  of  the  time  had 
only  fresh  beef  and  corn  meal,  being  obliged  to  forage  for  corn, 
and  take  possession  of  the  mills  of  the  country  by  military  author- 
ity to  grind  the  same,  making  details  from  the  soldiers  to  run  the 

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172  HISTOKY   OF   THE 

mill,  and  it  was  not  till  we  moved  back  to  Eastport,  where  we 
found  the  very  efficient  commissary,  Captain  McDonnell,  that  we 
again  had  full  rations. 

Colonel  Coon  here  issued  the  following  order  to  each  regiment 
comprising  the  Second  Brigade: 

HEADQUARTERS  SECOND  BRIGADE,  FIFTH  DIVISION,  C.  C.  M.  D.  M.  ) 
GRAVELLY  SPRINGS,  ALA.,  January  31,  1865.  ) 

GENERAL  FIELD  ORDERS. 

The  Colonel  commanding  takes  this,  the  first  opportunity,  to  express  to  the 
officers  and  men  of  this  brigade  his  heartfelt  thanks  for  their  untiring  energy 
and  loyal  devoted  patriotism  to  their  country's  cause  during  the  recent  arduous 
campaign. 

He  feels  confidant  that  the  labor  performed  and  the  suffering  endured  through 
rain,  sleet  and  snow  overhead,  and  mud  under  foot,  while  at  Shoal  Creek,  ihe 
retreat  to  Nashville,  the  cold,  bleak  weather,  with  poor  tents  and  very  little 
wood  at  Edgefield,  followed  by  the  two  days'  battle  at  Nashville,  and  near  Frank- 
lin, the  cold  storms  of  sleet  and  rain  at  Rutherford's  Creek,  and  the  rain  and  mud 
in  the  pursuit  to  the  Tennessee  River,  are  without  parallel  in  the  history  of  this 
war,  while  your  record  of  gallantry  and  bravery  has  been  more  brilliant  than  that 
of  any  cavalry  brigade  in  the  United  States'  service. 

You  have  done  what  your  noble  Department  Commander  declared  could  not 
be  done  with  cavalry.  When  a  staff  officer  reported  that  General  Hatch's  cavalry 
had  charged  and  taken  a  fort  he  replied  "Impossible,  impossible,  sir;  such  a 
thing  was  never  heard  of, "  when  he  and  his  staff  rode  forward  rapidly  to 
ascertain  the  truth  of  this  report,  arriving  at  the  first  redoubt  in  time  to  witness 
your  taking  the  second  with  no  little  astonishment. 

You  have  won  for  yourselves  and  your  respective  States  immortal  fame. 
You  have  taught  the  army  and  the  world  the  important  lesson  that  cavalry  can 
fight  and  charge  breastworks  on  foot,  a  fact  heretofore  almost  unknown.  The 
acts  of  personal  bravery  during  the  campaign  have  been  numerous,  too  many  to 
mention  here,  but  all  present  know  who  these  men  are,  and  you  will  do  impor- 
tant service  by  repeating  in  the  presence  of  skulkers  the  incidents  of  gallant  con- 
duct in  the  recent  campaign. 

The  brigade  now  has  a  name  truly  enviable,  and  it  is  hoped  that  no  officer  or 
soldier  will  fail  to  lend  his  entire  energy  to  render  the  record  still  more  brilliant. 
Let  our  motto  be  first  in  drill,  first  in  discipline,  unsurpassed  in  soldierly  conduct, 
and  as  of  late,  foremost  in  every  battle. 

By  command  of  Datus  E.  Coon,  Colonel  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  Commanding 
Brigade. 

JOHN  H.  AVERY, 
Lieutenant  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  A.  A.  A.  G. 

The  9th  of  February  we  moved  back  to  Eastport  and  occupied 
some  shanties  built  by  the  infantry  and  proceeded  to  arrange 
camp  in  a  comfortable  manner.  From  this  place  parties  were 
sent  out  nearly  every  day  patrolling. .  On  the  13th  a  detachment 


GENEHAL  DATUS  E.  COON. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  173 

of  the  Ninth  and  a  part  of  the  Second  Iowa  were  out  on  a  scout 
about  fifteen  miles,  but  only  brought  in  two  prisoners ;  February 
14th,  received  our  camp  equipage,  tents,  etc.,  which  came  round  by 
boats  from  Nashville ;  February  15th,  two  promotions  in  Com- 
pany A,  Sergeant  C.  G.  Dack  to  be  first  lieutenant  and  the  brave 
and  gallant  Lieutenant  David  Hillier  to  be  captain.  These  two 
soldiers  had  been  with  the  regiment  from  the  first,  had  been  faith- 
ful, brave  and  gallant  in  the  performance  of  eyery  duty.  Captain 
Hillier  having  held  his  commission  as  second  lieutenant  since 
April,  1862,  having  been  in  command  of  Company  A  the  most  of 
the  time,  and  though  now  appointed  captain  of  his  old  company,  he 
having  previously  tendered  his  resignation,  was  never  commis- 
sioned to  the  position  he  was  at  this  time  appointed  to  fill,  though 
strongly  recommended  by  his  brother  officers  of  the  Ninth.  The 
men  were  busy  building  stables  for  an  expected  supply  of  horses. 

February  17th,  an  inspection  of  arms  and  quarters  by  Major 
McMannis  commanding  the  regiment.  A  part  of  the  Ninth  and 
a  detachment  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  with  four  wagons 
started  on  a  scout  to  Tuscumbia,  Ala.,  arriving  at  that  place  the 
20th;  went  into  camp  and  Company  A  sent  on  patrol  toward  De- 
catur,  and  on  the  21st  proceeded  to  Russellville,  the  headquarters 
of  the  rebel  General  Roddy,  who  had  a  division  of  rebel  cavalry, 
but  he  did  not  desire  to  risk  a  battle  and  retreated  farther  south ; 
captured  a  number  of  prisoners,  among  them  a  colonel,  about 
thirty  in  all.  who  really  seemed  glad  to  be  in  our  hands;  arrived 
back  in  camp  at  8  P.  M.,  February  23d ;  had  regimental  drill  here 
nearly  every  day,  and  there  was  talk  at  this  time  of  turning  over 
our  horses  to  some  of  the  other  regiments. 

February  26th,  inspection  by  Major  McMannis  and  Surgeon 
G.  B.  Christy,  and  on  the  28th,  mustered  by  a  captain  of  the  Sec- 
ond Iowa  for  two  months'  pay  for  January  and  February. 

March  5th,  inspection  of  arms  and  quarters  by  General  Hatch, 
who  returned  to  us  a  few  days  before.  "We  were  then  having 
company  regimental  and  brigade  drill  much  of  the  time.  A  num- 
ber of  recruits  arrived  for  the  regiment  on  the  9th,  and  March 
12th  inspection  of  arms  and  quarters.  The  Second  Iowa  Cavalry 
were  to-day  turning  over  their  Spencer  carbines. 

March  13th  our  gallant  Col.  J.  W.  Harper  joined  us  again, 


174  HISTORY    OF   THE 

having  been  commissioned  full  colonel  of  our  regiment,  from  De- 
cember 5,  1864.  He  was  welcomed  back  by  a  regular  oration 
from  the  Ninth. 

March  14th  the  Ninth  turned  over  our  Spencer  carbines  to 
General  Croxton's  command,  and  received  in  place  some  old  Colt's 
revolving  rifles  and  Sharp's  carbines. 

March  24th  an  unfortunate  accident  occurred.  While  a  party  of 
officers  stood  conversing  a  sack  of  cartridges  exploded,  burning 
Captain  Shattuck  very  severely  in  the  face,  and  Lieutenant 
Roberts  also,  but  not  so  badly. 

During  the  month  of  March,  1865,  General  Wilson  organized 
a  large  cavalry  force  to  go  on  a  grand  raid  into  the  center  of 
the  Confederacy. 

The  Fifth  Division  did  not,  for  some  reason  that  we  never  cer- 
tainly knew,  form  a  part  of  this  grand  command,  and  we  were 
obliged  to  turn  over  horses  to  the  troops  selected  for  the  enter- 
prise, and  later  application  was  made  for  our  Spencer  carbines  and 
to  equip  those  regiments  who  were  to  go  on  this  active  campaign 
to  be  turned  over  to  General  Croxton's  division.  This  seemed  to 
this  gallant  division,  the  fighting  Ftfth,  to  be  pretty  hard  treatment, 
as  they  had  stood  us  in  such  good  stead  in  so  many  tight  places, 
but  as  it  appeared  that  this  expedition  would  need  a  good  arm 
more  than  we  in  our  dismounted  condition,  and  the  good  of  the 
service  demanded  the  sacrifice,  they  gave  them  up.  In  recog- 
nition of  this  act  of  self-denial  General  Wilson  issued  the  follow- 
ing order : 

HEADQUARTERS,  CAVALRY  CORPS,  M.  D.  M.,  ) 
CHICKASAW,  ALA.,  March  18,  1865.      ) 

GENERAL  ORDER  No.  24. 

The  Brevet  Major-General  commanding  takes  great  pleasure  in  announcing  to 
the  cavalry  corps,  that  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Second  Iowa,  Sixth  and  Ninth 
Illinois,  through  Brigadier-General  Edward  Hatch,  commanding  Fifth  Division, 
and  Colonel  D.  E.  Coon,  Second  Brigade,  have,  with  a  spirit  of  generosity,  ex- 
celled only  by  their  gallantry,  voluntarily  turned  over  to  the  First  Division  a 
large  number  of  Spencer  carbines,  taking  in  exchange  an  equal  number  of  infe- 
rior arms  of  various  patterns;  this,  too,after  they  had  been  compelled  to  turn  over 
their  horses  to  the  Seventh  Division  and  other  detachments. 

Such  an  exhibition  of  zeal  for  the  interests  of  the  public  service,  of  self-de- 
nial, and  of  friendly  regard  for  their  brothers  in  arms,  is  unparalleled,  and  entitles 
the  brave  men  who  have  so  cheerfully  made  it,  to  the  thanks  and  admiration  of 
every  soldier  in  the  corps.  Troops  who  have  distinguished  themselves  by  so  many 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  175 

acts  of  gallantry  as  adorn  the  history  of  the  Fifth  Division  could  have  made  no 
greater  sacrifice.  They  are  entitled  to  the  best  remount,  equipments  and  arms  the 
country  can  furnish,  and  every  effort  will  be  made  to  secure  them  in  time  to  en- 
able them  to  participate  in  the  events  of  the  ensuing  campaign. 

This  order  will  be  read  to  every  regiment  of  the  Fifth  Division. 
By  command  of  Brevet  Major-General  Wilson, 

[Signed]  E.  B.  BEATJMONT, 

Major  and  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

The  Second  Brigade  soon  thereafter  received  muskets  and  be- 
gan to  drill  in  the  Infantry  Tactics;  but  somewhat  later  in  the 
season  were  again  furnished  with  a  new  outfit  of  horses  and  Spen- 
cer carbines,  an  altogether  more  satisfactory  arrangement  for  our 
boys. 

March  26.  An  inspection  of  the  division  by  General  Hatch, 
and  our  drill  continues,  now  mostly  of  the  Infantry  Tactics,  as  we 
are  dismounted  and  have  long  guns. 

April  2d.  Inspection  of  the  regiment  by  Captain  Clark,  one 
of  our  most  popular  officers,  who,  we  expected,  would  soon  be 
promoted  to  a  majorship. 

April  3d.  Tearing  down  our  shanties  and  putting  up  tents, 
which,  it  was  thought,  would  be  more  healthy  for  our  men.  This 
kind  of  soldier  life  was  very  monotonous  to  our  old  soldier  boys, 
who  had  been  for  so  long  a  time  accustomed  to*  the  duties  of 
active  campaigns,  so  the  boys  put  in  a  part  of  their  leisure  time  in 
fixing  up  and  beautifying  the  camp,  by  putting  out  evergreen  trees, 
and  arranging  their  camp  so  that  it  presented  a  very  pleasant 
appearance,  and  really  looked  like  a  "  sylvan  camp  of  picnickers/' 

April  llth  we  received  the  news  of  the  surrender  of  Lee's 
army.  The  first  intimation  we  had  of  it  was  the  booming  of 
cannon  from  the  gunboats  in  the  Tennessee  River,  firing  a  salute 
of  thirty-eight  guns,  soon  after  which  General  Hatch  ordered  up 
the  battery  belonging  to  the  division,  and  a  salute  of  one  hun- 
dred guns  was  fired  with  great  rapidity.  The  whole  command 
turned  out,  and  indulged  in  considerable  jollification.  "  Peace," 
"  peace,"and  "home,"  were  the  words  on  every  tongue.  General 
Grant  had  paroled  his  army,  and  that  we  did  not  just  like,  for  we 
feared  we  should  have  to  fight  them  again,  as  heretofore,  they  had 
not  observed  their  parole. 

Sunday  evening  at  6:30  we  received  the  astounding  intelligence 


176  HISTORY   OF   THE 

of  the  assassination  of  President  Lincoln.  It  did  seem  incredible 
that  it  could  be  true,  yet  it  came  in  such  shape  that  we  were 
obliged  to  believe  it,  and  our  hearts  were  heavy  and  every  one 
felt  gloomy  in  the  extreme.  The  army  distrusted  Andrew  John- 
son, and  many  knew  him  to  be  entirely  unfit  to  assume  the  head 
of  this  Government,  as  we  judged  him  to  be  (what  he  afterwards 
proved  himself)  a  man  of  mediocre  ability — vain,  ambitious  and 
puffed  up  with  self  conceit. 

April  27th  Capt.  William  C.  Blackburn,  who  was  captured 
November  24th  at  Campbellville,  Tenn.,  joined  us.  He  had  been 
a  prisoner  since  that  time  confined  at  Meridian,  Cahaba  and 
Andersonville.  He  ga.ve  very  thrilling  and  graphic  accounts  of 
the  privation  and  suffering  of  our  men  and  the  inhuman  treatment 
they  received  at  the  hands  of  the  rebels.  Captain  Blackburn  was 
at  this  time  about  to  muster  out  and  leave  the  service. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  A.  H.  Mockand  Major  William  McMannis 
returned  to  the  regiment  from  their  northern  visit,  and  we  were 
very  glad  to  see  them  back  looking  so  well  and  bearing  the  honor 
of  their  promotions  with  so  much  easy  grace.  They  were  given  a 
blow-out,  at  which  many  cigars  were  smoked  and  other  things  dis- 
posed of. 

May  7th.  Kegimental  inspection  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Mock. 

May  8th.  Colonel  Harper  returned  to  the  regiment  looking 
well  and  hearty,  and  all  were  glad  to  have  him  back. 

On  the  10th  the  First  Brigade  left,  going  down  the  river. 

Sunday  May  14th,  inspection  of  the  regiment  by  Colonel  Har- 
per, and  on  the  17th,  a  grand  review  of  the  Second  Brigade  by 
General  Hatch.  Many  rebel  deserters  were  coming  into  camp 
every  day.  On  the  18th  two  regiments,  the  Second  and  Eleventh 
rebel  Tennessee  Cavalry,  came  in  mounted. 

About  the  25th  of  May  the  regiment  began  to  divide  up,  one 
battalion  under  Major  Shattuck  moved  to  Corinth,  another  under 
Major  McMannis  to  Tuscumbia  and  one  to  luka.  So  also  was 
the  Second  Iowa  and  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry  sent  to  different 
towns  for  garrison  duty. 

Captain  John  C.  jSTeely  and  Lieutenant  J.  A.  McCartney,  of 
Company  I,  First  Illinois  Light  Artillery,  the  battery  attached  to 
the  Fifth  Division,  were  Avith  us  at  Eastport,  and  were  expecting 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  177 

at  this  time  to  be  mustered  out,  as  they  were  very  anxious  to  leave 
the  service,  as  all  felt  that  the  war  was  nearly  over.  They  were 
very  pleasant  gentlemen  and  good  officers  and  the  officers  of  the 
command  were  sorry  to  have  them  leave  as  we  had  long  served 
together. 

The  following  orders  of  General  Hatch,  assigning  the  regi- 
ments of  the  Second  Brigade  to  special  duties  explains  itself : 

HEADQUARTERS  FIFTH  DIVISION,  CAVALRY  CORPS,  M.  D.  M.  ) 
EASTPORT  Miss.,  June  29,  1865.         ) 

SPECIAL  ORDERS,   No.  116 

II.  Brevet  Brigadier  General  D.  E.   Coon,  commanding  Second  Brigade. 
Fifth  Division  Cavalry  Corps,   M.  D.  M.,  will  refit  his  command   at  Decatur, 
Ala. 

III.  The  deatchment  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  now  stationed  at  Cor- 
inth, Miss.,  and  Purdy,  Tenn.,  will  remain  in  their  present  camps.     The  balance 
of  the  regiment  will  encamp  at  Eastport  and  await  orders. 

IV.  The  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry,  with  the  exception  of  a  sufficient  detail  to 
take  charge  of  the  camp  and  garrison  equipage,  will  proceed  to  Nashville,  Tenn., 
via  river,  and  Nashville  and  Northwestern  Railroad,  and  report  to  Lieutenant 
Sudlow,  A.  A.  Q.  M.,  at  that  place,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  charge  of  animals 
to  Decatur,  Ala. 

V.  The  battalion  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  command  of  Major 
Wm.  McMannis  will  remain  in  camp  at  Tuscumbia. 

VI.  All  surplus  camp  and  garrison  equipage  and  all  condemned  stores  will 
be  turned  over  to  Lieutenant  S.  W.  Treat,  Depot  Quartermaster  at  Eastport. 

VII.  Brevet  General  Coon,  with  the  balance  of  his  command  provided  with 
six  days'  rations,  will  move  by  easy  marches  to  Decatur,  Ala.,  and  report  in  per- 
son to  Brevet  Major-General  Hatch  at  that  place.        The  division  and  brigade 
quarter-masters  will  furnish  transportation.     The  Brigade  Inspector  will  see  that 
no  surplus  baggage  is  transported. 

By  command  of  Brevet  Major-General  Edward  Hatch. 

HARVEY  A.  COLVTN, 
Assistant  Adjutant- General. 
To  Lieutenant  E.  A.  Davenport, 

A.  C.  8.  Fifth  Division  Cavalry  Corps  M.  D.  M. 

About  the  1st  of  July  the  regiment  began  to  rendezvous  at' 
luka,  and  on  the  4th  of  July  took  up  their  line  of  march  for  Deca- 
tur, Ala.  It  was  very  hot,  and  it  was  thought  best  to  lay  by  in 
the  heat  of  the  day;  marching  through  Tuscumbia,  it  was\  so  hot 
that  some  of  our  boys  gave  out.  We  pitched  our  tents  two  miles 
from' Decatur,  and  here  received  orders  to  turn  over  our  arms  and 
equipments. 
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178  HISTORY   OF   THE 

CONGRATULATORY  AND  FAREWELL  ORDER  OF  GEN.  WILSON. 

HEADQUARTERS  CAVALRY  CORPS,  M.  D.  M.,  ) 
MACON,  GA. ,  July  2,  1865.         j" 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  No.  39. 
To  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Cavalry  Corps,  Military  Division  of  the  Mississippi. 

Your  corps  has  ceased  to  exist.  The  Rebellion  has  terminated  in  there- 
establishment  of  your  country  upon  the  basis  of  nationality  and  perpetual  unity. 
Your  deeds  have  contributed  a  noble  part  to  the  glorious  result.  They  have  passed 
into  history  and  need  no  recital  from  me.  In  the  nine  months  during  which  I 
have  commanded  you  I  have  heard  no  reproach  upon  your  conduct,  have  had  no 
disaster  to  chronicle . 

The  glowing  memories  of  Franklin,  Nashville,  West  Harpeth,  Ebenezer 
Church,  Selma,  Montgomery,  Columbus,  West  Point  and  Macon  may  well  fill 
your  hearts  with  pride. 

You  have  learned  to  believe  yourselves  invincible,  and,  contemplating  your 
honorable  deeds,  may  justly  cherish  that  belief.  You  may  be  proud  of  your 
splendid  discipline  no  less  than  your  courage,  zeal  and  endurance.  The  noble 
impulses  which  have  inspired  you  in  the  past  will  be  a  source  of  enduring  honor 
in  the  future.  Peace  has  her  victories  no  less  than  war.  Do  not  forget  that 
clear  heads,  honest  hearts  and  stout  arms,  guided  by  pure  patriotism,  are  the 
surest  defense  of  our  country  in  every  peril .  Upon  them  depend  the  substantial 
progress  of  our  race  and  order  of  civilization,  as  well  as  the  libertv  of  all  man- 
kind. 

Let  your  example  in  civil  life  be  an  incitement  to  industry,  good  order  and 
enlightenment,  while  your  deeds  in  war  shall  live  in  the  grateful  remembrance 
of  your  countrymen . 

Having  discharged  every  military  duty  honestly  and  faithfully,  return  to 
your  homes  with  the  noble  sentiment  of  your  martyr  President  deeply  impressed 
upon  every  heart:  "  With  malice  against  none,  and  charity  for  all,  strive  to 
do  right  as  God  gives  you  to  see  the  right."  JAS.  H.  WILSON, 

Brevet  Major- General. 
Official:    EDWARD?.  INHOFF,  Captain  and  A.  A.  A.  General. 

FAREWELL  ORDER  OF  GENERAL  COON. 

HEADQUARTERS  SECOND  BRIGADE  FIFTH  DIVISION  CAVALRY  CORPS,  M.  D.  M.,  ) 

DECATUR,  ALA.,  July  9,  1865.      \ 

GENERAL  ORDER,  No.  11. 

Veteran  Companions:  This  day  the  identity  of  the  old  Second  Brigade  is  lost, 
and  its  unflinching  battle  line  that  covered  our  retiring  forces  at  West  Point  and 
Prairie  Station,  that  saved  a  disorganized  command  at  Okalona,  that  raised  the 
well-earned  cry  of  victory  at  Hurricane  Creek  and  Tupelo,  that  presented  its  un- 
broken front  to  Hood's  advancing  hosts,  at  Shoal  Creek,  Mt.  Carmel,  Campbells- 
ville,  Linnville,  Louisburg  Pike,  and  Franklin,  and  that  taught  the  world  a  new 
lesson  in  cavalry  warfare,  when  it  waved  its  victorious  battle  flag  over  the  cap- 
tured redoubts  at  Nashville,  that  un waving  battle-scarred  line  has  at  last,  by  order 
of  your  Department  Commander,  been  broken,  and  in  parting  I  feel  proud  in 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALEY   VOLUNTEERS. 

giving  expression  to  the  heart-felt  God-speeds  and  sincere  well-wishes  mutually 
exchanged  by  the  officers  and  men  of  the  brigade. 

You  have  endured  storm,  hunger,  fatigue  and  many  a  victorious  march  to- 
gether, under  each  other's  faithful  watch;  you  have  slept  without  fear  in  many  a 
dangerous  bivouac ;  shoulder  to  shoulder  you  have  stormed  the  battle  tide  of 
many  a  sanguinary  field,  and  the  greatest  good  I  can  wish  for  you  is  that  your 
future  happiness  and  prosperity  may  be  as  great  and  unremitting  as  your  past 
patriotism,  fidelity  and  courage  ;  while  better  cause  for  honest  pride  I  shall  never 
have  then  this  :  "  I  once  commanded  the  Second  Brigade," 

Officers,  Soldiers,  Comrades,  farewell. 

By  order  of  Datus  E.  Coon,  Brevet  Brigadier-General. 

JOHN  H.  AVERT. 
To  Commanding-Officer  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Captain  and  A.  A.  A.  G. 

About  the  15th  of  July  the  regiment  drew  a  partial  outfit  of 
horses,  equipments  and  Spencer  carbines. 

July  18th  the  regiment  received  eight  month's  pay  from 
Major  Vrooman,  United  States  Paymaster  at  Decatur,  Ala. 

July  19,  1865,  the  regiment  started  on  the  march  for  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  with  the  Second  Brigade  ;  the  first  day  marched 
nine  miles,  and  camped  at  Flint  River,  moving  forward  at  5  A.  M., 
the  Ninth  in  the  advance,  and  part  of  the  time  up  and  down  a  moun- 
tainous country,  and  the  roads  very  rough,  and  water  poor  and 
scarce.  After  a  very  hard  and  fatiguing  march  arrived  at  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  July  29th,  and  went  into  camp  three  miles  east  of 
the  city.  Montgomery  was  the  first  capital  of  the  Southern 
Confederacy,  and  is  beautifully  situated  on  a  very  commanding 
position,  but  at  the  time  we  were  there  it  showed  the  effects  of 
the  war,  and  was  almost  like  a  deserted  city.  August  10th  a. 
mounted  inspection  of  the  regiment. 


CHAPTEK  XXI. 

MARCH  TO  GAINESVILLE  — GENERAL  HATCH'S  FAREWELL  ADDRESS  — 
THE  SECOND  IOWA  CAVALRY  GOING  HOME — ARREST  OF  TWO 
WOMEN  — LIEUTENANT  DAVENPORT'S  PROTEST  AGAINST  POOR 
RATIONS  — ORDERED  TO  SELMA  AND  MUSTERED  OUT  — HOME- 
WARD BOUND  AND  THE  ARRIVAL  AT  SPRINGFIELD  —  COLONEL 
HARPER'S  PROTEST  —  FINAL  PAYMENT  AND  DISCHARGE  — 
"  GOOD-BYE  " — BATTLES  OF  THE  NINTH. 

THE  Ninth  remained  here  until  the  14th  of  August,  when  the 
regiment  started  for  Gainesville,  Ala.,  and  passed  through 
Pottsville  and  Selma,  which  latter  place  was  nearly  all  destroyed 
.by  General  Wilson  when  he  came  through  here  the  last  of  March. 
We  crossed  the  Cahaba  River  on  the  18th,  and  moved  on  through 
Hamburg  and  Greensboro,  at  which  latter  place  Captain  Kelly 
and  a  part  of  his  company  remained,  thence  on  to  Eutaw,  where 
Lieutenant  Webster  remained  and  arrived  at  Gainesville  August 
22d. 

This  town  is  situated  on  the  Tombigbee  River.  Here  we  imme- 
diately began  to  arrange  to  make  the  boys  comfortable  by  hauling 
lumber,  etc.,  to  build  houses  and  quarters. 

At  Gainesville  we  found  a  very  fine  vessel  lying  in  the  river 
which  had  been  used  by  the  rebels  as  a  blockade  runner. 

August  31st  we  were  mustered  for  two  months'  pay  by  Lieu- 
tenant Abbott. 

September  1st  we  heard  that  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  was 
going  home  and  hoped  that  it  would  be  our  turn  next. 

While  here  Colonel  Harper  was  in  command  of  the  sub-dis- 
trict of  Alabama,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Mock  commanded  the 
regiment,  and  their  duties,  though  not  of  a  fighting  character, 
were  not  always  of  the  pleasantest  kind.  The  officers  were,  many 
of  them,  detached  and  placed  on  duty  in  the  surrounding  towns  to 
keep  order  and  administer  the  oath  of  amnesty  to  those  of  the 

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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  181 

citizens  who  were  desirous  of  returning  to  their  allegiance  to  the 
old  flag,  and  were  stationed  at  different  places  in  obedience  to 
the  instructions  contained  in  the  following  order  issued  by  General 
Charles  R.  Woods  commanding  the  Department  of  Alabama. 

August  11, 1865,  Major-General  Charles  E.  Woods  appointed 
the  following  named  officers  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  to 
administer  the  amnesty  oath  in  the  istrict  of  Talladega  in  accord- 
ance with  the  proclamation  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
of  date  May  29,  1865. 

HEADQUARTERS,  DEPARTMENT  OF  ALABAMA,  ) 
MOBILE,  ALA.,  AUGUST  11,  1865.         J 

SPECIAL  ORDERS  No.  23.    EXTRACT  7. 

The  following  assignments  of  officers  for  administering  the  amnesty  oath 
is  ordered  for  the  district  of  Talladega.  The  officers  will  at  once  assume  the 
duties  at  their  respective  stations,  being  governed  by  existing  orders  from  head- 
quarters, Military  Division  of  the  Tennessee  and  by  instructions  conveyed  from 
these  headquarters. 

Carrolton,  Captain  H.  C.  Vore,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  Lallibut,  Lieutenant 
F.  P.  Robinson,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  Benevola,  Lieutenant  Charles  Haner, 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  Green  County,  Captain  P.  Kelly,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry; 
Eutaw,  Lieutenant  Geo.  P.  Webster,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  Gainesville,  Major 
William  McMannis,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  Livingston,  Captain  John  H.  Carpen- 
ter, Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  Gaston,  Lieutenant  J.  C.  Kilmer,  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry; Fayetteville,  Captain  J.  O.  H.  Spinney,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Tuscaloosa, 
Major  L.  L.  Shattuck,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  New  Lexington,  Captain.  F.  C. 
Niemeyer,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  McNath,  Lieutenant  J.  T.  Showalter,  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Charles  R.  Woods, 

FRED.  H.  WILSON,  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

General  Hatch  commanding  the  department  having  succeeded 
General  A.  J.  Smith  on  the  14th  of  August  removed  headquarters 
from  Montgomery  to  Talladega,  Ala.,  and  soon  the  command 
commenced  to  break  up.  Orders  began  to  arrive  for  the  transfer 
of  troops  and  some  were  being  sent  north  for  muster  out.  General 
Hatch,  having  been  ordered  to  report  to  General  Stoneman,  bade 
farewell  to  his  old  command  with  whom  he  had  been  so  long, 
pleasantly  and  honorably  associated  and  between  whom  there 
always  existed  the  utmost  confidence  and  mutual  respect  in  the 
following  order,  which  was  read  to  each  regiment  in  his  command 
and  indicates  the  regard  that  General  Hatch  had  for  the  veteran 
troops  that  had  so  long  been  under  his  command. 


182  HISTORY    OF   THE 

GENERAL  HATCH'S  FAREWELL  ORDER  TO  THE  SECOND  BRIGADE.   ' 

HEADQUARTERS  DISTRICT  OF  TALLADEGA,  ALA.,  \ 
TALLADEGA,  ALA.,  AUGUST  23,  1865.         ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS  No.  4. 

Orders  have  this  day  been  received  directing  me  to  report  to  another  depart- 
ment for  duty,  which  compels  me  to  part  with  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Second - 
Cavalry  Iowa  Veteran  Volunteers,  Sixth,  Seventh  and  Ninth  Regiments,  cavalry 
Illinois  Veteran  Volunteers,  with  whom  I  have  been  so  long  and  so  pleasantly 
associated. 

There  are  times  in  the  course  of  events  when  the  best  of  friends  must  part, 
and  now,  that  the  hour  of  our  separation  draws  nigh,  I  desire  to  express  my 
sincere  and  heartfelt  thanks  for  the  cheerful  cooperation  with  me  in  the  perform- 
ance of  kindred  duties,  for  your  gallantry,  self  denial,  and  the  untiring  energy 
you  have  displayed  on  every  occasion  while  under  my  command. 

Participating  in  common  dangers,  privations  and  hardships  for  nearly  four 
years,  a  period  too  full  of  events  and  heroic  deeds  that  you  have  accomplished  to 
be  mentioned  in  an  order  like  this,  has  united  us  in  the  bonds  of  indissoluble 
friendship. 

Often  during  your  military  career  have  you  nobly  obeyed  the  command 
"Charge  the  enemy's  works"  even  amid  vollies  of  leaden  rain  and  iron  hail  de- 
livered by  a  brave  and  confident  enemy.  No  greater  praise  can  be  offered,  than 
the  fact  that  you  have  never  charged  a  work  you  have  not  carried,  a  line  you 
have  not  broken  or  a  battery  you  have  not  taken. 

I  will  ever  cherish  among  the  brightest  passages  of  my  life  the  memory  of 
our  association  while  engaged  in  a  cause  in  behalf  of  right  against  wrong  and 
oppression,  and  now  the  war  is  over,  and  we  are  spared  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  our 
labors,  let  us  not  forget  our  comrades  in  arms,  whose  remains  were  left  upon  the 
field  of  battle,  or  those  who  have  been  stricken  down  by  the  slow  hand  of  disease, 
but  let  their  sacred  memory  renew  our  devotion  to  the  cause  for  which  they  gave 
their  last  offering. 

You  have  done  your  duty  as  good  soldiers,  and  each  of  you  have  my  best 
wishes  for  your  future  welfare  and  happiness,  throughout  the  remainder  of  your 
lives. 

Hoping  the  future  may  be  as  bright  and  happy  as  your  military  life  has  been 
glorious,  I  bid  you  an  affectionate  good  bye. 

[Signed]  EDWARD  HATCH, 

Brevet  Major  General,  United  States  Volunteers  Commanding. 
To  the  Commanding  Officer,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry: 

When  the  regiment  moved  from  Montgomery,  Ala.,  August 
14, 1865,  the  Ninth  was  divided  into  detachments,  and  stationed 
at  different  towns  to  keep  order  and  administer  the  amnesty  oath 
to  the  rebel  soldiers  and  citizens  who  were  disposed  to  accept  the 
same.  Rations  were  issued,  but  the  boys  having  recently  been 
paid  off,  generally  having  plenty  of  money,  did  not  take  all  their 

crackers  or  hard  tack. 

••  .      ;..*<•- 


SERG-'T  M-RJDR  P.  V.  FITZF.STRICK. 


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Thomas  "W.  Eaton,  of  Company  E,  had  charge  of  a  lot  for  dis- 
tribution, and  when  the  companies  to  whom  he  was  issuing  had 
taken  all  they  wanted,  there  were  several  parts  of  boxes  left  on  his 
hands.  Tom  emptied  these  into  two  large  sacks  containing 
nearly  ten  bushels,  and  put  them  on  the  cars  with  the  other  stores. 
On  their  arrival  at  Gainesville,  the  negroes  began  to  crowd  around, 
and  wanted  to  know  "  if  they  did  not  want  those  cars  unloaded," 
but  as  yet  camp  had  not  been  established  they  were  told  "  no."  By 
this  time  it  seemed  that  the  Africans  had  sprung  right  up  out  of 
ground,  as  there  appeared  to  be  thousands  of  them.  Finally 
camp  was  located,  a  building  was  assigned  for  the  commissary 
stores;  then  again  the  negroes  were  on  hand  begging  for  the 
privilege  of  "  unloading  them  cars,  Massa."  After  a  while  Eaton 
told  them  to  take  hold  and  they  pitched  in  with  a  will,  and,  as 
"many  hands  make  light  work,"  the  cars  were  soon  un- 
loaded. Then  again,  the  colored  troops  came  to  the  front,  "Say 
Massa  Captain,  haven't  you  got  something  to  eat,  we's  awful 
hungry."  Eaton  thought  of  his;two  bags  of  crackers;  he  brought 
them  out  and  dumped  one  bag  at  a  time  on  the  platform.  Then 
the  fun  began,  such  a  pulling  and  hauling  and  scrambling,  it 
looked  like  a  brood  of  black  chickens  called  together  by  the 
mother  hen  when  she  had  found  a  worm.  Their  gratitude  was 
unbounded  as  they  called  upon  Heaven  to  shower  down  its  choicest 
blessings  upon  the  head  of  "  Massa  Captain." 

The  headquarters  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  remained  at 
Gainesville  until  October  14th,  when  we  removed  to  Demopolis, 
where  Colonel  Harper  had  been  stationed  for  some  time. 

On  the  9th  of  September  Major  Clark,  with  one  battalion 
of  the  Ninth,  marched  to  Montevello  to  relieve  the  Second  Iowa 
Cavalry,  who  Vere  then  mustering  out. 

An  application  had  been  forwarded  to  Major-General  George 
H.  Thomas' commanding  the  military  division  of  Tennessee,  to 
muster  out  our  regiment,  the  same  was  returned  September  9th, 
"  Disapproved." 

The  people  of  this  country  did  not  know  how  to  come  down 
to  the  rules  and  orders  that  had  been  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
military  for  their  guidance,  though  I  must  say  that  the  most 
of  them  accepted  the  situation  with  good  grace.  Occasionally, 


184:  HISTORY    OF    THE 

however,  some  disagreeable  occurrences  would  take  place.  The 
women  always  take  less  kindly  to  a  new  order  of  things,  an 
instance  of  which  I  will  relate :  • 

Two  young  women  came  in  from  a  considerable  distance  in  the 
country  to  do  some  shopping,  and  while  in  a  store  were  rather  free 
in  showing  their  contempt  for  the  Yankee  soldiers,  for  a  while  no 
notice  was  taken  of  them,  and  they  became  more  demonstrative 
in  their  manner  and  speech.  The  commanding  officer  at  this 
time  was  Lieutenant-Colonel  Mock,  who,  passing  by  the  store 
where  these  two  (ladies  they  called  themselves)  were  shopping, 
took  occasion  to  jeer  at  him  as  he  passed.  The  Colonel,  not  being 
in  full  uniform,  passed  on  and  said  nothing,  after  a  while  re- 
turned, passed  them  again,  and  they  were  much  more  demonstra- 
tive in  their  manner  and  remarks,  in  fact  were  very  insulting. 
The  Colonel  passed  on  to  his  headquarters,  and  sent  out  a  file  of 
soldiers  to  arrest  them,  they  still  continuing  their  abuse,  and  at 
first  refused  to  go  with  the  guard,  but  finally,  thinking  it  a  good 
joke,  went  with  them,  and  were  rather  startled  to  find  in  the 
Commandant  the  same  soldier  they  had  tried  to  insult.  They 
were  at  first  inclined  to  put  on  a  bold  face,  but  Colonel  Mock  gave 
them  some  good,  plain  talk,  and  told  them  they  were  not  there 
to  be  insulted,  and  that  they  "must  apologize  for  their  conduct." 
This  they  flatly  refused  to  do.  "  Yery  well,  then  you  will  have 
to  go  to  the  guard  house,"  said  the  Colonel.  This  startled  them 
and  they  began  to  weaken;  said  they  did  not  mean  anything,  that 
they  were  a  good  ways  from  home,  and  if  the  Colonel  would  let 
them  off  they  would  go  away.  They  were  told  if  they  would  say 
that  they  were  sorry  for  what  they  had  done,  and  would  leave  town 
for  their  homes  immediately,  he  would  let  them  off.  This  they 
concluded  to  do,  and  the  guards  accompanying  them  to  their 
wagon,  they  left  town  considerably  crestfallen.  The  citizens, 
who  had  seen  the  affair,  complimented  Colonel  Mock  on  his  man- 
agement of  a  rather  awkward  case,  and  said  they  were  glad  he  had 
brought  them  to  time. 

POOR  RATIONS  AT  GAINESVILLE. 

Upon  my  return  to  the  regiment,  in  the  early  part  of  Septem- 
ber, 1865,  I  found  there  was  much  complaint  in  regard  to  the 
quality  and  quantity  of  the  rations  being  issued.  I  immediately 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  185 

reported  the  state  of  affairs,  and  made  complaint  to  Lieutenant 
Hibbard,  A.  C.  S.,  of  whom  the  regiment  were  drawing  their  sup- 
plies. He  promised  that  he  would  see  that  we  would  have  no  more 
cause  for  complaint.  The  trouble,  however,  continued,  and  I  made 
the  following  report  to  the  department  commander,  which  came 
back  in  about  three  weeks  covered  with  endorsements,  and  before 
that  time  our  subsistance  stores  had  materially  improved: 

HEADQUARTERS  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY,  VETERAN  VOLUNTEERS,  ) 
GAINESVILLE,  ALA.,  September  20,  1865.      f 

'SiR:  I  have  the  honor  to  respectfully  report  to  the  general  commanding  the 
following  facts:  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Veteran  Volunteers,  arrived  at  thia 
place  August  22,  1865,  since  which  time  we  have  been  drawing  rations  from 
Lieutenant  W.  P.  B.  Hibbard,  Ninety-third  Regiment  Indiana  Infantry  Volun- 
teers, A.  C.  S.  The  rations  drawn  have  been  of  very  poor  quality,  and  a  portion 
of  the  time  only  part  rations  have  been  issued,  and  those,  to  a  certain  extent,  not 
really  fit  for  use.  Much  of  the  hard  bread  was  old,  rotten  and  wormy.  The 
meat,  bacon  and  shoulders,  much  of  it,  in  a  stinking,  buggy,  rotten  condition,  so 
much  so  that  the  men  would  do  without  rather  than  eat  the  same.  Whether  this 
is  the  fault  of  the  commissary  at  this  place,  or  of  those  of  whom  he  receives  his 
subsistence  stores  at  Meridan  or  Mobile.  I  know  not.  My  object  in  making  this 
report  is  to  see  if  these  evils  cannot  be  corrected.  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  is 
a  veteran  regiment,  has  served  the  country  well  and  faithfully  for  over  four 
years,  and  now  that  the  war  is  over,  we  think  it  hard  that  we  are  so  treated. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

E.  A.  DAVENPORT, 

Lieutenant  and  R.  S.  C.,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Veteran  Volunteers. 
FRED  H.  WILSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant- General,  Department  of  Alabama. 

About  the  middle  of  October  we  moved  from  Gainesville  to 
Demopolis,  and  on  the  21st  Major  Clark  was  assigned  to  the  com- 
mand of  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  at  Selma.  Major  McMannis  was 
already  there,  president  of  a  court  martial.  Colonel  Harper  was 
still  commanding  the  sub-district.  "We  were  anxiously  looking 
for  an  order  to  muster  out,  as  we  learned  that  General  Grant  had 
issued  an  order  "  to  muster  out  all  cavalry  east  of  the  Mississippi." 

October  24th  we  moved  to  Selma,  Ala.,  in  pursuance  "with 
orders  to  muster  out  of  the  service.  Here  the  detachments  of  the 
regiment  were  coming  in,  and  were  feeling  cheerful  and  happy 
that  our  war  services  were  about  ended.  Selma,  Ala.,  had  been 
a  place  of  considerable  importance  to  the  Confederac\T,  as 
it  was  here  that  the  Confederate  Government  had  established 


186  HISTORY   OF   THE 

extensive  works  for  the  manufacture  of  heavy  ordnance  for  the 
rebel  army.  And  though  General  Wilson  had  burned  and 
destroyed  the  machine  shops  and  much  of  the  city,  there  was 
enough  left  to  show  what  they  had  been  capable  of  producing. 
The  guns  here,  in  all  stages  of  completion,  were  of  the  heaviest 
caliber,  and  the  largest  I  had  ever  seen.  There  were  two  large 
artesian  wells,  from  which  there  was  a  large  and  constant  flow 
of  water.  At  this  place  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  were  very 
busy  arranging  their  affairs,  turning  over  all  ordnance,  stores, 
arms,  and  quartermaster  property,  horses,  tents,  etc.,  and  making 
out  necessary  papers,  all  of  which  consumed  much  time.  Finally, 
October  31,  1865,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  veteran 
regiment,  in  pursuance  of  the  following  order,  was  formally  mus- 
tered out  of  the  service  of  the  United  States  by  Captain  Hosmer, 
United  States  mustering  officer,  and  started  for  Springfield,  111., 
November  5,  for  final  payment  and  discharge. 

HEADQUARTERS,  DISTRICT  OP  MONTGOMERY,    ) 
MONTGOMERY,  ALA.,  October  31,  1865.       f 

SPECIAL  ORDERS  No.  62 — EXTRACT. 

3.  The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  Colonel  J.  W.  Harper  command- 
ing, will,  after  having  turned  over  all  land  transportation,  and  public  animals  to 
the  Post  Quartermaster  at  Selma,  Ala.,  proceed  without  delay  to  Springfield, 
111.,  reporting  to  the  Chief  Mustering  Officer  of  the  State,  for  final  payment  and 
discharge. 

The  quartermaster's  department  will  furnish  the  necessary  transportation. 
******** 

By  command  of  Major-General  Henry  E.  Davies,  Jr., 

JAMES  B.  COMSTOCK, 

Assistant  Adjutant- General. 
Official  :  JAMES  B.  COMSTOCK,  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

EIGHT  DAYS'  PAY  DUE  THE  NINTH. 

At  the  time  of  final  payment  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry 
Volunteer  Veterans  by  Major  Brightman,  Uuited  States  Paymas- 
ter at  Springfield,  111.,  November  18,  1865.  It  was  thought  that 
an  injustice  was  done  the  regiment  by  not  paying  us  for  the 
period  between  our  arrival  at  Camp  Butler  where  the  regiment 
was  kept  on  duty  and  the  day  of  payment.  A  protest  was  made 
by  Colonel  Joseph  W.  Harper,  and  many  officers  of  the  regiment 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  18 7 

at  the  time,  as  will  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  following  letter 
addressed  by  our  Colonel  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  State. 

HEADQUARTERS  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY,  ) 
SPRINGFIELD,  ILL.,  November  18,  1865.     f 

GENERAL:    I  have  the  honor  to  make  the  following  statements. 

My  regiment  (the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry)  arrived  at  Camp  Butler,  111.,  for 
final  payment  and  discharge,  November  11,  1865.  I  reported  to  General  Oakes, 
in  accordance  with  my  orders,  November  10th,  with  pay  rolls  of  my  regiment. 
Date  of  arrival  (November  11)  was  endorsed  on  said  rolls  and  they  were  sent  to 
Major  Bridgeman,  Paymaster  United  States  Army.  The  rolls  were  returned  to 
me  for  signature  of  men  November  llth,  by  Major  Bridgeman,  and  were  sent  by 
me  to  Major  Bridgeman  with  the  signatures  of  men  attached,  November  13,  1865. 
I  made  the  inquiry  of  Major  Bridgeman  up  to  what  time  he  would  pay  the  regi- 
ment. Major  Bridgeman  replied  he  could  only  pay  up  to  and  including  Novem- 
ber 9th.  I  remonstrated  with  him  that  the  regiment  had  arrived  on  the  evening 
of  the  10th,  and  that  we  were  entitled  to  pay  up  to  the  date  of  payment;  as  it 
would  take  one  week  to  figure  the  rolls,  it  would  be  injustice  to  keep  a  regiment 
that  length  of  time  without  pay.  I  could  get  no  satisfaction  from  Major  Bridge- 
man, and  only  the  reply  that  his  orders  would  not  permit  him  to  pay  only  to 
include  the  9th. 

After  being  shown  the  letter  received  by  you  from  the  Paymaster-General,  No- 
vember 16th,  1865,  I  again  went  to  Major  Bridgeman  and  asked  him  if  he  had 
been  shown  said  letter.  He  said  he  had.  I  then  asked  him  if  he  would  now  pay 
my  regiment.  He  said  no,  that  that  letter  was  not  official  to  him,  and  that  further- 
more he  considered  it'the  commencement  of  payment  of  a  regiment  when  he  began 
to  figure  the  first  roll,  although  it  might  be  a  week  from  that  time  before  he  actu- 
ally began  to  pay  the  regiment. 

My  regiment  is  being  paid  to-day  (November  18th)  and  is  only  paid  to  include 
November  9th,  this  leaving  eight  days  we  have  been  obliged  to  remain  here  with- 
out pay . 

Believing  that  injustice  has  been  done  my  regiment  by  the  Pay  Department, 
I  ask  you  to  investigate  the  matter  and  ascertain  if  such  are  Major  Bridgeman's 
orders  from  the  Paymaster  General. 

I  am,  General,  very  respectfully,  your  most  obedient  servant, 

[Signed].  Jos.  W.  HARPER, 

Colonel  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 
To  Brigadier  General  I.  N.  Haynie,  Adjutant-General,  Illinois. 

Major  Bridgeman  was,  however,  so  obdurate,  and  construed 
his  orders  so  strongly  against  us,  that  we  were  not  paid  for  eight 
days'  time,  that  we  then  felt  and  still  feel,  was  and  is  due  the 
members  of  the  regiment.  Officers  of  the  Ninth  and  comrades, 
who  have  inquired  into  the  matter,  have  been  informed  that  the 
only  way  that  justice  can  now  be  done  is  by  special  act  of  Con- 
gress, and  to  this  end  it  is  hoped  and  desired  that  a  committee  be 


188  HISTORY    OF   THE 

appointed,  and  that  some  member  of  Congress  shall  be  interested 
and  instructed  to  see  that  a  measure  be  introduced  before  Con- 
gress for  our  relief.  It  is  susceptible  of  proof  that  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865, 
was  ordered  to  Springfield,  111.,  for  final  payment  and  discharge 
that  the  regiment  arrived  at  Springfield  November  10, 1865,  was 
assigned  to  quarters  at  Camp  Butler,  and  were  not  allowed  our 
freedom  from  camp  except  by  a  "  pass  "  from  the  military,  and  were 
not  paid  until  November  18,  1865,  when  we  accepted  (under  pro- 
test) such  payment  as  Major  Bridgeman  was  willing  to  give  us, 
being  anxious,  after  our  four  years'  service,  to  be  allowed  to  re- 
turn to  our  homes. 

HOMEWARD  BOUND. 

As  before  remarked,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Yolunteers 
left  Selma,  Ala.,  November  5,  1865,  and  proceeding  north  by  rail 
reached  Cairo  on  the  9th,  going  from  there  to  Springfield,  111. 
arriving  at  the  latter  place  on  the  evening  of  the  10th  of  Novem- 
ber. Here  we  were  to  receive  our  pay  and  final  discharge,  and  it 
was  necessary  for  each  company  to  make  out  and  have  signed  by 
each  member  thereof  nine  muster-out  rolls,  and  all  officers,  who 
had  been,  or  were  now  responsible  for  Government  property  of  any 
sort,  were  to  arrange  their  accounts,  and  put  everything  in  shape 
to  enable  them  to  make  a  settlement  in  full,  and  to  receive  an 
honorable  and  final  discharge  from  the  service. 

The  men  and  many  of  the  officers  were  quartered  in  Camp 
Butler,  and  still  under  military  restriction,  the  days  passed 
wearily  while  waiting.  Many  of  the  boys  put  in  a  portion  of 
their  time  in  the  tailor  shops  and  clothing  stores,  selecting  ap- 
parel suitable  for  citizen  life.  Quite  a  number  had  their  pictures 
taken,  and  exchanges  were  made  between  those  who,  in  our  years 
of  service,  had  formed  attachments  that  should  last  to  the  end  of 
life. 

On  the  18th  of  November,  1865,  we  were  paid  by  Major  Bridge- 
man) the  United  States  Paymaster,  and',  receiving  our  discharges, 
we  were  again  citizens.  We  were  now  to  see  home  and  friends 
once  more.  •  Conflicting  emotions  stirred  each.  In  a  few  short  hours 
we  should  be  face  to  face  with  those  from  whom  we  had  been 


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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  189 

separated  for  months  and  years.  Glad  eyes  and  joyful  voices 
would  greet  us,  fathers,  mothers,  wives, -sisters,  brothers,  children 
and  sweethearts,  and  among  them  pallid  faces  would  look  into 
ours,  and  husky  voices  would  ask  of  those  whose  forms  lay 
beneath  the  Southern  sod,  and  we,  in  pity,  must  keep  back  half 
the  dreadful  truth.  We  were  going  home  victorious,  yet,  at 
what  a  sacrifice ;  our  thoughts  would  turn  to  those  of  our  com- 
rades, who  lay  behind,  moldering  in  Southern  soil.  Our  eyes 
would  grow  moist  at  the  thought  of  brave,  true  hearts,  stilled  for- 
ever by  rebel  bullets,  or  hushed  by  the  slow  horror  of  a  prison 
pen. 

What  had  been  gained  by  all  this  loss?  What  had  been 
gained  ?  An  undivided  country,  the  power  and  supremacy  of  the 
Government  established,  the  glorious  banner  of  freedom,  the  stars 
and  stripes  vindicated;  that  bastard  rag,  the  stars  and  bars, 
trampled  into  the  dust  out  of  sight  forever,  by  the  feet  of  the 
loyal,  patriotic  sons  of  A-merica. 

Thank  God !  'This  was  what  we  had  helped  to  gain. 

"  This  Government  of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the 
people,  shall  not  perish  from  the  earth." 

A  hand-shake,  a  good-bye  in  a  husky  voice,  and  the  record  of 
the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Veteran  Volunteers  as  a  regiment 
was  closed. 

Its  deeds  are  a  part  of  the  Nation's  history. 
BATTLES  AND  SKIRMISHES  OF  THE  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY. 

Cache  River,  Arkansas,  May  28,  1862;  Waddell  Farm,  Arkansas,  June  12, 
1862;  Stewart's  Plantation,  Arkansas,  June  27,  1862,  Cotton  Plant,  Arkansas;  July 
7, 1862;  Marianna,  Arkansas,  October  17,  1862;  La  Grange,  Arkansas,  October  18, 
1862;  Oakland,  Mississippi,  November  6.  1862;  Coffeeville,  Mississippi,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1862;  Coldwater,  Mississippi,  November  8,  1862. 

Quinn's  Mill,  Tennessee,  May  15,  1863;  Panola,  Mississippi,  June  20,  1863; 
Coldwater,  Mississippi,  June  21,  1863;  Cochrin's  Cross  Roads,  Mississippi,  June 
28,  1863;  Byhalia,  Mississippi,  August  14,  1863;  Grenada,  Mississippi,  August 
18,  1863;  Senatobia,  Mississippi,  August  20,  1863;  Lockhart's  Mill,  Mississippi, 
October  6,  1863;  Salem,  Mississippi,  October  8,  1863;  Wall  Hill,  Mississippi, 
October  10,  1863;  Wyatt,  Mississippi,  October  13,  1863;  Saulsbury,  Tennessee, 
December  3, 1865;  Moscow,  Tennessee,  December  4,  1863;  LaFayette,  Tennessee, 
December,  26,  1863;  Collierville,  Tennesssee,  December  27,  1863. 

West  Point,  Mississippi,  February  20,  1864;  Okolona,  Mississippi,  Febuary  21, 
1864;  Ivy  Hill,  Mississippi,  February  22,  1864;  Guntown,  Mississippi,  June  10, 
1864;  Brice's  Cross  Roads,  Mississippi,  June  10,  1864;  Ripley,  Mississipi..  June  12, 


190  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS. 

1864;  Pontotoc,  Mississippi,  July  12  and  13,  1864;  Tupelo,  Mississippi,  July  14 
and  15,  1864;  Old  town  Creek,  Mississippi,  July  15,  1864;  Tallahatchie,  Missis- 
sippi, August  11,  1864;  Abbeyville,  Mississippi,  August  12,  1864;  Hurri- 
cane Creek,  Mississippi,  August  13,  1864;  Oxford,  Mississippi,  August  14,  1864. 
Savannah,  Tennessee,  October  14,  1864;  Shoal  Creek,  Tennessee,  November  6,  11, 
and  19,  1864;  Lawrenceburg,  Tennnessee,  November  22, 1864;  Pulaski,  Tennessee, 
November  22,  1864;  Campbellville,  Tennessee,  November  24,  1864;  Lynnville, 
Tennessee,  November  24,  1864;  Columbia,  Tennessee,  November  25,  26  and  27, 
1864;  Mount  Carmel,  Tennessee,  November  27,  1864;  Spring  Hill,  Tennessee, 
November  28, 1864;  Franklin,  Tennessee,  November  30, 1864;  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
December  15  and  16,  1864;  Brentwood,  Tennessee,  December,  16,  1864;  Franklin 
Pike,  Tennessee,  December  17,  1864;  Rutherford  Creek,  Tennessee,  November  18- 
and  19,  1864;  Sugar  Creek,  Tennessee,  December  23,  1864;  Big  Creek,  Tennessee, 
December  24,  1864;  Ross'  Farm,  Tennessee,  December  25,  1864. 


CHAPTEK  XXII. 

PERSONAL   SKETCHES   OF   THE   FIELD   AND    STAFF. 

SKETCH  OF  COLONEL  BRACKETT. 

A    LBERT  G-  BRACKETT  was  born  February  14,  1829,  at  Cherry  Valley,  N. 

f\    Y.,  and  removed  to  Indiana  when  a  mere  lad.     He  is  a  man  of  large  and 

varied  military  experience.    Prompted  by  the  martial  spirit  awakened  in  his  breast 

at  the  prospect  of  trouble  with  Mexico,  he  in  common  with  many  young  men  of 

that  day  hastened  to  offer  his  services  to  the  country: 

Elected  to  the  second  lieutenancy  of  the  company  in  which  he  volunteered, 
he  was  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  on  the  1st  of  June,  1847, 
and  was  soon  promoted  to  be  first  lieutenant,  his  regiment  forming  a  part  of 
General  Lanes'  column  in  the  march  to  the  City  of  Mexico.  He  participated  in 
all  its  skirmishes  and  engagements,  serving  through  the  entire  war  with  gieat 
credit  and  distinction. 

The  war  having  terminated,  he  returned  to  his  home  at  Rochester,  Ind., 
where  he  prepared  and  published  the  story  of  his  campaign  under  the  title  of 
"  General  Lanes'  Brigade  in  Central  Mexico."  This  work  is  still  regarded  as  one 
of  the  leading  authorities  on  the  Mexican  War. 

On  the  organization  of  the  new  Second  (now  Fifth)  United  States  Cavalry, 
he  was  appointed  to  one  of  the  captaincies,  and  assisted  in  recruiting  and  organiz- 
ing the  regiment.  He  marched  with  his  regiment  to  Texas  in  1855,  and  during 
the  following  five  years  was  actively  engaged  in  various  campaigns  against  the 
Indian  tribes,  mainly  the  Lipans  and  Oomanches,  defeating  them  in  three  prom- 
inent engagements,  receiving  on  several  occasions  the  thanks  and  highest  com- 
mendations of  the  Department  Commander,  and  General  Scott  Commander  in 
Chief.  He  also  commanded  a  squadron  of  cavalry  during  the  Cortenas  difficul- 
ties on  the  Rio  Grande. 

When  the  State  of  Texas  was  surrendered  to  the  rebels  he  marched  with  his 
command  to  the  coast,  and  sailed  to  the  north  where  he  lost  no  time  in  throwing 
himself  into  the  struggle,  heart  and  soul.  At  Blackburn's  Ford  and  Bull  Run, 
July  18th  and  21st,  1861,  he  was  in  command  of  a  squadroon  of  the  Second  Cav- 
alry, and  was  the  escort  of  General  McDowell,  where  his  services  were  of  the 
highest  character,  and  his  conduct  and  gallantry  such  as  won  for  him  again  the 
praise  of  his  superior  officers .  His  company  with  others  from  the  regular  cav- 
alry and  infantry  formed  about  all  there  was  of  the  rear  guard. 

On  the  6th  of  August,  1861,  he  was  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to 
raise  a  cavalry  regiment  at  the  west.  To  this  object  he  set  vigorously  to  work. 
Coming  west,  he  was  soon  appointed  aide  de-camp  to  Govorner  Yates,  of  Illinois, 
and  soon  thereafter  to  the  command  of  Camp  Douglas,  at  Chicago.  During  this 

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192  HISTORY   OF   THE 

time  the  companies  that  were  to  form  this  magnificent  regiment  of  cavalry  were 
rapidly  being  recruited  and  on  their  way  to  the  rendezvous  at  Chicago.  The  first 
to  arrive,  being  Company  A,  recruited  at  Colonel  Brackett's  old  home,  Rock  Is- 
land, 111.  Most  of  them  having  been  enlisted  by  September  1st,  they  arrived  in 
camp  September  loth,  with  their  full  complement  of  men.  Here  the  Colonel  was 
established,  and  as  company  after  company  came  into  camp,  they  were  immed- 
iately taken  in  hand  and  vigorously  drilled  in  military  matters.  Colonel  Brack- 
ett  from  the  time  of  the  final  muster  of  the  regiment,  October  26,  1861,  until 
the  departure  to  the  front,  February  16,  1862,  was  indefatigable  in  his  endeavors 
to  bring  the  regiment  to  a  high  state  of  perfection  in  all  that  pertained  to  a  well, 
drilled  and  thoroughly  equipped  cavalry  regiment.  He  was  with  us  through  the 
long  and  tedious  march  through  Missouri  to  Jacksonport,  serving  under  Msjor- 
General  Samuel  R.  Curtis. 

June  12,  1862,  a  sharp  skirmish  took  place  between  a  portion  of  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry  and  a  Confederate  force,  in  which,  under  the  leadership  of  Colo- 
nel Bracket,  the  regiment  received,  in  a  small  way,  its  first  "  baptism  of  fire," 
meeting  and  scattering  the  enemy.  This  was  known  as  the  "  Waddell  Farm  " 
affair. 

June  26,  1862,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  with  Steele's  division,  commenced 
that  long  and  terrible  march  across  the  State  of  Arkansas  to  Helena,  on  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  the  27th  of  June  encountering  a  large  force  of  rebels  at  what  was 
known  as  "  Stewart's  Plantation."  Here  the  Colonel,  while  gallantly  leading  his 
regiment,  was  severly  wounded.  In  this  engagement  the  regiment  suffered 
severely,  losing  two  men  killed  and  thirty-five  wounded.  Colonel  Brackett, 
though  suffering  greatly  with  his  wound,  continued  with  the  regiment  to  Helena, 
Ark. ,  arriving  there  on  the  14th  of  July,  1862.  The  malarial  atmosphere  here 
was  too  much  for  a  man  suffering  as  he  was,  and  the  Colonel  was  soon  sent  North 
to  mend  his  shattered  health.  Soon  after  this,  he  was  placed  on  detached  service 
as  ehief  of  cavalry  to  the  Department  of  Missouri,  with  headquarters  at  St.  Louis. 

In  this  important  position  he  remained  a  long  time,  and  rejoined  his  regiment 
at  Collierville,  Tenn.,  about  the  1st  of  January,  1864,  and  was  in  command  of  the 
Second  Brigade  of  General  Grierson's  division,  Sixteenth  Army  Corps,  under 
Major-General  S.  A.  Hurlbut. 

Not  long  after  this  Colonel  Brackett  was  again  ordered  on  detached  service, 
and  did  not  again  rejoin  his  regiment,  being  mustered  out  October  26,  1864.  He 
then  served  as  inspector  general  of  cavalry  of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 

Since  the  close  of  the  war  Colonel  Bracket  has  occupied  many  high  military 
trusts;  has  been  promoted  in  the  regular  army  to  the  colonelcy  of  the  Third 
United  States  Cavalry;  has  been  superintendent  of  cavalry  recruiting  service,  and 
is  now  in  command  at  Fort  Clark,  Texas,  his  present  address,  May,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  COLONEL  HARPER. 

Joseph  W.  Harper  entered  the  volunteer  service  of  from  Belvidere,  111., 
where  he  had  been*  active  in  recruiting  men  for  the  army,  who  became  a  part  of 
Company  I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  mustered  in  as  second  lieutenant, 
October  23,  1861.  He  was  promoted  to  be  first  lieutenant,  November  17,  and 
was  again  promoted  captain,  on  the  discharge  of  Captain  Chidister,  October  3, 
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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  193 

Captain  Harper  was  one  of  our  best  officers.  A  brave  man,  a  strict  disciplin- 
arian, he  was  always  ready*  for  duty,  and  during  the  expeditions  and  scouts  in 
Arkansas,  Company  I  did  their  full  share  in  all  the  regiment  was  called  upon  to 
perform. 

After  the  Ninth  came  up  the  Mississippi  River  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  in  the 
spring  of  1863,  Captain  Harper  was  often  at  the  front,  and  when  the  Veteran 
organization  of  the  Ninth  was  in  progress,  he  was  again  active  in  enlisting,  and 
was  sent  north  during  the  winter  1863-64,  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  fill- 
ing up  the  regiment  again  during  the  spring  and  summer.  After  the  return  of 
the  regiment  from  veteran  furlough,  he  was  often  in  command  of  a  battalion, and 
was  always  to  be  relied  upon  as  a  skillful,  prompt,  and  efficient  officer.  When 
the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  with  General  Hatch,  in  the  famous  sixty -four  days' 
campaign  on  the  borders  of  Tennessee  and  Alabama,  and  while  in  front  of  Hood's 
army  onShoal  Creek, Franklin  and  on  to  Nashville, Captain  Harper  was  in  command 
of  the  regiment,  and  right  well  and  gallantly  did  he  maintain  himself  and  the 
splendid  regiment  lie  so  ably  commanded,  in  the  fall  and  early  winter  of  1864. 
Then,  after  a  brief  rest  at  Nashville,  the  old  Second  Brigade  moved  out  on  the 
loth  of  December,  1864.  At  Nashville,  the  tried  veterans  of  the  Ninth  were  still 
under  the  skillful  leadership  of  Captain  Harper,  who,  while  gallantly  leading  the 
determined  charge  on  the  rebel  works,  was  struck  down  by  a  painful  wound  in 
the  arm,  and  was  compelled  to  relinquish  the  command  of  the  regiment  to  Cap- 
tain Mock.  After  this,  Captain  Harper  was  sent  north,  and  when  he  returned 
the  Captain's  bars  were  replaced  by  the  eagle  on  his  shoulder.  Again  he  assumed, 
command  of  the  Ninth,  marched  through  with  the  regiment  to  Montgomery, 
Ala.,  and  from  there  to  Gainesville,  where  Colonel  Harper  was  placed  in 
command  of  the  Sub-District  of  Alabama,  under  Major-General  Charles  E. 
Woods. 

But  the  war  was  over.  The  fighting  Ninth  felt  that  its  mission  was  accom- 
plished, and  all  were  anxious  to  resume  citizenship.  Colonel  Harper  received  orders 
to  report  with  his  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  to  be  mustered  out  of  service, 
from  there  proceeding  to  Springfield,  111.,  and  his  military  career  was  ended. 

Since  the  war  the  Colonel  located  in  Missouri,  where  he  has  large  coal  and 
real  estate  interests.  His  present  address  is  Hamilton,  Mo. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  SOLOMON  A.  PADDOCK. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Solomon  A.  Paddock  was  born  about  1822. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  left  a  large  practice  as  a  physician  at 
Princeton,  111.,  and  went  to  work  with  energy  and  great  ardor,  accomplishing 
good  work  in  recruiting  and  organizing  troops. 

He  came  with  his  company  to  Camp  Douglas,  and  was  mustered  in  as  cap- 
tain of  Company  K,  in  October,  1861. 

December  2nd  he  was  appointed  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and  was  very  active  in 
all  that  pertained  to  military  life. 

Though  a  man  of  sturdy  appearance,  his  health  was  not  good,  and  being  taken 
with  a  severe  illness  while  en  route  to  St.  Louis  with  the  regiment,  he  died  sud- 
denly on  the  18th  of  February,  1862. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Paddock  was  a  man  of  brilliant  intellect,  and  thoroughly 
patriotic,  kindly  and  hearty  in  speech  and  manner,  he  won  the  love  and  respect  of 
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194  HISTORY   OF   THE 

all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.     No  doubt  had  he  lived  to  have  seen  service, 
he  would  have  made  a  splendid  record. 

SKETCH  OF  GENERAL  SICKLES. 

Hiram  F.  Sickles  was  about  forty  years  of  age  when  he  joined  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry;  was  commissioned  by  Governor  Yates  as  one  of  the  Majors  in 
September,  1861,  having  been  in  the  United  States  Navy  in  1838,  also  served  in 
the  Topographical  Department  with  Wilkes'  expedition  to  the  South  Seas,  and 
with  Captain  Taylor's  expedition.  He  left  the  navy  in  1848. 

On  the  death  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Paddock,  in  February,  1862,  Major 
Sickles  was' promoted  to  the  Lieutenant-Colonelcy  of  the  Ninth,  and  aided  in  the 
organization  of  the  regiment,  and  was  assigned  the  duty  of  obtaining  march- 
ing orders  for  the  command  from  Camp  Douglas  to  the  field.  When  the  com- 
mand was  well  on  the  way  toward  Jacksonport,  Colonel  Sickles  with  a  small 
detail  was  ordered  back  to  Pilot  Knob  to  draw  a  large  sum  of  money  for  Gen 
eral  Steele's  command,  and  on  this  occasion  encountered  the  first  lot  of  the  bush- 
whacking scoundrels,  and  was  fired  upon  several  times,  but  reached  the  command 
in  safety  with  the  money  entrusted  in  his  care. 

In  the  month  of  May  Colonel  Sickles,  with  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth,  was 
ordered  to  Cotton  Plant,  Ark.,  to  destroy  the  rebel  telegraph  station  communi- 
cating that  part  of  Arkansas  with  Little  Rock,  with  the  intermediate  stations  at 
Des  Arc  and  DuVall's  Bluff,  the  distance  being  about  one  hundred  miles  and  four 
days  was  the  limitation  of  time  named  in  the  order  to  consummate  this  matter  and 
return  to  camp. 

At  Village  Creek,  six  miles  from  camp,  the  enemy  had  removed  the 
planks  from  the  bridge  across  the  rapid  stream  and  lay  in  ambush  on  the  oppo- 
site side.  The  Colonel  dismounted  his  men,  and,  driving  the  rebs  out,  re-laid  the 
stringers  and  led  the  horses  over;  proceeded  on  their  way,  having  a  running  fight 
nearly  the  whole  distance,  and  accomplished  their  mission;  captured  several 
prisoners.  The  expedition  was  performed  within  the  four  days'  time  specified  in 
the  order,  having  marched  an  average  of  fifty  miles  a  day  without  the  loss  of  a 
single  man,  and  only  three  slightly  wounded.  This  was  regarded  as  a  very  rapid 
march  and  a  successful  expedition. 

During  his  connection  with  the  regiment,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sickles  was  at 
times  in  command  of  the  Ninth,  remaining  with  them,  and  sharing  their  hard- 
ships of  field,  march,  and  camp  until  the  23d  of  January,  1863,  when  he  resigned 
on  account  of  disability  contracted  while  in  the  line  of  duty  in  the  field. 

In  the  early  part  of  1865  Colonel  Sickles  again  entered  the  service,  this  time 
as  Colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-seventh  Illinois  Infantry,  leaving  Camp 
Frye,  Chicago,  111.,  February  25,  and  proceeded  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  to  Nashville, 
and  then  to  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  and  Dalton,  Ga.,  where  Colonel  Sickles  assumed 
command  of  the  post. 

March  16th  his  regiment  became  a  part  of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 

Colonel  Sickles  was,  during  a  large  part  of  his  service,  in  1865-66,  either  in 
command  of  a  brigade  or  on  detached  service,  and  in  all  places  acquitted 
himself  as  a  gentlemen  and  soldier;  was  finally  mustered  out  on  January  20,  1866, 
having  previously  been  promoted  to  a  Brigadier-General. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  195 

Since  the  war  General  Sickles'  home  has  been  in  the  West.     He  has  been 
commissioner,  and  engaged  in  large  land  and  mining  interests. 
His  addres,  April,  1888,  Jasper,  Rio  Grande  County,  Col. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  HECTOR  J.  HUMPHREY. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Humphrey,  a  broad-shouldered  man  about  forty-two 
years  of  age,  when  he  came  to  the  regiment,  was  born  in  Bradford  County,  Penn., 
and  was  here  during  the  Black  Hawk  War  ;  was  a  volunteer  in  some  scouting 
parties  in  pursuit  of  the  Indians;  was  in  the  lead  mines  in  Wisconsin  four  years, 
and  then  attended  a  literary  institution  at  Mount  Morris;  had  been  in  the  Meth- 
odist ministry  fifteen  years  previous  to  the  war. 

He  enlisted  one  hundred  men  in  Henry  County,  111.,  and  brought  his  com- 
pany into  camp  in  the  month  of  September,  1861  ;  was  mustered  in  as  Captain  of 
Company  B,  September  19, 1861  ;  promoted  Major  September  25,  and  mustered 
in  October  26,  1861;  was  again  promoted  to  the  Lieutenant-Colonelcy  January 
16,  1863,  on  the  resignation  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sickles,  and  served  with  the 
regiment  till  December  10,  1863.  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 
After  he  left  the  service  Colonel  Humphrey  made  his  home  in  Missouri  and  again 
entered  the  ministry,  and  died  there  about  the  year  1876. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  COLONEL  BURGH. 

Harry  Beverley  Burgh,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  was  born 
in  England  of  Irish  parentage,  April  22, 1835.  His  father  was  engaged  in  the  ship- 
ping business  at  Liverpool.  Circumstances  connected  with  that  business  made 
Harry  acquainted  with  officers  of  American  vessels,  and  he  became  infused  with 
an  incontrollable  desire  to  visit  the  New  World.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  reached 
New  York,  where  he  immediately  secured  a  situation  as  clerk  in  a  shipping 
office  and  resided  there  three  years.  About  this  time  he  accidentally  met  an  old 
friend  and  school-mate,  Hubert  Vesey,  who  was  then  in  the  Regular  Army. 
Sergeant  Vesey  was  six  years  older;  he  was  stationed  at  Carlisle  Barracks,  Penn., 
adn  was  then  on  a  visit  to  New  York  City.  He  was  a  man  of  magnificent  physi- 
que, the  beau  ideal  of  a  cavalry  soldier,  and  with  his  military  air  and  bearing  quite 
captivated  the  youthful  Harry,  who  immediately  enlisted  with  the  dashing  dra- 
goon, and  himself  became  a  soldier.  He  was  sent  to  the  Cavalry  School  of  In- 
struction, where  he  received  a  thorough  course  of  training  in  horsemanship,  sword 
exercise,  manual  of  arms,  and  all  the  duties  of  a  soldier.  To  this  training  he  owed 
his  success  as  an  officer  during  the  war.  After  a  brief  service  of  two  years  on  the 
frontier,  during  which  time  he  had  been  twice  engaged  with  the  Indians  and  pro- 
moted to  Quartermaster-Sergeant,  he  grew  tired  of  the  monotony  of  garrison  life, 
and  made  applicatian  for  discharge,  which  was  granted,  as  he  was  still  under 
age. 

In  1854  he  married  Carrie  Samtnel,  of  Meadville,  Penn.,  and  soon  afterward 
settled  in  Rock  Island,  111.,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  to  the  present  time. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits.  At  the  earliest  opportunity  he  disposed  of  his  stock  of  goods,  sacrificing 
a  large  percentage,  and  arranged  his  business  so  as  to  enter  the  army  as  a  volun- 
teer. This  was  in  August,  1861,  and  about  this  time  he  received  a  letter  from  Col. 
A.  G.  Brackett,  then  a  captain  in  the  Regular  Army,  informing  him  that  he  was 


196  HISTORY    OF    THE 

empowered  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  raise  a  regiment  of  cavalry  in  the  West 
for  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  suggesting  that  a  company  be  raised  for 
said  regiment  in  Rock  Island  County.  The  suggestion  was  acted  upon,  and  a 
company  was  raised  at  once,  being  filled  and  taken  to  Chicago  within  two  weeks 
from  the  day  of  beginning.  It  was  the  pioneer  company  of  the  regiment,  and 
was  composed  of  one  hundred  fine  looking  athletic  young  men.  On  the  arrival  of 
the  company  at  Chicago,  September  15,  1861,  it  was  received  at  the  depot  by 
Colonel  Brackett,  a  number  of  the  officers  of  the  companies  being  raised  in  Chi- 
cago, and  by  a  delegation  of  the  Union  Defense  Committee,  who  escorted  it  to 
one  of  the  principal  hotels  of  the  city,  where  breakfast  was  served  to  the  men . 
Commencing  September  1",  1861,  companies  were  being  raised  for  the  regiment  at 
various  points  in  Illinois  and  Indiana,  and  the  utmost  efforts  were  made  by  those 
interested  to  take  the  first  company  into  camp,  so  as  to  entitle  it  to  be  the  ranking 
company  and  the  place  of  honor.  Captain  Burgh's  company  being  the  first  to 
arrive  was  designated  Troop  A.  The  company  was  raised  much  quicker  than 
was  expected,  and  its  arrival  anticipated  the  arrangements  for  its  reception.  No 
transportation  by  street  car  or  otherwise  was  provided,  so  immediately  after 
breakfast  on  the  morning  of  arrival  Captain  Burgh  marched  his  company  to 
Cottage  Grove,  where  he  went  into  quarters  in  what  was  then  called  Camp  Free- 
mont.  It  was  here  that  the  military  training  received  in  the  Regular  Army  some 
years  before  became  useful,  not  only  to  the  young  captain  and  his  company,  but 
to  the  regiment.  Requisitions  were  immediately  made  for  camp  and  garrison 
equipage,  guards  were  mounted,  sentinels  posted,  and  military  life  at  once  begun. 
Next  day,  Monday,  the  captain  commenced  to  drill  his  company,  and  a  few  da}  s 
later  Colonel  Brackett  established  his  headquarters  at  Camp  Fremont.  On  Sep- 
tember 18  Company  A  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service.  On  the 
19th  Companies  B  and  C  arrived  from  Henry  County,  and  detachments 
came  in  from  the  several  companies  being  raised  in  Chicago.  Colonel  Brackett's 
time  being  taken  up  with  the  many  duties  incident  to  the  organization  of  a  regi- 
ment of  cavalry,  appointed  Captain  Burgh  to  special  duty  as  acting  drill  master 
of  the  regiment.  Captain  Burgh  drilled  the  officers,  taught  them  the  sword  exer- 
cise, and  the  manual  of  arms.  In  an  incredibly  short  space  of  time  the  officers 
became  so  proficient  in  the  drill  that  they  taught  their  companies,  and  the  regi- 
ment at  once  became  famous  for  its  superior  drill  and  discipline.  Company  A's 
exhibitions  of  drill  in  the  manual  of  arms,  sword  exercise,  and  platoon  move- 
ments were  regarded  in  those  days  as  simply  marvelous. 

From  the  time  of  Captain  Burgh's  arrival  in  camp,  he  was  accorded  a  front 
rank  as  a  soldier  of  experience  and  ability.  His  company  was  always  ready  for 
duty,  and  thoroughly  well  prepared  by  their  young  Captain  for  anything  in  the 
way  of  military  service.  Captain  Burgh  was  promoted  Major  August  16,  1862. 
In  the  fall  he  was  in  command  of  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  with  General  Wash- 
burn  in  Mississippi,  where  his  little  command  performed  excellent  service  at 
Oakland  and  Coffeeville,  November  6  "and  7,  1862,  and  on  his  return  received 
the  thanks  of  General  Washburu  for  the  handsome  manner  in  which  he  handled 
his  battalion . 

After  the  Ninth  moved  up  to  Memphis,  Major  Burgh  was  very  active  in  se- 
curing arms,  and  replenishing  our  stock  of  horses,  and  was  at  the  time  Inspector- 
General  for  General  Washburn  at  Memphis. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  197 

May  15,  1863,  in  command  of  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  and  a  detachment  of 
the  Third  Illinois  Cavalry,  he  had  a  very  lively  fight  with  and  executed  a  very 
clever  retreat  from  a  large  force  of  the  enemy  under  the  rebel  General  Chalm- 
ers. 

In  August,  1863,  Major  Burgh  made  a  brilliant  movement  across  the  Talla- 

hatchie,  capturing  Grenada,  and  aiding  in  the  capture  and  destruction  of  a  very 
large  amount  of  property.  While  the  regiment  was  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  Major 
Burgh  was  in  command. 

Major  Burgh  was  promoted  Lieutenant-Colonel,  December  10,  1863,  and  was 
in  command  of  the  regiment  almost  constantly  till  the  time  of  his  muster- 
out. 

In  the  great  raid  of  General  William  Sooy  Smith  and  General  Grierson  to 
West  Point,  Miss.,  in  February,  1864,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh  commanded  the 
Ninth,  and  his  management  of  the  regiment  was  very  fine,  particularly  in  the 
skillful  manner  in  which  he  ambushed  the  rebel  General  Forrest,  who  had  been 
pressing  us  hard  all  day,  but  who  here  received  so  severe  a  check,  that  we  had  no 
more  trouble  that  night,  and  not  much  more  during  the  remainder  of  that  disas- 
trous retreat,  for  which  gallant  action  he  received  the  highest  praise  from  both 
Generals  Smith  and  Grierson. 

After  the  return  to  Germantown,  Colonel  Burgh  was  very  active  in  re  or- 
ganizing the  regiment,  and  returned  to  the  North  with  the  Veterans  of  the 
Ninth. 

April  30th,  the  regiment  returned  to  Memphis  with  a  large  force  of  recruits, 
and  as  they  continued  to  join  the  regiment  during  the  spring,  Colonel  Burgh 
took  them  in  hand,  and  with  the  ability  that  marked  all  his  military  career,  pro- 
ceeded to  make  good  soldiers  of  them.  It  was  at  this  time  that  his  good  judgment 
and  rare  tact  were  shown  in  his  efforts  to  procure  for  us  the  splendid  arms  as  an 
outfit  for  the  regiment,  the  Spencer  carbine,  and  soon  afterward  a  complete  outfit 
of  horses. 

In  Colonel  Burgh's  fine  management  of  the  regiment  on  two  expeditions  in 
July  and  August,  1864,  under  General  A.  J.  Smith  against  the  Confederates,  he 
brought  great  praise,  not  only  to  himself,  but  to  the  noble  regiment  he  so  ably 
commanded. 

August  24,  1864,  on  the  march  returning  from  the  expedition  to  Oxford, 
Miss.,  Colonel  Burgh  was  overcome  with  coup  de  soleil,  the  result  of  heat,  pro- 
longed fatigue,  and  over  exertion.  This  was  the  last  expedition  on  which  Colonel 
Burgh  commanded  the  regiment,  and  Hurricane  Creek  was  the  last  fight  in 
which  he  was  engaged.  In  October  following,  when  the  command  was  ordered 
to  take  the  field  and  cross  the  Tennessee  River,  Colonel  Burgh,  not  having  con- 
valesced sufficiently  for  active  duty,  was  left  at  Memphis  in  command  of  the 
detatchment  of  the  First  Division,  and  later  joined  the  regiment  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.  Still  suffering  from  the  effects  of  sunstroke  and  receiving  no  encourage- 
ment from  Surgeon  Christy,  in  whose  skill  and  treatment  we  all  had  great  faith, 
and  being  disheartened  by  enforced  inactivity,  Colonel  Burgh  decided  to  go  home 
and  endeavor  to  recover  his  lost  health,  and  December  4,  1864,  he  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service. 

Colonel  Burgh  has  continued  to  reside  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  to  the  present 
time. 


198  HISTOEY    OF    THE 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  MOCK. 

A.  R.  Mock  was  born  in  Randolph  County,  Ind.,  June  5,  1836,  and  came  to 
Cambridge,  111.,  in  1855,  where  he  remained  for  a  cumber  of  years,  but  returned 
to  Indiana  to  read  law,  and  later  went  to  Missouri  and  engaged  in  teaching,  and 
was  there  when  the  opening  scenes  of  the  Rebellion  came  upon  us.  He  was 
known  as  a  Union  man,  and  it  was  only  through  the  aid  and  influence  of  some 
personal  friends  that  he  was  saved  from  violence,  and  as  the  rebel  army  was 
already  formed  it  was  with  some  difficulty  and  danger  that  lie  made  his  way  to 
the  North . 

Soon  after  his  return  to  Cambridge,  in  the  fall  of  1861,  he  in  common  with 
many  of  the  patriotic  young  men  of  his  town,  caught  the  war  fever  and  enlisted 
September  10,  1861,  in  a  company  then  being  recruited  by  John  S.  Buckles  for 
the  cavalry  regiment  of  Colonel  Brackett. 

Arriving  in  camp  with  his  company  he  was  appointed  First  Sergeant  of 
Company  C,  and  in  this  position  showed  himself  to  be  of  such  material  as  good 
soldiers  are  made  from.  A  vacancy  occurring  in  Company  H,  he  was  transferred 
to  that  company  and  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant,  on  the  1st  of  October 
was  transferred  back  to  Company  C  as  First  Lieutenant,  and  on  the  8th  of  Octo- 
ber was  detailed  as  Regimental  Quartermaster  for  two  months  during  the  absence  of 
Quartermaster  Price,  on  sick  leave.  On  the  return  of  Captain  Price,  Lieutenant 
Mock  rejoined  his  old  Company  C,  but  was  not  permitted  to  remain  here  long 
when  he  was  again  detailed  to  take  charge  of  another  company,  and  was  placed  in 
command  of  Company  B,  of  which  company  he  was  made  Captain  June  11,  . 
1863. 

In  all  these  changes  and  promotions  the  young  soldier  showed  himself  to  be 
always  ready  and  capable,  gaining  the  commendation  of  his  superior  officers  and 
the  respect  and  love  of  his  brother  officers  and  comrades,  always  courteous  and 
even-tempered,  and  possessed  of  good,  hard  common  sense,  he  was  a  modest  and 
good  soldier. 

Captain  Mock  was  promoted  to  a  Ma  jorship  the  23d  of  September,  1864,  and 
again  promoted  to  be  Lieutenant-Colonel  December  5,  1864,  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  October  31,  1865.  on  the  final  muster-out  of  the  regiment. 

Colonel  Mock  was  with  the  regiment  in  all  ^the  years  of  its  service,  always 
ready  to  do  his  full  duty  as  a  soldier.  In  all  the  prominent  battles  and 
engagements  that  the  regiment  was  in,  he  was  with  them,  and  whether  in  com- 
mand of  a  squad,  a  company,  a  battalion,  or  the  regiment,  he  was  found  equal  to 
the  occasion. 

Since  the  close  of  the  war  Colonel  Mock  has  been  a  successful  practitioner  at 
the  bar,  has  been  Prosecuting  Attorney  in  his  county,  has  twice  represented 
his  district  in  the  Legislature,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Convention  at 
Cincinnati,  in  1876.  His  present  address,  May,  1888,  is  Cambridge,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  HOUGH. 

Major  Resell  M.  Hough,  a  Chicago  man  of  prominence,  who  is  known  as 
a  man  of  much  perseverance  and  ability,  always  bringing  a  clear  head  and  a 
large  amount  of  energy  to  whatever  he  undertakes. 

Major  Hough,  before  his  connection  with  the  Ninth,  had    seen  service  at 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  199 

Black  Water,  Mo.  He  was  wounded  while  in  command  of  a  body  of  cavalry 
guarding  a  baggage  train,  and  four  of  bis  men  were  wounded  also,  but  the  enemy 
lost  seventeen  killed  and  seventy-five  taken  prisoners.  The  Major  never  served 
with  the  Ninth,  but  was  on  the  staff  of  General  Hunter.  He  resigned  his  com- 
mission in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 'April  23,  1862,  and  was  commissioned,  Juce 
13,  1862,  Colonel  of  the  Sixty-seventh  Illinois  Infantry;  three  months'  men, 
which  regiment  relieved  Veteran  troops  at  Camp  Douglas,  until  October,  when 
the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of  service . 

Colonel  Hough's  present  home  is  still  in  Chicago. 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  WALL1S. 

William  J.  Wallis  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  in  September,  1861,  at 
Chicago,  111.,  having  previously  been  Major  in  a  militia  organization,  the  Wash- 
ington Independent  Regiment,  No.  1,  of  Chicago.  Learning  of  Colonel  Brackett's 
intention  to  raise  a  cavalry  regiment,  he  tendered  his  services,  and  on  his  success- 
ful endeavor  to  recruit  a  company,  with  those  brought  together  by  L.  Cowen  and 
J.  H.  McMahon,  he  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  as  Captain  of 
Company  D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  26,  1861. 

The  jolly  Captain  became  a  popular  man.  and  was  promoted  to  be  Major  by 
election  when  Major  Sickles  was  promoted  Lieutenant-Colonel,  February  18, 
1862. 

At  Benton  Barracks,  Mo.,  he  was  assigned  the  command  of  a  battalion  of 
the  regiment  with  orders  to  assist  the  Quartermaster  in  the  organization  of  his 
train,  etc.,  and  joined  the  two  battalions  that  had  preceded  him  at  Pilot  Knob 
about  the  1st  of  March,  1862,  and  was  again  placed  in  command  of  the  rear 
while  the  main  part  of  the  regiment  moved  forward  to  the  Little  Black  River,  in 
Missouri,  then,  rejoining  the  command,  was  placed  with  his  battalion  in  com- 
mand of  the  advance,  and  on  a  scouting  expedition  reached  the  Currant  River, 
and  crossing,  was  the  first  man  of  the  command  to  put  his  foot  on  the  Arkansas 
side  of  the  river,  a  State  of  which  the  regiment  afterward  saw  much  and  has 
good  cause  to  remember.  Soon  after  he  received  orders  to  report  to  Colonel  Con- 
rad Baker,  of  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  at  Pocahontas,  Ark.,  and  march- 
ing all  night,  reached  Bird's  Point,  Ark.,  and  had  a  slight  skirmish  with 
the  enemy  before  entering  Jacksonport.  The  regiment  coming  up,  and 
later  when  the  command  crossed  the  Black  River,  Major  Wallis  was  left  with 
two  companies  in  command  of  Jacksonport. 

When  the  rebel  gunboat  "Maurepas"  shelled  the  camp  of  the  Ninth  the 
regiment  had  already  vacated  and  moved  back  toward  Batesville.  Major  Wallis' 
battalion  was  sent  out  foraging,  and  in  June  quite  a  sharp  affair  occurred,  in 
which  the  Major,  while  in  the  front  during  the  action,  received  a  shot  in  the  leg, 
and  when  the  fight  was  over  was  taken  to  the  temporary  hospital  established  by 
Dr.  James  Brackett,  but,  with  his  usual  kindness  and  consideration  of  others, 
would  not  allow  the  surgeon  to  dress  his  wound  until  all  those  more  severely 
wounded  had  received  attention. 

After  the  regiment  reached  Helena  it  was  not  long  before  the  Major  was 
again  on  .duty,  and  was  ever  ready  and  active  in  the  faithful  performance  of 
everything  in  the  line  of  military  life. ; 


200  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Major  Wallis  resigned  January  3,  1863,  returned  to  his  old  home,  Chicago,, 
where  he  has  continued  to  reside  since,  and  which  is  his  present  address,  May,. 
1888. 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  GIFFORD. 

Ira  R.  Gifford  entered  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  Captain  of  Company  E, 
and  was  mustered  into  the  service  October  3,  1861. 

Captain  Gifford  had  enlisted  a  number  of  men  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  and  came 
to  Chicago  expecting  to  go  into  the  First  Western  Cavalry,  but  when  it  was 
found  that  it  was  to  be  an  Illinois  regiment  he  entered  into  it  just  as  heartily. 
He  was  an  indefatigable  worker,  and  of  considerable  military  ability,  and  being 
a  fine  judge  of  horses  he  was  appointed  as  one  of  the  inspectors  of  the  horses  of 
the  Ninth,  as  they  were  brought  to  us. 

The  gallant  Captain  commanded  his  company  with  much  skill  until  January 
3,  1863,  when  he  was  commissioned  Major  in  the  regiment,  and  there  in  a 
broader  field  of  command  he  proved  himself  to  be  a  fine  officer,  and  was  often  in 
command  of  a  battalion,  sometimes  of  the  regiment. 

The  battalion  commanded  by  him  at  Senatobia  in  June,  1863,  did  most  excel- 
lent service,  and  the  Major  was  commended  for  his  bravery,  and  in  many  of  our 
scouts  in  Tennessee  and  Mississippi  during  1863-64  Major  Gifford  was  always 
ready  and  managed  his  command  with  much  skill. 

He  was  mustered  out  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  September  23,  1864,  where  he  remained  engaged  in  business  for  some 
time. 

In  later  years  he  removed  to  the  East  and  has  been  engaged  in  business  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  for  many  years  past,  where  he  still  lives  a  hale  and  hearty 
gentleman,  who  remembers  and  greets  old  comrades  of  the  Ninth  with  feelings  of 
deep  regard. 

His  address,  1888,  is  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  BISHOP. 

Linus  D.  Bishop  was  by  profession  a  lawyer,  and  also  of  a  literary  turn,  and 
was  at  one  time  editor  of  the  Henry  County  Dial,  at  Kewanee.  111.,  which  posi- 
tion he  successfully  filled  for  a  period  of  five  years.  In  the  summer  of  1861  he 
threw  down  the  pen,  which  he  had  so  gracefully  wielded  for  many  years,  and 
took  up  the  mightier  weapon  of  the  sword.  He  was  active  in  the  recruiting  of 
a  company  for  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  which  later  became  Company  H,  and 
of  which  he  was  elected  Captain,  and  commissioned  October  17,  1861. 

The  Captain  had  served  a  two  years'  course  at  Captain  Partridge's  Military 
School,  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  which  training  was  valuable  to  him  in  the  new  field 
which  he  had  chosen.  A  vacancy  occurring  in  January,  1863,  in  one  of  the 
Majorships,  Captain  Bishop  was  commissioned  to  be  Major  in  the  Ninth.  His 
social  qualities  an4  genial  disposition  won  the  new  Major  many  friends,  but  his 
easy  going  and  rather  indolent  qualities  were  against  him  as  a  successful  warrior. 

While  Captain  of  Company  H,  he  was  appointed  Provost-Marshal  at  Jack- 
sonport,  Ark.,  and  was  on  detatched  service  and  leave  of  absence  from  the  regi- 
ment much  of  the  time,  while  holding  commissions  in  the  same. 


NINTH   ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  201 

He  was  mustered  out  in  the  fall  of  1864,  returning  to  Illinois,  where  he  died 
a  few  years  subsequently. 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  McMANNIS. 

"William  McMannis  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  from  Princeton,  111., 
and  was  mustered  into  the  service  October  26,  1861,  as  Second  Lieutenant  of 
of  Company  K,  and  was  promoted  First  Lieutenant  October  1,1862,  again  pro- 
moted to  be  Captain,  December  31,  1863,  and  was  commissioned  Major  in  the 
Ninth  September  23,  1864,  and  was  mustered  out  October  31,  1865,  at  Selma, 
Ala. 

Major  McMannis  served  all  through  the  war  as  a  brave  and  gallant  officer. 
He  was  ever  on  the  alert,  and  with  his  fine  company,  whose  commander  he  was 
for  a  large  part  of  his  four  years'  service,  his  record  was  excelled  by  none.  Espe- 
cially at  Guntown,  Miss.,  and  at'  Lawrenceburg  and  Campbellsville,  Tenn., 
this  gallant  officer  gained  laurels,  and  received  high  commendations  from  his 
superior  officers  for,  his  gallant,  soldierly  conduct;  and  again  at  Nashville,  and 
in  the  pursuit  of  Hood's  army  to  the  Tennessee  River,  while  in  command  of  his 
battalion,  he  showed  himself  to  be  a  skillful  leader  of  men.  From  Eastport, 
Miss.,  he  was  sent,  in  command  of  his  battalion,  to  Tuscumbia,  Ala.,  and  later 
was  stationed  at  Gainesville,  Ala.,  to  administer  the  amnes-ty  oath,  and  then,  as 
president  of  a  court  martial,  at  Selma,  where  he,  with  the  regiment,  was  finally 
mustered  out. 

Returning  to  his  old  home  in  Princeton,  111.,  he  was  soon  elected  Treas- 
urer of  Bureau  County,  and  engaged  extensively  in  farming,  and  a  few  years 
later  emigrated  to  Texas,  where  he  is  at  this  time  engaged  in  stock  farming  on  a 
large  scale. 

His  present  address,  1888,  is  Baird,  Tex. 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  SHATTUCK. 

Leander  L.  Shattuck  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  12, 
1861,  at  Spring,  111.,  and  on  the  muster  in  of  Company  I,  October  23,  1861,  was 
appointed  First  Sergeant.  He  was  commissioned  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  No- 
vember 17,  1861,  promoted  First  Lieutenant  October  4,  1862,  and  Captain  De- 
cember 14,  1864. 

Serving  well  and  faithfully  with  the  company  all  these  years,  and  having 
won  the  respect  and  regard  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  serving  a  part 
of  the  time  on  General  Court  Martial  and  as  Division  Quartermaster  on  the  staff 
of  General  Hatch,  Captain  Shattuck  was  promoted  to  be  a  Major  in  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry,  May  10,  1865,  serving  with  the  regiment  *  until  the  end  of  the 
war. 

He  was  appointed  by  General  Charles  R.  Woods  to  administer  the  amnesty 
oath  at  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. ,  and  was  there  stationed  when  the  welcome  order  came 
to  proceed  to  Selma  for  the  muster-out  of  the  Ninth,  then  returned  with  the  reg- 
iment to  Springfield,  111.,  for  final  payment  and  discharge. 

After  the  war  Major  Shattuck  was  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  at  Elgin, 
111.,  but  in  the  year  of  1869,  took  his  way  to  the  oil  fields  of  Pennsylvania.  His 
address,  May,  1888,  is  Titusville,  Penn. 


202  HISTORY    OF    THE 

SKETCH  OF  MAJOR  CLARK. 

Atherton  Clark  enlisted  in  the  volunteer  service,  September  11,  1861,  at 
Princeton,  111.,  and  in  the  organization  of  Company  K,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
was  mustered  into  the  service  as  First  Sergeant  of  his  Company  October  26, 
serving  in  that  capacity  until  October  1,  1862,  -when  he  was  commissioned  Second 
Lieutenant. 

December  3d,  was  promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant,  and  on  the  23d  of  Sep- 
tember, 1864,  was  commissioned  Captain  of  his  company,  serving  all  these  years 
as  a  brave,  gallant,  and  faithful  officer,  beloved  by  all  his  comrades  and  having 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  all. 

May  10,  1865,  he  was  again  promoted,  this  time  to  be  Major  and  remained  on 
duty  constantly  with  the  regiment  until  his  final  muster  out  October  3,  1865. 

Of  Major  Clark  it  may  be  said  that  he  was  one  of  the  most  popular  men  in 
the  regiment,  ever  courteous  and  prompt,  brave  and  ready  at  all  times  to  perform 
his  full  duty,  his  genial  hearty  manner  made  him  a  favorite  with  all. 

His  present  address,  May  1888,  is  Princeton,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  ADJUTANT  KNOX. 

Lieutenant  Joseph  H.  Knox,  the  son  of  the  late  Hon.  Joseph  Knox,  was  a 
graduate  of  Williams'  College,  and  had  just  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  when  he 
joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  18,  1861.  He  was  immediately 
commissioned  Adjutant,  which  position  he  filled  with  credit  to  himself  and 
gained  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

December  2,  1861,  he  was  transferred  to  Company  K  with  the  rank  of 
First  Lieutenant,  remaining  on  duty  with  the  regiment  until  April  5,  1862, 
when  he  resigned  at  Black  River,  Mo.,  on  account  of  disability  caused  by  rheu- 
matism, returning  to  his  home  in  Chicago,  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law,  and 
remained  here  some  years,  attaining  considerable  prominence  in  his  profession. 

At  a  later  date  he  became  impressed  with  the  idea  that  the  Great  West  offered 
superior  inducements  to  a  young  man  in  his  profession,  and  removed  to  Lincoln, 
Neb.,  where  he  was  at  once  assigned  a  leading  position  at  the  bar,  and  where 
he  died  September  25,  1870,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-one  years,  highly  esteemed 
"by  all  who  knew  him. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  STEVENSON. 

Thomas  W.  Stevenson  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  September  10,  1861, 
and  was  mustered  in  with  Company  E,  soon  after  was  detailed  as  clerk  at  head- 
quarters, where  his  ability  was  so  marked  that  he  was  not  long  thereafter  pro- 
moted to  be  Adjutant  of  the  regiment,  with  rank  of  First  Lieutenant,  which 
responsible  position  he  ably  filled  till  the  following  April,  when  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Company  H,  as  First  Lieutenant. 

Lieutenant  Stevenson  remained  with  the  regiment  till  October  1,  1862,  when 
he  resigned  his  commission  and  returned  to  the  North. 

SKETCH  OF  ADJUTANT  POWER. 

William  A.  Power  was  born  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  October  16,  1842,  and  came 
to  Henry  County,  111.,  in  1859;  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 


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"September  1,  1861;  served  faithfully  with  his  company  tilljune  27,  1862,  when 
he  was  wounded  at  the  fight  at  Stewart's  Plantation. 

He  re-enlisted  as  a  Veteran  and  was  promoted  Sergeant  at  once;  was  again 
promoted  to  be  Sergeant-Major  of  the  regiment,  and  September  29, 1864,  was  again 
promoted  and  commissioned  Adjutant  of  the  regiment  with  rank  of  First  Lieu- 
tenant. 

During  the  period  of  his  service,  he  was  in  all  the  engagements  of  import- 
ance that  took  place.  He  was  captured  by  the  enemy  November  19,  1864,  and 
escaped  the  next  day. 

He  was  one  that  was  always  ready  for  duty  and  equal  for  whatever  demands 
were  made  upon  him. 

His  bright  and  cheery  nature  made  him  a  favorite  with  all.  After  his  pro- 
motion to  the  Adjutancy,  his  ability  and  fine  education  made  itself  felt,  and  he 
was  a  valuable  adjunct  to  the  staff  of  the  regiment. 

He  served  with  his  regiment  through  the  battle  of  Nashville,  and  in  the  pur- 
suit of  Hood  was  ever  active  and  brave,  and  was  always  to  be  relied  upon  in  the 
discharge  of  his  manifold  duties  as  Adjutant. 

He  remained  with  the  regiment,  coastantly  on  duty  till  the  final  muster-out 
of  the  command  at  Selma,  Ala..,.  Optober  3.1.,  1865,  then  engaged  in  railroad  busi- 
ness. 

For  many  years  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Dakota,  where  he  is  engaged 
extensively  in  raising  fine  stock  and  large  farming  operations.  His  present  address 
is  Power,  Dak.,  May,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WATERBURY. 

Charles  M.  Waterbury  enlisted  at  Chicago,  111.,  September  10,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry;  was  soon  thereafter  promoted  to  be  regimental 
Sergeant-Major,  but  did  not  remain  here  long,  when,  in  the  battalion  formation 
•of  the  regiment,  he  was  commissioned  Adjutant  of  the  First  Battalion  with  the 
rank  of  First  Lieutenant. 

In  this  position  he  proved  himself  to  be  a  brave  and  faithful  officer,  and,  by 
his  genial  manners  and  attention  to  duty,  won  the  respect  and  friendship  of  all 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

He  was  mustered  out  in  the  summer  of  1862,  under  an  order  from  the  Adju- 
tant-General discontinuing  these  positions,  but  remained  with  the  regiment  till  the 
fall,  acting  as  Regimental  Adjutant. 

From  the  army  Comrade  Waterbury  came  to  Chicago,  and  later  removed  to 
New  York  City,  his  present  address  is  21  Park  Row,  New  York,  June,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ROCKWOOD. 

Samuel  Lockwood  enlisted  September  12, 1861,  at  Belvidere,  111.,  in  Company 
I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  January  1,  1862.  He  was  promoted  Battalion  Adjutant 
and  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  serving  with  the  regiment  in  that  capacity 
well  and  faithfully,  till  the  order  came  to  muster  out  the  extra  Lieutenants  in  the 
"battalion  organizations. 

He  resigned,  on  account  of  ill  health,  April  10,  1862.  Lieutenant  Rockwood 
died  at  Plum  Creek,  Neb.,  in  1886. 


HISTORY    OF    THE 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  CANTELLO. 

Frank  Cantello  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  at  Geneseo,. 
111.,  September  1,  1861;  was  appointed  Sergeant,  and  was  commissioned,  January 
1,  1862,  Battalion  Adjutant  with  rank  of  First  Lieutenant,  remaining  with  the 
regiment  much  liked  by  all  till  the  spring  of  1862,  when  he  was  mustered  out  as 
the  Battalion  Adjutants  were  discontinued. 

Lieutenant  Cantello's  present  address,  1888,  is  Peoria,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  QUARTER  MASTER  PRICE. 

Captain  Samuel  H.  Price,  Quartermaster  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  was 
a  native  of  Virginia,  a  graduate  of  Amherst  College,  studied  law  in  Brattleboro, 
Vt.,  where  he  married,  and  practiced  his  profession  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  until  1848. 

His  health  failing,  he  abandoned  his  profession  and  entered  into  active  busi- 
ness in  the  lumber  trade  in  Chicago  from  1854  to  1857,  and  then  in  the  insurance 
business  till  the  summer  of  1861,  when,  offering  his  services  to  Governor  Yates, 
he  was  commissioned  Quartermaster  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  In  this  posi- 
tion his  fine  business  training  and  habits  eminently  qualified  him  for  the  duties 
devolving  upon  him. 

Captain  Price  was  always  a  gentleman,  and  faithfully  performed  all  the 
duties  of  his  (at  times)  trying  position .  A  position  which  was  at  all  times  one  of 
responsibility. 

The  hardships  of  the  service  again  undermined  his  health,  which  gave  way 
during  the  long  encampment  at  Helena,  and  he  was  granted  a  leave  of  absence  to 
recruit  his  shattered  health.  Becoming  better  he  returned  to  the  regiment  at 
Helena,  but  was  obliged  to  leave  his  post  again.  He  died  in  Chicago  April  8, 1863. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ANGLE. 

'Daniel  L.  Angle  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Onarga,  111.,  1862. 

He  was  commissioned  on  the  death  of  Captain  S.  H.  Price  to  be  Quartermas- 
ter of  the  Ninth,  and  served  with  the  regiment  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

Lieutenant  Angle  was  a  sturdy  type  of  the  man,  strong  and  positive  in  his 
character,  and  was  a  man  who  filled  his  place  well  and  faithfully,  unostentatious, 
but  a  worker  doing  with  his  might  what  his  hands  found  to  do.  He  was  re- 
spected by  all  who  knew  him. 

Since  the  war  Lieutenant  Angle  has  been  active  in  business,  ard  is  now  lo- 
cated in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  May  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  JOSEPH  W.  BRACKETT. 

Joseph  W.  Brackett  was  born  in  Otsego,  County,  N.  Y.,  in  the  year 
1815,  and  came  to  Rock  Island,  111.,  in  the  early  history  of  the  State ;  entered  the 
military  service  of  the  Volunteer  Army  as  Quartermaster  of  the  First  Battlion 
of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  with  rank  of  First  Lieutenant  Jai  x;aiy  1,  1£C2,. 
and  moved  by  rail  with  the  regiment  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  February  17,  1862,  and 
thence  to  Pilot  Knob  or  Ironton,  Mo.,  February  26,  and  from  there  marched  on 
the  7th  of  March  to  East  Ironton,  and  the  12th  to  the  Big  Black  River  at  Revees' 
Station,  crossed  the  river  and  went  into  camp. 

March  23d,  four  companies  of  the  regiment,  K,  L,  B  and  F,  under  command 


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of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Hiram  F.  Sickles,  marched  for  Pattersonville,  Wayne 
•County,  Mo.,  Lieutenant  Bracket!  having  ordeislo  gather  supplies  cf  provisions 
and  forage  from  the  surrounding  country,  and  Colonel  Sickles  having  orders  to 
patrol  the  roads  and  lo  prevent  the  entrance  of  spiritous  liquor,  and  to  destroy 
the  same  when  found;  in  April  he  was  ordered  north  with  the  Battalion  Quar- 
termasters, and  was  mustered  out  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on  April  7  1862  ;  was 
again  commissioned  by  Governor  Richard  Yates,  of  Illinois,  First  Lieu- 
tenant Company  C,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  vice  Blakemore,  promoted, 
and  returned  immediately  to  the  detachment  at  Pattersonville,  and  again  took 
up  the  duties  of  Quartermaster  and  Commissary. 

Sunday,  June  1,  1862,  in  accordance  with  orders  received,  the  detachment  of 
four  companies  began  their  march  to  rejoin  the  regiment  at  headquarters  at 
Jacksonport,  Ark.  June  12  the  regiment  and  quarters  removed  to  Paraquette 
Bluff,  Tonsal's  Ferry,  Black  River;  marched  June  26  from  Jackson 
port  with  General  Curtis'  large  aimy  in  that  memorable  and  severe  ex- 
pedition to  Helena,  arriving  at  the  latter  place  July  14,  1862.  In  October 
another  charge  was  made,  and  Joseph  W.  Brackett  was  taken  from  the 
"line,"  and  commissioned  Commissary  of  the  regiment  with  rank  of 
First  Lieutenant,  October  25,  1862.  The  duties  of  this  position  having  been 
performed  previously  by  him,  the  southern  climate  not  agreeing  wilh  him 
and  his  health  failing,  he  resigned  from  Helena,  Ark.,  sending  his  resignation  to 
General  Grant's  headquarters,  which  was  accepted,  as  of  date  April  8,  1863. 
While  with  the  regiment  Lieutenant  Brackett  was  always  a  worker,  and  active 
in  the  performance  of  all  duties  pertaining  to  his  positions. 

He  then  returned  to  Rock  Island,  111.,  his  present  address,  and  where  he  has 
been  a  resident  for  about  forty  years. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  MORRISON. 

Thomas  E.  Morrison  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  commis- 
sioned First  Lieutenant  and  Quartermaster  of  the  First  Battalion,  which  position 
he  held  and  filled  with  capability  during  the  march  to  Pilot  Knob,  and  on  through 
until  the  regiment  was  on  the  Little  Black  in  Missouri,  when  the  order  came  to 
muster  out  battalion  officers,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and 
was  then  commissioned  into  his  old  Company  E  as  Second  Lieutenant,  which 
place  he  filled  the  little  time  his  health  permitted  in  an  entirely  satisfactory  man- 
ner. On  that  fearful  march  through  Arkansas,  from  Jacksonport  to  Helena,  he 
was  taken  sick,  and  growing  worse,  died  August  20,  1862,  at  Helena,  Ark. 

Lieutenant  Morrison  was  a  cultured,  pleasant  gentleman,  and  won  many 
friends  during  his  brief  stay  with  the  Ninth. 

His  remains  lie  on  a  pleasant  hill  o'erlooking  the  mighty  Mississippi  at  Helena. 
"  He  sleeps  his  last  sleep, 
He  has  fought  his  last  battle." 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  SHEFFIELD. 

Frank  Sheffield  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  at  Onarga,  111.,  in  what  after- 
ward became  Company  M,  of  the  Ninth,  was  appointed  Sergeant  of  his  company 
and  later  was  appointed  Regimental  Quartermaster-Sergeant.  January,  1862,  he 


206  HISTOKY    OF   THE 

was  commissioned  Battalion  Quartermaster,  and  served  as  such  to  the  entire  sat- 
isfaction of  all,  until  the  spring  of  1862. 

April  8th  he  was  mustered  out,  and  was  immediately  commissioned  Second 
Lieutenant  of  his  old  Company  M,  serving  with  them  till  the  18th  of  October, 

1862,  when,  his  health  being  poor,  he  resigned  and  returned  to  Illinois,  his  present 
address  being  Englewood,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  DAVENPORT. 

Edward  A.  Davenport  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  11,  1834;  came  to 
Illinois  in  1837,  with  his  parents,  where  his  home  has  been  since  that  .time; 
was  engaged  in  mercantile  business  from  1852  to  1861,  at  which  time,  on  the 
breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  he  enlisted  with  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1861;  went  with  his  company  to  Camp  Douglas,  September  19,  and 
was  soon  after  promoted  Regimental  Quartermaster-Sergeant;  was  commissioned 
Regimental  Commissary  with  rank  of  First  Lieutenant,  April  8,  1863,  and 
served  with  his  regiment  till  late  in  the  fall  of  1864,  when  he  was  placed  on  de- 
tached service  on  the  staff  of  Colonel  D.  E.  Coon,  commanding  the  Second  Brig- 
ade Cavalry  Corps,  where  he  served  but  a  short  time,  when  he  was  detailed  as 
Division  Commissary  on  the  staff  of  General  Edward  Hatch,  remaining  in  that 
position  till  the  war  was  ended  and  the  command  of  General  Hatch  was  scattered.. 
He  rejoined  his  regiment  at  Gainesville,  Ala.,  about  September  1st;  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31, 1865 ;  came  to  Springfield,  111.,  for  final 
payment  and  discharge.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  February  15,. 
1866,  to  Miss  Elenora  A.  Soule,  formerly  of  Freeport,  Me.  They  have  three 
sons — Edward  Arthur  Soule,  Francis  and  Paul  D.  He  has  been  a  resident  of 
Chicago  for  the  last  twenty-two  years,  which  is  his  present  address. 

HEADQUARTERS  NINTH  REGIMENT  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY,  ) 
GERMANTOWN,  TENN.,  May  11,  1863.      ) 

SIR:  Herewith  I  have  the  honor  to  recommend  for  promotion  First  Lieuten- 
ant Anthony  R.  Mock,  of  Company  C,  Ninth  Regiment  Illinois  Cavalry  Volun- 
teers, for  Captain  of  Company  B,  same  regiment,  vice  Captain  Ransom  Harring- 
ton, resigned. 

Captain  Harrington's  resignation  has  been  accepted  on  the  9th  day  of  April, 

1863.  Lieutenant  Mock  has  been  in  command  of  Company  B  for  the  last  six 
months,  and  it  is  the  unanimous  desire  of  the  company  that  he  be  appointed! 
their  Captain,  including  their  First  Lieutenant. 

I  also  recommend  for  promotion  Private  Edward  A.  Davenport,  of  Company 
C,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  to  the  office  of  Regimental  Commissary  for 
this  regiment,  with  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant,  vice  First  Lieutenant  and  Reg- 
imental Commissary  Joseph  W.  Brackett,  who  resigned  on  the  8th  day  of  April, 
1863.  Davenport  is  a  good  soldier  and  fully  competent  for  the  position.  It  is  the 
best  I  can  do  for  the  regiment, 

I  am,  Sir,  your  most  obedient  servant, 

(Signed)  HECTOR  J.  HUMPHREY, 

Lieutenant- Colonel  Commanding. 
To  His  Excellency,  Richard  Tates,  Governor  of  tlie  State  of  Illinois. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  207" 

ST.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  16,  1863. 

Approved  and  respectfully  forwarded  to  Adjutant- General,  State  of  Illinois. 
Whether  those  promotions  come  under  Paragraph  II  of  General  Orders  No.  86r 
War  Department,  A.  G.  O.,  I  am  unable  to  say.  If  so,  I  would  recommend  the 
appointment  of  Edward  A.  Davenport  as  Regimental  Commissary,  vice  Brackettr 
resigned,  and  let  the  other  cases  remain  for  the  present. 

Yours,  etc., 

[Signed]  ALBERT  G.  BRACKETT,  ' 

Colonel  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 
To  Allen  C.  Fuller,  Adjutant-  General,  Illinois. 

HEADQUARTERS  SECOND  BRIGADE,  FIFTH  DIVISION  C.  C.,  ) 
EDGEFIELD,  TENN.,  December  8,  1864.      J 
SPECIAL  ORDERS  No.  1. 

The  following  named  officers  are  hereby  detailed  for  duty  at  these  headquar- 
ters, and  will  report  without  delay: 

First  Lieutenant  Edward  A.  Davenport,  Regimental  Commissary  Ninth  Illi- 
nois Cavalry.  By  order  of  Datus  of  E.  COON, 

Colonel  Commanding  Brigade. 

JOHN  H.  AVERT, 
Lieutenant  and  A.  A.  A.  G. 
Commanding  officer  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

HEADQUARTERS  FIFTH  DIVISION  C.  C.  M.  D.  M.,  ) 
EASTPORT,  Miss.,  March  10,  1865.      [ 
GENERAL  ORDERS  No.  10. 

II.  First  Lieutenant  E.  A.  Davenport,  R.  C.  S.  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  is- 
hereby  announced  as  A.  C.  S.  Fifth  Division  C.  C.  M.  D.  M.,  and  will  report 
at  these  headquarters  for  duty.  By  order  of 

Brigadier-General  EDWARD  HATCH. 

HARVEY  M.  COLVIN, 

Adjutant  Twelfth  Tennessee  Cavalry  and  A.  A.  A.  O. 
To  Lieutenant  E.  A.  Davenport,  A.  C.  8.  Fifth  Division  C.  C.  M.  D.  M. 

HEADQUARTERS  DISTRICT  OF  TALLADEGA,  ) 
TALLADEGA,  ALA.,  August  22,  1865.         \ 

GENERAL  ORDERS  No.  2 

The  following  named  officers  are  hereby  relieved  from  duty  at  these  head- 
quarters, and  will  be  allowed  ten  days  to  settle  their  business;  at  the  end  of  that 
time  they  will  report  to  their  Regimental  Commanders  for  duty. 

MAJOR  E.  T .  PHILLIPS, 

Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Vt.  Vols. 
LIEUTENANT  E.  A.  DAVENPORT, 

Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Vt.  Vols. 
By  command  of 

BREVET  MAJOR-GENERAL  EDWARD  HATCH, 
HARVEY  M.  COLVIN, 

Assistant  Adjutant- General. 
To  Lieutenant  E.  A.  Davenport,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 


208  HISTORY    OF    THE 

HEADQUARTERS  DISTRICT  OF  TALLADEGA,  ) 
TALLADEGA,  ALA.,  August  22,  1865.      y 

Lieutenants.  A.  Davenport,  R.  C.  S.,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  A.  C.  8.,  District  of 

Talladega. 

DEAR  SIR:  In  compliance  with  orders  received  from  Lieutenant-General  U. 
S.  Grant,  I  shall  soon  have  the  department  in  which  your  regiment  is  serving,  and 
report  for  duty  in  the  Department  of  Tennessee. 

Existing  orders  are  such  as  will  not  allow  you  to  accompany  me,  and  in  view 
of  the  coming  separation.  I  desire  to  express  my  entire  satisfaction  for  the  manner 
in  which  you  have  performed  your  duties  in  the  responsible  and  all-important 
position  of  Commissary  of  Subsistence  of  my  command. 

You  have  been  prompt,  faithful,  and  courteous,  and  will  ever  have  my  best 
wishes  for  your  happiness,  and  an  earnest  recommendation  for  your  kind  consid- 
eration either  in  military  or  civil  life. 

I  am  very  truly  your  obedient  servant, 

EDWARD  HATCH, 
[Signed]         Brevet  Major-General  U.  S.  V. 

SKETCH  OF  SURGEON  BRACKETT. 

Dr.  Charles  Brackett  was  born  in  Cherry  Valley,  New  York,  June  18,  1825, 
joined  the  Ninth  as  surgeon  with  rank  of  Major,  February  15,  1862.  He  was  a 
man  of  rare  culture,  and  of  that  genial  manner  and  disposition  that  won  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact  to  a  warm  friendship.  During  our  long  and  arduous 
march  through  Missouri  he  was  active  in  his  care  of  the  sick,  and  during  the 
great  march  of  the  Ninth  with  General  Curtis'  army,  through  Arkansas,  in  the 
summer  of  1862;  Dr.  Charles  was  a  tower  of  strength  to  the  sick,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  his  high  professional  skill,  the  words  of  kindness,  hopefulness,  and  cheer, 
to  our  sick  and  wearied  soldiers,  did  much  to  keep  many  a  poor  fellow  in  heart, 
and  from  utter  despondency;  and  in  our  hospitals  at  Helena,  he  was  the  kindly 
skillful  surgeon,  and  friend  of  suffering  humanity. 

Some  time  after  our  arrival  at  Helena,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  by  reason  of 
overwork  in  the  care  of  the  many  sick  in  the  command,  failed  in  health,  and  a 
severe  sickness  ensued.  He  applied  for  a  furlough  to  go  North,  but  was  nnable 
to  secure  ii  in  time  to  save  his  life,  and  died  February  20,  1863,  at  Helena,  Ark. 
Dr.  Brackett  was  one  of  the  best  beloved  officers  in  the  regiment  and  was 
unusually  esteemed  by  both  officers  and  men  of  the  command. 

SKETCH  OF  DR.  CHRISTY. 

Dr.  George  B.  Christy  was  born  January  30,  1830,  and  was  reared  in  Canada 
West;  succeeded,  after  a  hard  struggle,  in  mastering  a  good  education,  and  finally 
decided  upon  the  study  of  medicine  and  surgery  for  a  profession;  attended  Yale 
College  for  a  while,  and  finally  graduated  at  the  "Old  Western  Reserve  College'' 
at  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Then  came  farther  west  and  settled  in  Lee  County,  .111, 
where  he  practiced  successfully  for  a  number  of  years.  When  the  war  broke  out 
he  soon  caught  the  fever,  and  went  in  as  First  Assistant  Surgeon,  of  the  Thirty- 
Second  Illinois  Infantry.  On  going  to  the  front,  it  was  his  good  fortune  to  be 
sent  with  General  Grant's  forces  direct  to  Fort  Donelson,  where  after  four  days 


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of  the  most  desperate  fighting,  the  fort  and  some  twelve  thousand  prisoners  were 
taken,  February  16, 1862.  During  that  battle,  Dr.  Christy  so  won  the  confidence  of 
Generals  Grant  and  Sherman  by  his  skill  on  the  field  of  battle  and  in  the  hospit- 
als that  he  was  immediately  taken  upon  the  General'  staff  as  Surgeon-in-Chief 
of  the  whole  army.  Remaining  at  Fort  Henry  until  about  the  1st  of  April, 1862, 
Grant  moved  the  army  up  the  Tennessee  River,  as  far  as  Pittsburgh  Landing, 
where,  on  the  6th  and  7th  of  April,  1862,  the  battle  of  Shiloh  was  fought.  Here 
again,  Dr.  Christy  had  the  opportunity  of  serving  on  the  field.  All  day  Sunday, 
(the  first  day  of  the  battle)  and  for  one  week  subsequently,  put  in  the  time  on  the 
Steamer  "  Hannibal"  in  doing  nothing  but  operating,  the  other  surgeons  on  the 
boat  preferring  and  agreeing  to  do  all  the  dressing  of  wounds  and  caring  for  the 
sick,  if  Dr.  Christy  would  act  as  exclusive  "Saw  Bones,"  which  he  consented  to 
do,  and  it  was  just  a  week  before  they  could  stop  for  a  night's  rest.  There  is  no 
doubt  but  that  Dr.  Christy  did  as  much  or  more  operative  surgery  during  that 
one  week  alone,  than  is  done  in  a  life  time  of  ordinary  practice  the  world  over. 

Then  came  the  siege  of  Corinth,  fighting,  skirmishing  continuously.  After 
taking  that  stronghold  we  moved  westward  across  the  country  to  Memphis, 
Tenn.  In  September  moved  east,  and  on  October  5,  1862,  fought  the  bat- 
tle of  the  Hatchie.  Our  losses  very  heavy,  with  a  larger  proportion  of  wounds 
requiring  surgical  operation  than  was  often  witnessed  even  in  larger  engage- 
ments. 

Though  recommended  for  promotion,  for  his  skill  displayed  at  Shiloh  and 
other  "deeds,"  the  promotion  deserved  by  Dr.  Christy  did  not  come,  and  the  sur- 
geon of  his  regiment  manifesting  a  disposition  to  "  hang  on, "he  resigned  Novem- 
ber 29,  1862,  and  returned  to  his  home.  Here  the  Doctor  was  not  contented  to 
stay  and  made  application  for  a  position  in  the  army  again,  and  was  commissioned 
full  Surgeon,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  March 
16,  1863,  and  immediately  joined  his  regiment  at  Helena,  Ark. 

Of  Surgeon  George  B.  Christy,  during  his  connection  with  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry  till  its  final  disbandment  at  Springfield,  111.,  November,  1865,  too 
much  can  not  be  said  in  his  praise.  He  won  the  esteem  and  love  of  all,  and  by 
his  skill  as  a  surgeon  gained  the  confidence  and  respect  of  every  one,  who  was  so 
unfortunate  as  to  require  his  professional  attention.  An  indefatigable  worker, 
thoroughly  understanding  the  hospital  service,  he  did  much  to  alleviate  and  make 
easier  to  bear  the  pains  and  suffering  of  wounds  or  disease.  Ever  courteous,  kind, 
genial,  and  open-handed,  he  was  a  gentleman  of  whom  we  were  proud. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Christy  established  himself  in  Chicago,  where  he 
took  rank  as  one  of  the  first  physicians  in  the  city,  but  remained  there  only  a 
short  time,  when  he  removed  to  Dunlap,  Iowa,  his  present  residence,  March, 1888. 

SKETCH  OF  DR.  HEMENWAY. 

Stacy  Hemenway  was  born  in  Pleasant  Township,  La  Porte  County,  Ind., 
January  13,  1836.  From  there  his  parents  removed  to  Wisconsin  Territory, 
the  same  year,  remaining  there  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years.  Then  in  Iowa  for 
four  years,  and  about  1853,  crossed  the  plains  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  settled  in 
the  then  Territory  of  Oregon. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  while  in  Wisconsin  and  Iowa,  managed  to  acquire 
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210  HISTORY    OF    THE 

a  fair  English  education,  by  attending  district  and  select  schools.  Afterward  he 
pursued  his  studies  privately  and  taught  school  more  or  less  for  a  period  of  five 
years  in  Oregon,  when  he  began  the  study  of  medicine.  In  1859  he  returned  to 
the  Atlantic  States  via  Panama,  for  the.purpose  of  attending  lectures  on  medicine 
in  the  Lind  University,  Chicago,  111.,  now  known  as  the  Chicago  Medical  College, 
and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1862.  The  War  of  the  Rebellion  then  being  in 
progress,  he  joined  the  National  troops  in  the  field  in  front  of  Corinth,  Miss.,  as  a 
medical  officer  under  contract.  He  was  commissioned  Second  Assistant  Surgeon 
of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  July  8,  1863,  and  promoted  First  Assistant  Sur- 
geon, January  1.  1864,  serving  with  the  regiment  till  December  19,  1864, 
when  he  was  again  promoted  to  be  Surgeon  of  the  Forty -first  United  States  Col- 
ored Troops,  serving  with  that  regiment  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

Since  that  time  he  has  served  three  years  as  physician  for  the  Asylum  for  the 
Insane,  at  Stilacoon,  Wash.  Ty.,  and  again  .as  Acting  Surgeon  United  States 
Army,  for  a  period  of  nearly  five  years,  at  present  is  engaged  at  Linkville,  Oreg., 
in  private  practice. 

While  connected  with  the  Ninth,  Dr.  Hemenway  was  one  of  our  most  valued 
officers.  Capable,  faithful,  courteous,  he  won  the  regard  and  esteem  of  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  was  a  man  always  ready  for  duty. 

In  the  memorable  and  disastrous  Guntown  affair  in  June,  1864,  he  was  the 
only  medical  officer  present  with  General  Grierson's  Cavalry  command  of  three 
thonsandand,  was  at  the  front,  when  the  picket  firing  began,  and  was  active 
in  caring  for  the  wounded,  and  planning  them  into  the  ambulances  of  the  cavalry, 
which  train  was  under  his  charge. 

Dr.  Hemenway  is  now  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and  surgeons  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  and  is  a  highly  respected  citizen  of  Linkville,  Oreg. 

SKETCH  OF  ASSISTANT  SURGEON  BRACKETT. 

Dr.  James  W.  Brackett,  of  Rock  Island,  was  commissioned  Assistant  Surgeon 
of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  from  September  10,  1861 . 

Dr.  Brackett  was  a  man  of  large  practical  experience,  and  a  devout  believer 
in  quinine,  which  was  administered  to  our  soldiers  in  doses  both  large  and  small. 
As  a  surgeon,  he  thoroughly  understood  his  business,  and  his  interest  in  and  care 
of  our  many  wounded  comrades  at  Stewart's  Plantation  and  later  at  Cotton 
Plant,  won  him  great  praise. 

Dr.  James  W.  Brackett  remained  with  the  Ninth  till  June  3,  1863,  when  he 
resigned  his  commission,  returning  to  his  old  home  in  Indiana,  where  he  died 
about  1885. 

SKETCH  OF  ASSISTANT  SURGEON  HALLIDAY. 

Francis  A.  Halliday  was  born  in  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  October  10,  1842,  enlisted 
in  Company  D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  on  the  10th  of  September,  1861,  at  Chicago, 
111.,  and  was  immediately  detailed  as  dispensing  druggist  in  the  Hospital  Depart- 
ment, and  was  promoted  to  Hospital  Steward,  August  20,  1862,  and  held  that 
position  till  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  September  23,  1864. 

He  was  commissioned  First  Assistant  Surgeon  of  the  regiment,  January  31, 
1865,  and  again  joined  the  regiment,  serving  till  the  31st  of  October,  1865,  when 


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he -was  mustered  out  at  Selma,    Ala.,   and  returned  to  Springfield,  111,,  for  final 
payment  and  discharge,  which  occurred  November  18,  1865. 

Since  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Halliday  was  commissioned  Surgeon  in  the 
Regular  Army,  serving  five  years,  and  later  removed  to  Metropolis  City,  111., 
and  is  now,  1888,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  that  city,  where  he 
is  highly  respected  as  a  fine  physician  and  public-spirited  citizen. 

SKETCH  OF  CHAPLAIN  BRIGGS. 

Rev.  O.  Winsor  Briggs,  Chaplain  of  the  regiment,  was  a  native  of  Maine,  a 
a  man  of  fine  education  and  an  eloquent  speaker.  He  was  pastor  of  a  Baptist 
church  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  also  of  a  church  of  the  same  denomination  in 
Rock  Island,  111.,  prior  to  his  connection  with  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

A  man  of  excellent  practical  talent  and  a  sincere  Christian,  with  the  convic- 
tion that  he  would  find  in  camp  ample  scope  and  opportunity  for  the  pursuance 
of  his  profession.  Chaplain  Briggs  remained  with  the  regiment,  sharing  the  toils 
and  privations  that  befel  the  soldiers  of  our  regiment,  and  by  his  genial  manner 
endeared  .himself  to  all. 

He  resigned  February  23,  1863,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  California  for  a 
number  of  years. 

His  present  address,  April,  1888,  is  Berkley,  Cal. 

SKETCH  OF  CHAPLAIN  BRAYTON. 

Gideon  F.  Brayton  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  Chaplain,  October  28, 
1863,  while  the  regiment  was  stationed  at  La  Grange,  Tenn.,  and  remained  with 
us  for  about  one  year. 

He  was  a  kindly  and  helpful  man  of  much  piety,  and  was  -most  willing  and 
anxious  to  do  all  in  his  power  in  the  way  of  temporal  and  spiritual  comfort  for  the 
soldiers  of  the  Ninth,  for  whom  he  always  showed  a  kind  and  lively  interest. 

Chaplain  Brayton  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  September  23,  1864.  His 
address,  1888,  is  Door  Village,  Ind. 

SKETCH  OF  GEORGE  A.  PRICE. 

George  A.  Price  was  born  in  Vestal,  Broome  County,  N.  Y..  November  4, 
1839.  When  twelve  years  of  age  he  went  to  New  York,  and  there  learned  the 
trade  of  a  hatter.  In  April,  1861,  he  went  with  Company  E,  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, New  York  S.  M.  to  Washington  under  the  first  call  for  troops,  remaining 
with  them  until  the  regiment  returned  to  New  York  in  June. 

In  July  he  went  to  Illinois  to  visit  his  parents.  November  9,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  M,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  on  the  13th  was  made  Commissary  Ser- 
geant, of  his  company.  January  13,  1862,  he  was  appointed  Regimental  Ser- 
geant-Major, and  served  in  that  capacity  through  the  campaigns  in  Southeast  Mis- 
souri and  Northeast  Arkansas,  until  September  4*  1862,  when  he  was  discharged 
for  disability  at  Helena,  Ark. 

In  1863  with  health  partially  restored,  he  returned  to  New  York,  and  the 
next  year  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Bigelow  &  Co.,  hatters  and  furriers, 
Brooklyn.  In  1869  the  firm  was  re-organized  under  the  name  of  Balch,  Price  & 
Co.,  and  has  continued  the  same  to  date.  They  are  the  leading  merchants  in 
their  line  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  and  widely  known  in  the  trade. 


212  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Mr.  Price  joined  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  in  1884,  and  was  soon  after 
appointed  Adjutant  of  his  Post,  No.  327,  Department  of  New  York,  and  was 
largely  instrumental  in  securing  to  it  the  name  of  "U.  S.  Grant,"  after  the 
decease  of  the  great  General.  He  served  as  Adjutant  for  three  years  and  is  now 
(June  1,  1888),  the  Senior  Vice-Commander. 

He  has  twice  been  honored  by  the  Commanders-in-Chief  (Generals  Fairchilds 
and  Rea),  with  the  appointment  of  Aid  de-camp  on  their  staffs.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  New  England  Society  of  Brooklyn  (both  his  grandfathers  having  been 
born  in  New  England),  and  has  recently  been  elected  President  of  the  Bryant 
Society  of  Brooklyn.  In  February,  1865,  Mr.  Price  was  married  to  Miss  Adel- 
aide A.  Wentz,  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.  They  have  two  sons,  Henry  Allen  and 
Frank  Julian. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  though  not  long  in  service  with  the  Ninth,  did 
not  fail  to  make  his  mark  as  a  soldier,  and  while  he  was  Sergeant-Major  was 
often  called  upon  to  perform  the  duties  of  Adjutant,  which  he  did  thoroughly 
and  well.  He  was  a  hard  worker,  and  often  volunteered  to  go  out  when  scouts 
were  in  order  or  any  prospect  of  fighting  appeared  probable. 

He  was  of  delicate  build,  and  his  health  failing,  he  was  obliged  to  give  up 
the  idea  of  becoming  a  great  soldier,  and  left  the  service  in  the  fall  of  1862. 

He  is  now  a  member  of  one  of  the  largest  business  houses  in  Brooklyn,  a 
prominent  figure  in  Grand  Army  circles  and  cherishes  a  lively  interest  in  Lis  old 
comrades  of  the  Ninth.  His  present  address  is  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

SKETCH  OF  SERGEANT-MAJOR  FITZPATRICK. 

P.  V.  Fitzpatrick,  Sergeant-Major  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  was  born  in 
Ireland  July  17,  1840,  arrived  in  America,  August,  1855,  resided  for  three  years 
in  Toledo,  Ohio,  removed  to  Chicago  in  1858,  bought  a  scholarship  in  Sloan's 
Commercial  College  in  1859,  and  graduated  March  4,  1861,  and  in  order  to  earn 
the  right  to  be  an  American,  he  enlisted  in  Company  F,  of  the  Ninth,  September 
10,  1861,  and  served  with  his  company  till  November  1,  1862,  when  he  was  pro- 
moted to  be  Regimental  Sergeant-Major,  in  which  capacity  he  served  faithfully  and 
well,  till  at  the  battle  of  Moscow,  Tenn.,  December  4,  1863,  he  was  severely 
wounded  by  a  shot  in  the  head  from  a  rebel  bullet,  from  the  effects  of  which  he 
has  suffered  all  the  years  since. 

Comrade  Fitzpatrick  was  one  of  our  best  soldiers,  always  prompt  and  reliable 
in  the  execution  of  orders,  and  exceptionally  brave.  He  was  discharged  from  the 
service  April  16,  1864,  for  disability,  caused  by  the  wound  received  the  4th  of 
December,  previous. 

He  then  came  back  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  been  engaged  successfully  in 
business  for  many  years.  He  also  has  large  mining  and  real  estate  interests  at  the 
West.  Mr.  Fitzpatrick  is  a  thoroughly  upright  business  man,  highly  esteemed 
by  all  who  know  him.  His  present  address  is  154  Twenty-second  street,  Chicago. 

CURTIS  L.  KNIGHT 

enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861,  in  Company  M,  of  the  Ninth,  and 
was  mustered  in  the  United  States  service  with  his  company  November  30,  and 
was  promoted  on  the  battalion  formation  of  the  regiment  to  be  Sergeant-Major  of 


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the  Third  Battalion,  and  served  through  the  campaigns  of  Missouri  and  Arkansas 
until  October  17, 1862,  when,  his  health  failing  from  the  hardships  endured  in  the 
field,  he  received  his  discharge  October  17,  1862. 

Having  in  a  great  measure  recovered  his  health  he  re-enlisted  December  3, 

1863,  in  Company  M.     He  remained  in  service,  faithfully  serving  his  country  until 

1864,  when  his  health  again  giving  away  he  received  his  discharge  for  disability. 
Comrade  Knight  has  been  placed  on  detached  service  with  General  Wash- 
burn  at  Memphis,  and  was  one  of  those  unfortunate  individuals  that  was  captured 
by  General  Forrest  on  his  raid  into  Memphis,  August  21,  1864. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Knight  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Illinois,  but  soon  after 
took  up  his  abode  in  the  South,  where  he  has  been  in  business  as  a  merchant  for 
many  years.  His  present  address  is  Forrest  City,  Ark.,  1888. 

WILLIAM  E.  WALKER 

enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry, and  was  promoted  soon  after,  as  Regimental  Commissary  Sergeant,  which 
position  he  filled  faithfully  during  the  whole  term  of  his  service,  over  four  years. 

"Will"  was  a  general  favorite,  and  there  were  but  few  expeditions  made  by 
the  regiment  in  which  he  was  not  with  them.  He  was  brave  and  ready,  and 
always  to  be  relied  upon  to  perform  well  all  that  was  in  the  line  of  duty. 

January  1,  1864,  he  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  and  remained  till  October  31, 

1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  and  returned  with  the  regiment 
to  Springfield,  111.,  for  final  payment  and  discharge. 

Since  the  war  Comrade  Walker  has  been  a  resident  of  his  old  home  in  Dun- 
dee, 111.,  where  he  engaged  in  business,  which  place  is  still  his  home. 

JOHN  J.  SMITH, 

the  first  Hospital  Steward  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  enlisted  at  Rock 
Island,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  and  served  faithfully  with  the  regiment  till  the 
summer  of  1862,  when,  his  health  failing,  he  was  discharged  at  Davenport,  Iowa, 
August  20,  1862,  on  Surgeon's  certificate  of  disability. 

Steward  Smith  was  about  as  good  as  a  doctor,  and  acted  as  surgeon  in  charge 
of  the  Third  Battalion  at  Patterson,  Mo.,  but  his  health  was  so  poor  he  was 
obliged  to  give  up  hope  of  being  a  soldier. 

Since  the  war  he  has  drifted  about  somewhat,  and  is  now  engaged  in  business 
in  Cincinnati,  his  address  being  55  West  Fourth  street,  Cincinnati. 

NELSON  J.  FRITZON 

enlisted  in  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  1,  1861,  as  Bugler, 
and  soon  after  was  promoted  to  Chief  Regimental  Bugler,  serving  acceptibly  in 
that  position  until  the  summer  of  1862.  when  the  order  came  to  muster  out  all 
Chief  Buglers  in  the  cavalry  service.  (This  place  being  filled  by  the  most  expert 
of  company  buglers.)  After  his  discharge  from  the  service  Comrade  Fritzon  set- 
tled in  the  South,  and  has  been  a  successful  merchant,  for  many  years  doing 
business  in  the  cities  of  Helena  and  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 

He  has  been  prominently  connected  with  city  affairs  at  Helena;  was  chief  of 
the  fire  department  for  over  ten  years,  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  three 


21-t  HISTORY   OF   THE 

years,  and  is  now  holding  the  honorable  position  of  mayor  of  the  city  for  a  term 
of  two  years,  1888.  A  successful,  honorable  man,  highly  esteemed  by  all  who 
know  him.  His  address  is  Helena,  Ark. 

Sergeant-Major  Henry  Latz  enlisted  from  Crete,  October  9,  1861,  in  Company 
D  ;  promoted  Sergeant-Major  of  the  First.  Battalion,  January  1,  1862. 

Sergeant-Major  John  O.  Ellis  enlisted  from  Manchester,  January  2,  1864,  in 
Company  I;  promoted  Sergeant-Major;  died  at  Montgomery  Ala.,  August  18, 1865. 

Sergeant-Major  Edgar  W.  Curtiss  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  5,  1861,  in 
Company  K,  Veteran;  promoted  Sergeant-Major;  mustered  out  October  31, 1865. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant  John  P.  Harvey  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  14, 
1861;  was  discharged  for  promotion  as  Captain  in  an  infantry  regiment,  and  died 
at  Camp  Butler  in  1862. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant  William  G.  Martz  enlisted  in  Company  A,  September 
1,  1861;  promoted  Quartermaster-Sergeant  of  the  Third  Battalion  January  1, 1862; 
resides  at  Angola,  N.  Y. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant  James  Edmunds  enlisted  in  1861,  and  promoted 
Regimental  Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant  James  Fahey  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  in  Company 
B,  September  1,  1861,  Veteran;  promoted  Quartermaster-Sergeant;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Commissary-Sergeant  R.  Warren  Caulkins  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1, 
1861,  in  Company  B;  promoted  October  26,  1861,  to  Commissary  Sergeant. 

George  B.  Crawford  enlisted  at  Onarga,  August  1,  1862,  in  Company  M; 
promoted  Hospital  Steward ;  mustered  out  June  6,  1865. 

Thomas  Bennett  enlisted  at  Geneseo  September  1,  1861,  Veteran;  promoted 
Hospital  Steward;  discharged  July  3,  1865;  resides  325  Paris  street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Otto  A.  Willis  enlisted  in  Company  D,  January  13,  1865. 

Jim  Bloom  promoted  Hospital  Steward;  mustered  out,  October  31,  1865. 

Judson  A.  Root  enlisted  in  Company  A,  November  15, 1864;  promoted  Hospital 
Steward;  mustered  out,  October  31,  1865. 

Jefferson  Tappen  enlisted  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Company 
G;  promoted  Company  and  Chief  Bugler  of  the  regiment;  returned  to  Company 
G,  and  mustered  out,  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  resides  at  Rolling  Prairie, 
Ind. 

Michael  O'Brine  enlisted  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  September  10, 1861,  in  Company 
D;  promoted  Company  and  Regiment  Bugler;  mustered  out,  October  31,  1865. 

Andrew  Chalmei-s  enlisted  from  Selby  as  Veterinary  Surgeon;  transferred  to 
Company  K,  September  20, 1861;  discharged  December  1,  1864. 

Stephen  W.  Hunter  enlisted  from  Porter  County,  Ind.,  October  15,  1861,  in 
Company  G,  Veteran;  promoted  Veterinary  Surgeon;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  resides  Custer,  Ohio. 

•  Adam  Sholl  enlisted  at  Chicago  February  11,  1862,  as  Regiment  Saddler 
Sergeant,  Veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

SKETCH  OF  GENERAL  HATCH. 

Edward  Hatch,  a  lumber  merchant  of  Muscatine,  Iowa,  recruited  Company 
A,  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry,  in  the  month  of  August,  1861,  and  on  the  muster- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  215 

in  of  the  regiment  was  made  Lieutenant-Colonel.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  military 
genius,  and  as  a  cavalry  officer  was  not  excelled  by  any.  He  served  his  country 
faithfully  during  all  the  years  of  the  Rebellion,  and  gained  the  well-merited 
reward  for  the  valuable  services  rendered,  by  successive  promotions  as  Colonel, 
Brigadier-General  and  Brevet  Major-Generalin  the  Volunteer  Army  of  the  United 
States. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  the  Ninth  United 
States  Cavalry,  and  is  still  in  the  army,  stationed  at  Fort  Robinson,  Neb. 

Of  General  Hatch  I  should  love  to  write  much,  for  in  addition  to  being  my 
commander,  he  was  my  friend.  Should  I  once  commence,  I  do  not  know  where 
I  should  stop.  The  members  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  all  know  him,  and  his 
military  history  has  been  written  with  pens  far  more  able  than  mine. 

SKETCH  OF  GENERAL  COON. 

Datus  E.  Coon  was  editor  of  a  paper  in  Cerro  Gordo  County,  Iowa,  at  the 
breaking  out  of  the  war,  and  in  August,  1861,  organized  Company  I,  Second  Iowa 
Cavalry,  and  in  the  muster  of  the  regiment  he  was  promoted  Second  Major. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  brave,  dashing,  yet  cautious  officer. 

On  the  re-organization  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  as  a  veteran  regiment  he 
was  made  Colonel,  and  thereafter  was  much  of  the  time  in  command  of  a  brigade, 
and  to  his  untiring  industry,  skill  and  courage  was  largely  due  the  great  efficiency 
and  splendid  record  made  by  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry,  and  the  old  Second  Brig- 
ade which  he  so  long  commanded .  On  many  a  hard  fought  field  Colonel  Coon 
and  his  regiment  and  brigade  won  high  honors,  and  at  Nashville  so  distinguished 
themselves  that  promotions  ran  all  along  the  line,  and  Colonel  Coon  was  promoted 
to  be  Brigadier-General.  He  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  in  October,  1865. 
His  present  address  is  San  Diego,  Cal.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  large  real  estate 
enterprises. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  HORTON. 

Charles  C.  Horton  entered  the  service  of  his  country  as  Second  Lieutenant  of 
the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  in  September,  1861,  and  was  soon  after  promoted  Cap- 
tain of  his  Company,  A,  serving  in  that  position  until  the  regiment  veteranized  in 
the  spring  of  1864,  when  he  was  promoted  Major,  and  later,  was  again  promoted 
to  the  Lieutenant-Colonelcy  of  his  regiment,  serving  as  a  brave,  faithful  and 
gallant  officer  until  the  final  muster  out  of  his  regiment  in  Alabama,  in  October, 
1865.  Of  Colonel  Horton  it  may  be  truthfully  said  that  he  was  a  fine  soldier  and 
commander,  very  popular  in  his  regiment  which  he  commanded  a  long  time. 

One  notable  instance  of  his  sagacity  and  prompt  action  was  at  Shoal  Creek, 
Tenn.,  November  19, 1864,  when  the  Second  Brigade, commanded  by  Colonel  Coon, 
had  crossed  the  stream,  and  soon  after  found  themselves  hemmed  in,  and  furiously 
attacked  by  Forrest's  cavalry  and  a  large  force  of  Hood's  army.  Colonel  Horton 
being  in  the  advance  discovered  that  they  were  completely  in  the  trap  set  for 
them  by  the  rebel  General  Forrest,  and  all  the  known  fords  guarded  by  the  rebels. 
He  quickly  threw  his  regiment  to  the  front,  and  then  took  the  responsibility  of 
ordering  Lieutenant  Boget,  in  charge  of  the  pack  train,  to  rush  his  train  across  an 
old  ford  which  he  had  discovered  the  day  before,  and  which  was  unknown  to  our 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

commanders  as  well  as  the  enemy,  then  reported  his  action  to  Colonel  Coon,  who 
heartily  approved  his  course  and  immediately  ordered  the  whole  train  of  the  brig- 
ade to  follow,  and  thus  left  the  whole  fighting  force  of  the  brigade  free  to  cope 
with  the  large  force  of  the  enemy.  This  is  only  one  of  the  many  brilliant  move- 
ments planned  and  promptly  executed  by  this  quick-witted  officer. 

Colonel  Charles  C.  Horton  is  well  known  to  a  large  majority  of  the  officers  and 
men  of  the  Ninth,  who  have  the  highest  esteem  for  him  as  a  soldier  and  are  proud 
to  call  him  "  Comrade." 

Since  the  war  the  subject  of  this  sketch  has  been  in  the  revenue  service  of  the 
Government,  and  was  for  many  years  stationed  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  later  was 
at  Athens,  Tenn. 


CHAPTER  XXiil. 

BRIEF  SKETCH  or  EACH    COMPANY,  AND    COMPANY    OFFICERS   AND 
COMRADES. 

BRIEF  sketches  of  each  company  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry 
and  some  of  the  members  is  here  given.  Your  Historian 
would  have  been  glad  to  have  made  these  accounts  more  full  and 
sketches  of  members  larger,  but  as  so  many  of  the  comrades  have 
failed  to  respond  with  information,  he  could  do  no  more. 

The  different  companies  of  the  Ninth  Regiment,  Illinois  Yol- 
unteers,  that  had  their  full  complement  of  men,  were  authorized 
to  elect  their  commissioned  officers  by  vote,  and  this  had  generally 
been  done  at  the  place  where  the  majority  of  the  company  were 
recruited. 

Each  company  was  assigned  its  position  in  the  organization  of 
the  regiment,  in  accordance  with  the  date  of  muster  into  the  serv- 
ice. 

Company  A  was  recruited  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  and  vicinity 
on  or  about  September  1,  1861,  mainly  by  the  three  gentlemen 
who  were  elected  to  be  their  first  commissioned  officers,  viz. :  Harry 
B.  Burgh,  Captain ;  William  C.  Blackburn,  First  Lieutenant ; 
William  M.  Benton,  Second  Lieutenant. 

They  arrived  in  camp  September  ]  5th,  and  were  mustered  into 
the  service  September  18,  1861,  and  was  the  senior  company  of 
the  regiment. 

Company  A  was  one  of  which  the  regiment  was  always  proud, 
their  captain  being  a  graduate  of  a  military  school,  and  possess- 
ing the  rare  qualification  of  winning  the  good  will  and  respect  of 
those  under  his  command,  as  well  as  that  of  his  superior  officers. 
His  two  Lieutenants  were  always  popular  men,  and  well  qualified 
for  their  positions.  The  general  make-up  of  the  company  was  ex- 
cellent, always  reliable,  and  I  may  truthfully  say  strictly  military, 
and  by  their  faithful  attention  to  duty  and  every  detail  of  camp 
and  field  service  were  looked  upon  as  the  model  company  of  the 
regiment. 

With  the  main  body  of  the  regiment  and  in  all   prominent 


216  HISTORY    OF    THE 

battles  and  engagements,  it  was  often  called  upon  for  special 
service,  and  in  all  cases  and  at  all  times  was  to  be  found  a  brave  and 
gallant  set  of  men,  and  when  the  regiment  organized  as  a  veteran 
regiment,  Company  A  came  to  the  front  with  the  largest  nnmber 
of  veterans  of  any  company  in  the  regiment,  and  with  the  new 
men  who  were  then  promoted  maintained  the  high  reputation  al- 
ready established.  The  number  of  Company  A  at  muster  into 
the  service  was  ninety-one,  the  whole  number  enlisted  in  the  com- 
pany was  two  hundred  and  seven. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  HILLIER. 

David  Hillier  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia  November  10,  1838.  At  the  age  of 
ten  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Rock  Island,  111.,  from  which  city  he  enlisted 
in  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  1,  1861,  and  when  his  company 
was  mustered  in,  September  18th,  he  was  appointed  First  Sergeant,  and  served 
faithfully  in  that  capacity  until  April  10,  1862,  when  he  was  promoted  and  com- 
missioned Lieutenant  of  Company  A.  Again,  in  the  spring  of  1865,  he  was  pro- 
moted Captain,  but  having  previously  tendered  his  resignation  he  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  to  date  from  March  21,  1865. 

Captain  Hillier  was  a  soldier  of  whom  not  only  his  own  company,  but  all  of 
the  regiment  was  proud.  A  true  soldier,  brave  as  a  lion,  yet  so  kind  and  gentle 
in  his  manner  that  he  was  beloved  by  all.  He  served  during  all  the  years  of  the 
war,  receiving  a  severe  injury  in  the  fall  of  his  horse.  An  injury  from  which  he 
suffered  for  over  twenty  years,  and  one  which  finally  caused  his  death,  June  10, 
1887,  in  the  prime  of  a  glorious  manhood. 

He  was  conspicuous  in  the  army  for  his  cool  and  daring  bravery  and  good 
judgment,  an  instance  of  which  was  displayed  at  Moscow,  Tenn.,  December 
4,  1863,  when  in  the  hottest  of  the  battle  he,  while  in  command  of  his  Company,  A, 
found  our  Sergeant-Major  Fitzpatrick  severely  wounded  and  blind  from  the 
effects  of  a  shot  in  the  head.  He  went  down  the  river  bank  under  a  shower  of 
rebel  bullets,  and  carried  his  wounded  friend  and  comrade  on  his  back  to  a  place 
of  safety;  and  again,  at  La  Fayette,  Tenn.,  December  26,  1863,  when  he  with  a 
little  detachment  of  only  about  fifty  men,  mostly  from  Company  A,  held  back 
the  larger  part  of  Forrest's  command  of  four  thousand  men  at  Wolf  River,  and 
stubbornly  fought  them  from  early  in  the  afternoon  well  into  the  night,  thereby 
saving  a  train  of  cars  on  the  Memphis  &  Charleston  Railway  from  Corinth  to 
Memphis  from  capture,  and  the  small  garrison  at  Collierville  from  being  gobbled 
up  by  Forrest's  cavalry.  These  are  but  a  sample  of  many  deeds  of  daring  per- 
formed by  brave,  big-hearted  Dave  Hillier. 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  Rock  Island,  111.,  and  was  married  in  1868  to 
Miss  Kate  H.  Lingle,  of  Rock  Island.  In  1871  he  removed  to  Milwaukee,  and 
engaged  in  the  livery  business,  and  returned  to  Rock  Island  in  1873,  and  engaged 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business.  This  was  his  occupation  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  highly  esteemed  while  living,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
much  regretted  by  the  people  among  whom  he  had  lived  for  nearly  thirty  years, 
and  by  his  army  comrades  throughout  the  country. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  21T 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BLACKBURN. 

William  C.  Blackburn  joined  his  fortunes  with  the  Ninth  Illinois,  Cavalry 
from  Rock  Island,  111.,  September  18,  1861,  as  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  A. 
He  was  a  splendid  specimen  of  a  soldier.  Brave,  daring  and  ambitious,  he 
entered  into  his  new  field  with  ardor.  April  10,  1862,  he  was  transferred  to  the 
staff  of  the  regiment  as  Adujtant  of  the  Second  Battalion,  which  position  Le  filled 
acceptably,  and  while  in  command  of  Company  H,  at  Gray's  Bridge,  Ark.,  May 
28th  received  a  slight  wound  while  endeavoring  to  force  a  passage  over  the 
Cache  River. 

On  the  promotion  of  Captain  Burph  to  a  majorship,  August  15,  1862,  Lieu- 
tenant Blackburn  was  promoted  Captain  of  his  old  Company  A,  and  served  with 
them  in  many  a  fight  and  skirmish.  In  the  fall  of  1864  when  many  of  the  officers 
were  being  mustered  out  of  the  service  Captain  Blackburn  remained,  and  wThen 
the  cavalry  expedition  of  General  Hatch  left  Memphis,  Tenn.,  September  30, 

1864,  he  was  the  senior  officer  and  was  in  command  of  the  the  regiment.     Novem- 
ber 24th,  at  Campbellsville,  Tenn.,  he  was  taken  prisoner,  by  the  enemy  and  suf- 
fered at  Meridian,  Cahaba  and  Andersonville   prisons  all  the  horrors  that  fell  to 
the  lot  of  our  unfortunate  captured  soldiers.     He  rejoined  the  regiment  again  at 
Eastport,  Miss.,  April  27,  1865,  and  mustered  out  of  the  service  May  8,  1865. 

Captain  Blackburn  was  a  very  impetuous  officer,  brave  to  rashness,  and  of 
that  imperious  nature  that  could  not  well  brook  restraint. 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Rock  Island,  and  later  was 
engaged  in  business  in  Chicago  and  then  went  West,  where  he  died  a  few  years 
since. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BACK. 

Christopher  G.  Dack  enlisted  fromCamden.  111.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany A,  of  the  Ninth,  and  in  the  organization  of  the  company  was  made  Ser- 
geant. He  served  as  a  good,  faithful  soldier  until  January  1,  1864,  when  he 
re-enlisted  in  the  Veteran  organization,  and  was  promoted  to  be  First  Sergeant 
of  his  company,  and  was  promoted  and  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  March 
28,  1865,  and  May  23  following,  was  promoted  Captain  of  Company  A,  serving 
with  them  to  the  end  of  the  war,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  October  31, 

1865,  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Captain  Dack  was  an  excellent  soldier,  a  brave  man,  and  one  who  had  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  his  comrades,  always  on  duty  in  his  company,  prompt 
and  efficient.  His  bearing  was  that  of  the  tried  veteran. 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  old  home  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  which  is  his 
present  address. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  BENTON. 

William  M.  Benton  at  the  opening  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  was  attend- 
ing school  at  Knox  College,  Illinois,  and  in  June,  1861,  having  finished  his  three 
years'  course  at  that  institution,  he  went  back  to  Rock  Island  County,  where  he 
had  been  teaching  school  during  vacations.  Here  he  enlisted  for  the  war,  and 
aided  in  recruiting  a  company  for  the  cavalry  service. 

At  the  appointed  time  the  boys  met  at  Rock  Island,  H.  B.  Burgh  having  been- 


•218  HISTOKY    OF   THE 

Chosen  Captain  of  the  company.  Messrs.  Benton  and  Blackburn  were  candidates 
for  the  position  of  the  Lieutenants.  Neither  wished  to  take  first  place  to  tie  detri- 
ment of  the  other,  so  it  was  left  to  the  "  hazard  of  a  die."  Blackburn  won,  and 
was  elected  First  Lieutenant,  Benton,  Second.  This  company,  from  Rock  Island 
was  the  first  to  arrive  in  Camp  Fremont  and  became  Company  A. 

Lieutenant  Benton  was  very  much  liked  by  his  associates,  and  his  genial 
disposition  and  frank,  hearty  manner  made  him  a  favorite  with  all,  and  he  took 
hold  with  much  enthusiasm  in  perfecting  the  drill  of  his  company,  and  the  vari- 
ous duties  incident  to  camp  life,  until  the  regiment  was  thoroughly  equipped  and 
ready  for  the  field .  He  accompanied  the  Ninth  to  St.  Louis,  thence  to  Pilot 
Knob,  Mo.,  finally  uniting  with  General  Curtis,  started  on  his  memorable  march 
to  the  Mississippi  river.  Lieutentant  Benton  was  selected  to  carry  dispatches 
from  General  Curtis  to  the  Commander  of  the  Department  at  St.  Louis,  leaving 
General  Curtis'  tent  at  4  p.  M.  in  company  with  Peter  Heffron  as  orderly,  and 
Sergeant  Harner  on  a  night  and  day  ride  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles 
through  an  enemy's  country.  This  ride  was  made  rapidly,  and  Lieutenant  Benton 
reported  at  St.  Louis  with  his  dispatches  in  safety,  having  skillfully  evaded  many 
dangers  that  beset  him  on  this  important  mission. 

Later  when  it  became  known  that  General  Curtis'  army  had  reached  the  Mis- 
sissippi River,  they  rejoined  the  command  at  Helena. 

Shortly  afterward  General  Benton,  of  Indiana,  who  had  recently  been  given 
a  General's  commission  for  gallantry  at  Pea  Ridge,  offered  Lieutenant  Benton  a 
position  on  his  staff.  This  would  take  him  out  of  the  line  of  promotion  but  he 
cared  less  for  that  than  leaving  the  boys,  who  had  joined  the  service  with  him  in 
Company  A,  but  after  numerous  conferences,  finally  decided  that  duty  leading 
in  that  direction,  he  accepted  the  position,  and  for  the  next  two  years  he  sought 
the  fortunes  of  war  as  Aid-de-camp,  Quartermaster  and  Ordinance  Officer  as  occa- 
sion required  with  General  Benton. 

First  in  an  expedition  down  the  river  to  Laconia  in  Southern  Arkansas  and 
west  to  the  borders  of  Southern  Texas,  returning  to  Helena,  it  was  found  that  St. 
Louis  had  become  alarmed,  fearing  an  invasion  by  the  rebel  General  Marmaduke. 

General  Curtis  dispatched  some  sixteen  thousand  troops  under  General  David- 
son, General  W.  P.  Benton  commanding  one  of  the  brigades  to  Genevieve  on  the 
river  below  St.  Louis,  thence  west  almost  to  the  Kansas  line. 

Returning  to  the  Mississippi,  the  command  was  ordered  to  report  to  General 
Grant  at  Milliken's  Bend  above  Vicksburg,  where  it  became  merged  in  the 
Thirteenth  Army  Corps. 

Lieutenant  Bentou  went  through  that  entire  campaign,  participating  in 
nearly  all  the  battles  in  Mississippi,  including  the  assault  on  and  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg. 

The  Thirteenth  Army  Corps  was  transferred  to  the  army  of  General  Banks, 
General  Benton  in  the  meantime  having  been  promoted  to  the  command  of  the 
First  Division,  formerly  under  General  E.  A.  Carr. 

At  New  Orleans  Lieutenant  Benton  was  detailed  on  a  commission  for  the 
exchange  of  prisoners,  and  with  General  Franklin  met  a  like  commission  from 
General  Dick  Taylor,  near  New  Iberia,  where,  after  considerable  labor,  a  satis- 
factory exchange  was  effected. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  219 

Returning  to  New  Orleans,  crossed  the  Gulf  of  Pass  Cavio,  and  Indianola, 
;at  the  western  end  of  Metagorda  Bay  on  the  southern  coast  of  Texas,  was  sta- 
tioned here  some  time,  thence  to  Brownville  on  the  Rio  Grande,  back  to  New  Or- 
leans and  took  part  in  the  Red  River  campaign  under  General  Banks,  after  which 
General  Benton  was  placed  in  command  of  East  and  West  Baton  Rouge.  Here 
Lieutenant  Benton  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  cotton  going  in  and  out,  and  also 
of  the  pass  department  over  some  seventeen  roads,  leading  out  from  the  district 
and  down  the  river  to  New  Orleans  and  up  as  far  as  Cairo.  He  had  here  two  de- 
tailed assistants. 

At  this  place  Lieutenant  Benton  had  the  opportunity  to  make  a  "bushel  of 
money,"  but  like  a  true  soldier  he  resisted  the  temptation  and  came  away  with 
clean  hands  and  an  honest  conscience. 

While  at  Baton  Rouge,  he  was  offered  the  colonelcy  of  a  colored  regiment 
that  was  being  organized  at  Port  Hudson,  but  his  health  being  impaired  by  the 
constant  exposure  in  the  line  of  duty,  he  declined  the  honor. 

He  also  received  a  very  warm  personal  letter  from  General  Benton  to  his 
friend,  Governor  Yates,  recommending  the  Lieutenant  to  a  field  office  in  any  of 
the  Illinois  regiments  where  there  should  be  a  vacancy,  but  he  never  presented  it, 
preferring  if  he  served  his  present  connection  to  return  to  his  own  regiment  and 
company. 

After  serving  something  over  three  years  he  was  mustered  out  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  October  19,  1864,  where  he  remained  in  business  till  1868,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Chicago,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

His  present  address,  1888,  is  Millard  Avenue  Station,  Chicago,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  EBERHART. 

John  R.  Eberhart  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  and  was 
assigned  to  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  under  Captain  H.  B.  Burgh,  serv- 
ing constantly  with  the  regiment  until  January  1,  1864,  when  he  was  discharged, 
with  the  rank  of  Sergeant;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  in  Company  A,  was  promoted 
to  be  First  Sergeant,  and  commssioned  Second  Lieutenant,  May  19th,  and  again 
promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  May  23, 
1865. 

Lieutenant  Eberhart  was  constantly  with  the  regiment  during  the  whole 
period  up  to  September  8,  1865.  Having  tendered  his  resignation  July  14th, 
the  same  was  accepted  September  8,  1865.  He  was  in  all  the  engagements  of 
his  company,  ever  ready  for  duty,  and  brave  and  active  in  the  discharge  of  the 
same.  He  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  service,  he  returned  to  Illinois.  His  address, 
May,  1888,  is  Reynolds,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WEBSTER. 

George  P.  Webster  enlisted  into  the  United  States  service,  September  1,1861, 
at  Edgington,  111.,  in  what  afterward  became  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 
Reserved  till  January  1,  1864,  when  he  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  and  was  promoted 
Sergeant  of  his  company,  and  was  again  promoted  and  commissioned  to  be  Sec- 
ond Lieutenant,  May  23,  1865,  and  October  4th  was  promoted  to  the  First  Lieu- 
tenancy of  his  company,  and  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala,  October  31,  1865. 


220  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Lieutenant  Webster  was  with  the  regiment,  from  first  to  last,  over  four  years,, 
and  was  a  brave,  reliable  soldier,  ready  for  duty  at  all  times,  and  with  his  com- 
pany in  all  skirmishes  and  battles  in  which  they  were  engaged.  A  man  who  was 
esteemed  and  liked  by  all. 

Since  the  war  he  has  been  in  the  vicinity  of  his  old  home,  and  his  present  ad- 
dress is  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  CASTOR. 

Henry  H.  Castor  enlisted  from  Mercer  County,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  in 
Company  A,  of  the  Ninth,  and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864,  was 
promoted  Sergeant,  and  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  of  his  com- 
pany, October  4,  1865,  and  was  finally  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October 
31,  1865,  and  returned  to  Springfield,  111.,  with  his  regiment,  where  he  received 
his  final  payment  and  discharge. 

Lieutenant  Castor  was  one  of  the  bravest  soldiers  in  our  regiment.  A  man 
afraid  of  nothing,  always  anxious  and  eager  to  be  on  duty,  and  with  his  company 
constantly  in  all  the  scouts,  skirmishes  and  battles.  A  notable  incident  is  related, 
when  on  the  22d  of  February,  1864,  he  had  a  hand-to-hand  encounter  with  a  rebel 
Major  in  which  he  succeeded  in  worsting  his  enemy,  and  captured  the  Major  with 
horse  and  equipments. 

Since  the  war  Lieutenant  Castor  has  made  his  home  in  the  West,  and  his  ad- 
dress is  Stromsburg,  Neb.,  1888. 

WILLIAM  F.  CRAWFORD 

was  born  July  17,  1855,  in  Utica,  Ind.,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Illinois  in 
1843.  On  the  death  of  his  father  he  went  back  to  Indiana,  and  there  earned 
money  by  working  on  a  farm  to  secure  a  good  common -school  education,  and  in 
the  year  1853  again  came  to  Illinois  and  settled  in  Edgington,  Rock  Island 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 

He  was  married  in  October,  1856,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Pierce,  and  has  six  chil- 
dren— one  daughter  and  five  sons,  three  of  whom  will  cast  their  first  vote  for 
President  this  fall,  1888.  He  enlisted  at  Edgington,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  and 
in  the  muster-in  of  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  was  appointed  Sergeant 
of  his  company,  serving  as  a  true  and  faithful  soldier  until  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  service,  when  he  was  mustered  out  as  First  Sergeant. 

Comrade  Crawford  was  always  well  thought  of  by  his  comrades  and  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was  brave,  and  ready  at  all  times  to  perform  his  full  share  of  duty,, 
and  was  ever  in  the  front  rank  when  fight  or  hard  service  was  to  be  performed. 
After  his  muster-out,  September  23,  1864,  he  returned  to  Illinois  and  engaged  in 
his  old-time  occupation  of  farming,  and  has  been  for  many  years,  in  addition  to 
his  large  farming  operations,  handling  stock  and  in  the  grain  business  both  at  his 
farm  and  at  the  railroad  station.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature, 
and  has  the  Republican  nomination  for  a  second  term,  which  is  equivalent  to  an 
election  in  his  strongly  Republican  district.  He  has  also  been  for  many  years 
superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school  in  his  town,  and  receives  and  maintains  the 
esteem  and  respect  of  all  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  This  influence  is- 
always  on  the  side  of  that  which  he  considers  the  r  ght. 


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Comrade  Crawford's  residence  has  been  for  many  years  at  Taylor  Ridge,  111., 
-which  is  his  present  address. 

SAMUEL  R.  VANSANT 

enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Company  A,  September  1,  1861,  at  Rock 
Island,  111.,  at  the  early  age  of  seventeen,  and  as  he  was  a  minor  and  his  father 
was  desirous  of  his  receiving  a  first-class  education,  young  Samuel  had  consider- 
able difficulty  in  gaining  his  father's  consent  to  his  joining  the  army,  but  wKen 
Captain  Burgh  raised  his  company  he  reluctantly  consented  to  let  him  go. 

Comrade  Vansant  was  one  of  our  brave,  reliable,  conscientious  soldiers,  who 
carried  with  him  in  his  army  life  the  same  manly  habits  that  were  natural  to  him 
at  home. 

When  he  returned,  after  three  years'  service  in  the  cause  of  his  country, 
having  been  promoted  Corporal  of  his  company,  he  came  back  with  the  same 
honest,  truthful,  honorable  nature,  only  broadened  and  deepened  by  his  contact 
with  others  and  the  experience  of  the  world.  After  his- return  home  he  graduated 
at  the  American  Business  College,  at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  and  then  attended  Knox 
College  at  Galesburg,  III.,  during  his  sophomore  year. 

Soon  after  leaving  college  he  went  into  business  with  his  father  at  Le  Claire, 
Iowa,  building  and  repairing  steamboats,  then  built  a  number  of  raf  tboats,  and 
has  been  operating  them  ever  since.  They  built  the  first  boat  with  large  power 
exclusively  for  the  business,  and  named  her  the  "J.  W.  Vansant."  He  has  been 
interested  in  some  fifteen  steamboats,  and  is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the 
"La  Claire  Navigation  Company,"  and  the  "Vansamt  &  Musser  Towing  &  Nav- 
igation Company,"  and  in  that  large  business  keeps  up  with  the  times,  and  all 
modern  improvements. 

Comrade  Vansant  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  represents  his  ward  in  the 
Democratic  city  of  Winona  in  the  council,  and  was  the  candidate  of  his  party  for 
mayor  last  spring,  when  he  reduced  the  Democratic  majorily  by  several  hundred. 

He  was  married  in  1869,  and  has  one  son  named  Grant,  and  says  "As  I  grow 
older  I  think  more  of  old  army  friends.  Nothing  is  too  good  for  the  old  soldiers 
in  my  opinion." 

He  has  been  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Winona,  Minn.,  where  he  leads  an 
active,  busy  life,  highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him. 

N.  G.  VANSANT 

enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Company  A,  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  February 
9,  1864,  and  served  with  his  company  as  a  good  soldier  faithfully  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  and  was  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31, 
1865. 

Soon  after  his  return  from  the  war  he  entered  college  and  graduated  with 
good  standing  in  1870. 

For  eight  years  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and  then  purchased  a  farm 
near  Sterling,  and  has  been  engaged  in  farming  operations  for  a  number  of  years. 

He  is  now,  1888,  president  of  the  Whiteside  County  Sunday-school  Associa- 
tion, and  Junior  Vice  Commander  of  "Will  Robinson  Post  No.  274,"  of  Sterling, 
111.  A  man  of  blameless  life,  and  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him.  His 
present  address  is  Rock  Falls,  111. 


222  HISTORY    OF    THE 

S.  D.  CLELAND. 

was  born  January  29,  1842,  and  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  the  "West: 
in  the  fall  of  1842.  His  father  was  a  minister,  and  was  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Davenport  one  year,  and  at  Rock  Island  for  the  next  four 
years  ;  then  removed  to  Edington  township  of  Rock  Island,  where  young  Sam 
put  in  his  time  doing  chores,  and  the  usual  things  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  the  small,, 
but  ambitious  boy  on  the  farm,  and  attended  the  district  school,  and  later  attended 
a  select  school,  and  in  1861,  was  preparing  to  enter  college,  when  the  call  for 
volunteers  caused  him  to  enlist  in  Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  where  as 
a  good  soldier,  and  one  that  faithfully  performed  his  every  duty,  he  was  pro- 
moted toasergeantcy,  and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1, 1864,  serving  with 
the  regiment  but  a  short  time,  when  he  was  placed  on  detached  service.  March 
19,  1865,  was  discharged  by  special  order  of  General  E.  R.  8.  Canby,  and  mus- 
tered as  Sergeant  Major  of  the  sixty-first  United  States  Colored  troops,  and  on 
examination  was  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  A,  of  that  regi- 
ment on  September  7,  1865,  and  was  Acting  Adjutant  the  most  of  the  time  till 
December  80,  1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  and  was 
sent  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  for  final  payment  and  discharge,  being  paid  to  January 
2,  1866,  when  he  left  the  United  States  service,  and  returned  to  the  old  farm. 

Mr.  Cleland  was  married  January  27,  1867  to  Miss  Salenda  E.  Fisher,  and 
they  have  three  children,  Fanny  F.,  Paul  C.  and  Blanche. 

He  spent  several  years  on  the  farm,  then  went  to  Muscatine,  Iowa,  in  busi- 
ness for  two  years,  and  for  many  years  has  been  a  traveling  salesman. 

Comrade  Cleland  is  and  always  has  been  a  strictly,  moral  upright  man.  He- 
has  many  friends,  and  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 

His  present  home  and  address,  June,  1888,  is  Rock  Island,  111., 

GEORGE  M.  KELLER 

enlisted  in  Company  A  of  the  Ninth,  September  1, 1861,  as  Bugler,  and  served  one- 
year  in  that  capacity,  when  on  account  of  broken  health  he  was  detailed  in  the 
regimental  hospital,  where  he  remained  as  assistant  till  the  close  of  his  three 
years'  service. 

Returning  to  Rock  Island  county,  111.,  in  1864,  he  engaged  in  farming,  at 
the  same  time  pursuing  the  study  of  medicine. 

In  1870  he  was  appointed  enumerator,  and  took  the  United  States  census  for 
Rock  Island  county.  He  was  married  in  1871  to  Miss  M.  E.  Boyer,  and  in  1874 
graduated  in  medicine  at  the  Iowa  State  University;  practiced  his  profession  in 
Rock  Island  till  the  fall  of  1878.  when  he  moved  to  Anthony,  Harper  County, 
Kan.,  where  in  the  fall  of  1879  he  lost  his  wife,  leaving  him  with  one  child, 
Harry  W.  Keller,  then  six  years  old. 

In  the  spring  of  1886  .he  moved  to  Santa  Fe,  Kan.,  where  he  has  since 
resided,  having  an  extensive  practice. 

He  was  elected  in  the  fall  of  1887  the  first  Representative  in  the  Legislature 
from  Haskell  county,  and  is  now,  in  connection  with  his  practice,  editor  and 
manager  or  the  Haskell  County  Republican  at  Santa  Fe,  Kan. 

FRANK  C.  BRUNER 
was  born  in  1848,  and  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  Rock  Island,  111.,  when  four 


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years  of  age,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  enlisted  in  Company  A,  of  the  Ninth,  being 
the  youngest  soldier  in  the  company,  and  perhaps  in  the  regiment. 

He  participated  in  the  battle  of  Guntown,  Miss.,  June  10,  1864,  and  at  Hur- 
ricane creek,  Tupelo  and  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  was  promoted  Corporal,  having 
served  with  his  company  as  a  brave  and  competent  soldier  from  the  time  of  his 
enlistment  to  the  muster  out  of  the  Ninth.  He  was  discharged  at  Springfield,  111., 
November,  1865. 

Since  the  war  Comrade  Bruner  has  chosen  the  ministry  for  his  profession;. 
was  educated  at  Westfield  College,  Illinois,  and  united  with  the  Illinois  Confer- 
ence of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  1874,  was  stationed  at  Monticello,  111., 
for  some  years,  and  (June,  1888)  is  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at 
Beardstown,  111. 

He  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  his  alma  mater  in  1886,  and  is  a  young 
man  of  fine  intellect,  uncommonly  brilliant  as  an  orator,  and  of  pleasing  address. 
"  Long  may  he  wave." 

Sergeant  George  Ferguson  enlisted  at  LaMoille,  September  1, 1861;  mustered 
out  September  23,  1864; resides  at  Glidden,  Iowa. 

Sergeant  Richard  B.  Hubbard  enlisted  from  Edgington,  September  1, 1861;: 
mustered  out  September  23,  1864;  address,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

Corporal  Wilford  Shadrack  enlisted  at  Dairy's  Lauding,  September  1,  1861. 

Corporal  James  Kinney  enlisted  Hock  Island,  September  1, 1861;  mustered  put 
September  23,  1864;  address  Rock  Island,  111. 

Fritz,  Gall  enlisted  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Farrier;  dis 
charged  May  1,  1862. 

Corporal  Alfred  Axtell  enlisted,  from  Drury's  Landing,  September  1,  1861;. 
veteran;  mustered  out  July  20,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  address,  Illinois  City,  111. 

Hiram  Barlow  enlisted  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 23,  1864. 

William.  H.  Bates  enlisted  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  veteran ;  mustered 
out  October  31, 1865. 

Lewis  Bunchner  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1, 1861;  died  June  2,  1862. 

IsaacS.  Bean  enlisted  at  Edgington,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Bedford  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

James  Bedford  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Clement  Bradshaw  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Saddler  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  Brown  enlisted  at  Drury's  Landing,  September  1,  1861;  rejected. 

Thomas  Brown  enlisted  from  St.  Louis  September  1,  1861. 

William  Brigham  enlisted  from  Carbon  Cliff;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1864,  of  wounds. 

Finley  J.  Broderick  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  mustered 
out  September  23,  1864. 

Jacob  Burkett  enlisted  from  Drury's  Landing,  September  1,  1861;  rejected 
November  3,  1861. 


r 
HISTORY    OF   THE 

William  Bysant  enlisted  from  Carbon  Cliff,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Clinch  enlisted  from  LaSalle,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  July  8,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  address,  Peru,  111. 

Andrew  Cederberg  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

Edward  Conners  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  died, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  1,  1864. 

Charles  H.  Cole  enlisted  September  1,  1861;  died  Reeve's  Station,  Mo.,  April 
14,  1862. 

John  Deitz  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1, 1861;  mustered  out  April  13, 
1865.  as  sergeant. 

John  Dougherty  "enlisted  from  Fox  Lake,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  deserted  July  8,  1865. 

Owen  Fulham  enlisted  from  Carbon  Cliff,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Richard  W.  T.  Gaines  enlisted  from  Coal  Town,  September  1, 1861;  mustered 
out  September  23,  1864;  address,  Moline,  111. 

William  Gilmore  enlisted  from  Pre-emption  September  1,  1861;  discharged 
September  13,  1862. 

Theodore  Halbig  enlisted  from  Drury's  Landing,  September  1,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Edward  C.  Horn  enlisted  from  Millersburg,  September  1,  1861;  deserted 
November  29,  1861. 

Martin  D.  Hamer  enlisted  from  Coal  Town,  September  1,  1861;  promoted 
sergeant;  mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 

Henry  Hummel  enlisted  from  Edgington,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  H.  Heverling  enlisted  from  Camden,  September  1,  1861;  mustered 
out  September  23,  1864,  as  Wagoner;  address,  Milan,  111. 

Peter  J.  Heverling  enlisted  from  Camdem,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out, 
September  14,  1861;  address,  Milan,  111. 

Hugh  Johnson  enlisted  September  1,  1861. 

Joseph  Kell  enlisted  from  Edgington,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  for  dis- 
ability, July  7,  1864;  address,  Edgington,  111. 

Thomas  C.  Lewis  enlisted  from  Edgington,  September  1, 1861;  veteran;  mus- 
.tered  out  October  31,  1865;  address.  Prescott,  Kan. 

Joseph  J.  Littlefield  enlisted  from  Newburyport,  September  1,  1861. 

Joseph  McCauley  enlisted  from  Camden,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Company  Quartermaster-Sergeant;  mustered  out,  October  31, 1865;  address. 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

William  McAlligott  enlisted  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  July 
20,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  address,  National  Soldiers'  Home,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Daniel  Meehan  enlisted  from  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861. 

James  Moore  enlisted  from  Coal  Valley,  September  1, 1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Thornburg,  Iowa. 

John  Moore  enlisted  from  Coal  Valley,  September,  1, 1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  July  8,  1865,  as  prisoner  of  war;  address,  Thornburg,  Iowa. 


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Francis  H.  Mills  enlisted  from  Rock  Island,  September  1,   1861,  veteran; 
mustered  out  July  8,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  address,  Stuart,  Neb. 

James  McGuire  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Beart  Nelson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  1,  1861. 

Edward  Ninwell  enlisted  from  Philadelphia,  Penn. ,  September  1, 1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Bugler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frank  A.  Olson  enlisted  from  Andover,    September  1,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

James  Piatt  enlisted  from  Minorsville,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 3,  1862. 

William   Pugh  enlisted   from  Carbon   Cliff,    September  1,   1861;   veteran; 
promoted  Corporal;  died  Nashville,  Tenn.,  November  13,  1862. 

Edward   R.  Price  enlisted   at  Chicago,  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to 
Company  L. 

Michael  Pollard  enlisted  from  Mercer  County,  September  1,  1861. 

John  Racy  enlisted  from  Coal  Town,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Wagoner. 

Russel  Rogers  enlisted  from  Illinois  City,  September  1, 1861;  discharged  May 
28,  1862. 

David  Riddig  enlisted  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861. 

Peter  Swanson  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 23,  1864. 

Swan  Swanson  enlisted  from  Moline,  September  1,    1861;    discharged  June 
4,  1864,  for  disability. 

James  Stone  enlisted  from  Carbon  Cliff,  September  1,  1861,  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

John  M.  Sanders  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  1,  1861,  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 27,  1864. 

Noah  Smith  enlisted  from  Illinois  City,  September  1,  1861 ;  veteran. 

Charles  Simser  enlisted    from   Rock    Island,  September  1,  1861  ;   veteran  ; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865,  as  Farrier. 

Peter  Strupp  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861  ;  veteran  ;   mustered 
out  July  8,  1865. 

Joseph   Shwalback  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,    September  1,   1861  ;   veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1861,  as  blacksmith. 

Philip  Sechrist  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 19,  1861. 

Adam  Stewart  enlisted  from  Carbon  Cliff,  September  1,  1861 ;  discharged 
March  18,  1862. 

Charles  Tetterington  enlisted  at  Edgington,   September    1,  1861  ;  mustered 
out  September  23,  1864  ;  address  Edgington,  111. 

William  Walsh  enlisted  from  St.  Louis,  September   1,  1861;  mustered  out 
November  16,  1864. 

Andrew  B.  Welsh  enlisted  at  Rock    Island,  September  1,  1861  ;   mustered 
out  September  23,  1864  as  Corporal. 
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226  HISTORY    OF    THE 

John  A.  Wyfoat  enlisted  at  Munson,  September  1,  1861 ;  transferred  to 
Company  K. 

Henry  Wing  enlisted  from  Mercer  County,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  deserted  August  1,  1865. 

James  Walker  enlisted  from  Drtiry's  Landing,  September  1,  1861;  deserted 
September  25,  1861. 

Frederick  Wells  enlisted  from  Coal  Town,  September  1,  1861;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 

Jacob  Wagoner  enlisted  from  Muscatine,  Iowa,  September  1,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Ward  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to 
Company  I. 

RECRUITS. 

John  Arnold  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  November  27,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  July  8,  1865,  prisoner  of  war;  address  497  West  Superior  Street,  Chicago. 

Henry  Adamson  enlisted  from  Kendall,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Bradley  Armel  enlisted  from  Rosefield,  March  28, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  E.  Burton  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  November  27, 1861;  veteran;  desert- 
ed September  11,  1865. 

James  M.  Bruner  enlisted  from  Edgington,  October  31,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  22,  1864. 

Abi  L.  Bailey  enlisted  from  Edgington,  September  20,  1861  ;  promoted 
Sergeant ;  mustered  out  June  7,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

Patrick  Bailey  enlisted    at  Chicago,  January    15,    1864  ;  veteran  recruit 
deserted  April  18,  1864. 

Hugh  M.  Bell  enlisted  from  Drury's  Landing,  April  21,  1864;  mustered  out 
July  8,  1864,  as  prisoner  of  war. 

Charles  M.  Blythe  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  26,1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  M.  Barker  enlisted  Chicago,  January  20, 1862;  mustered  out  January  26, 
1865. 

Francis  W.  Bulow  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  1,  1865  ;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Lewis  G.  Bailey  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

P.  Burdoor  Bordran  enlisted  from  St.  Ann,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865, 

John  Barney  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Orris  A.  Bartow  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Jacob  S.  Bradley  enlisted  from  Lemont,  March,  31,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

H.  Bruner  (or  Bremer)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  227 

John  Bristol  enlisted  from  Clover,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

James  S.  Brooks  enlisted  from  Fulton,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Jacob  Barker  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  25, 1862;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Enoch  B.  Cooper  enlisted  from  Mercer  County,  November  1 6,  1861 ;  died  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  October  16,  1862. 

John  E.  Crabtree  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  April  21,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

David  H.  Colemore  enlisted  from  Preemption,  February,  1864;  deserted 
August  1,  1865. 

Augustus  G.  Chase  enlisted  from  Columbus,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 8,  1865. 

James  T.  Craig  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  deserted  July  18,  1865. 

Peter  M.  Campbell  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  1,  1864;  mustered  out  Au- 
gust 24,  1865. 

Alexander  Campbell  enlisted  from  St.  Ann,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Cornelius  Casey  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  24, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address  2922,  5th  avenue,  Chicago. 

Delphin  Chaffree  enlisted  from  Maine,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Chaffree  enlisted  from  Maine,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Theodore  Coliver  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out,  October 
31,  1865. 

Seymour  E.  Comstock  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  Clererish  enlisted  from  Edgington,  October  13,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  26,  1865. 

William  Ellingsworth  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31, 1865;  address  Holdrege,  Neb. 

Frank  Fulsinger  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  October  3, 1861;  discharged  October 
23,  1862. 

Henry  Fowler  enlisted  at  Jefferson,  January  23,  1865;  deserted  July  18,  1865. 

Wesley  A.  Giles  enlisted  from  Coal  Town,  October  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31.  1865;  address  Moline,  111. 

Richard  E.  Graham  enlisted  from  Fort  Wayne,  February  9,  1864;  deserted 
April  14,  1864. 

Levi  O.  Gray  enlisted  from  Cordova,  March  31, 1864;  mustered  out  October  31 ' 
1865. 

Moses  Garland  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

W.  Grant. 

James  L.  Grant  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  11,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
26,  1865. 


228  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Alonzo  Howard  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  27,  1864;  died  at  Nashville, 
Term.,  December  18,  1864. 

Patrick  Hobb  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  12,  1865 ;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Edward  Hodge  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865  ;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Edward  Hood. 

Jackson  Harris  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  6,  1865 ;  mustered  out  July  17, 
1865. 

Joseph  J.  Johnson  enlisted  from  Cordova,  October  1, 1861;  discharged  August 
25,  1862  ;  address,  Omaha,  Neb. 

William  H.  James  enlisted  at  Chicago,   February  5,  1865 ;  mustered  out 
October  31.  1865. 

Alexander  Jamerson  enlisted  from  Groveland,  March  3,  1865  ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  M.  Kimball  enlisted  from  Morristown,  November  16,  1861,  veteran  ; 
promoted  Corporal ;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Charles  M.  Keeler  enlisted  from  Groveland,  March  3,  1865 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Leander  W.   Kelly  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25,  1865 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

P.  C.  Kittridge  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23, 1865;  deserted  August  1, 1865. 

Charles  M.  Littlefield  enlisted  from  Newburyport,  December  1,  1861. 

John  H.  Larne  enlisted  from  Cordova,  March  25, 1864  ;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

George  A.  Lawson  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  11,  1865. 

William  Ladley  enlisted  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  1, 1862;  discharged  May  30, 
1865. 

H.  Luddow  or  Ladden  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Listerman  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  25,    1862;  mustered  out 
February  11, 1865. 

George  Melvin  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  20,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

John  Madden  deserted  November  19,  1861. 

Michael  Murphy  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  March  30,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  H.  McKay  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Hibbard  Moore  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  18,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
26,  1865. 

H.  McMillen. 

George  Melvin  enlisted  at  Edgington,  October  18,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
26,  1865. 

Cyrus  Montague  enlisted  from  Prophetstown,  October  12,  1864;  died  at  luka, 
Miss.,  June  15,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  229 

William  McCulloch  enlisted  from  Groveland,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  81,  1865. 

Ezekiel  Miller  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

James  Muzzy  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  9, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1861.  . 

William  J.  McMillen  enlisted  from  Hampton,  October  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out 
October  26,  1865. 

William  P.  Neely  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  March  30,  1864  ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Wickerson  enlisted  from  Galva,   January  23,   1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Caleb  Othick  enlisted  Rock  Island,  March  29,   1864;  promoted  Corporal, 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Christy  Patton  enlisted  from  Cordova,  March  25, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  Parsons  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  22,  1864;  promoted   Sergeant; 
mustered  out  October  31, 1865. 

Henry  Perry  enlisted  from  Barrington,  September  24,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  11,  1865. 

Levi  J.  Palmer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Homer  D.  Rathburn  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  December  1,  1861;  discharged 
April  7,  1862,  for  disability. 

John  M.  Renfro  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  March  29,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Alfred  H.  Russel  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  11,  1865. 

James  F.  Russell  enlisted  from  Bureau  County,  October  12,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  26,  1865. 

Levi  Russell  enlisted  from  Bureau  County,  October  12,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  26,  1865. 

Andrew  Robb  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22, 1864;  died,  Paducah, 
Ky.,  May  1,  1865. 

J.  A.  Root  enlisted  from  Moline,  November  15,  1864;  promoted  Hospital 
Steward. 

George  E.  Renfro  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Edward  Rhodes  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  H.  Stackhouse  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  October  31,  1861;  mustered  out 
November  1,  1864;  address,  Carroltown,  Neb. 

George  W.  Stackhouse  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  October  31,  1861;  discharged 
November  14,  1862. 

Peter  Shurb  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  21,  1861. 

Nathaniel  Smith  enlisted  at  Cordova,  March  31,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


230  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Perry  Stricklan  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  11,  1865. 

M.  V.  B.  Sanderson  enlisted  from  Prophetstown,  October  15,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  26,  1865. 

John  W.  Strahl  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  C.  Thomas  enlisted  at  Chicago  September  1,  1861;  rejected  Novem- 
ber 24,  1861. 

George  L.  Turner  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  March  26,  1864;  promoted  Bugler; 
mustered  out  October  31, 1865,  address,  Parkfield,  Cal. 

Job  M.  Tobias  enlisted  from  Kendall,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Hudson  R.  Taylor  enlisted  from  Groveland,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Caleb  H.  Thayer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  11, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
26,  1864. 

William  Triggs  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  February  14,  1862;  address  Lindley, 
Mo. 

Alfred  Wallace  enlisted  from  Illinois  City,  October  31,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  22,  1864. 

Golburn  H.  Way  enlisted  from  Cordova,  October  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  July  18,  1865,  as  prisoner  of  war. 

Robert  Wilson  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  December  1,  1861;  killed  at  Tisha- 
mingo  Creek,  Miss.,  June  10,  1864. 

James  Wells  enlisted  March  25,  1864;  discharged  for  disability. 

Joseph  H.  Wellierer  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  March  30,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Philip  P.  Williams  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864;  mustered 
out  June  11,  1865. 

William  J.  Wood  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864,  mustered  out 
June  22, 1865. 

David  C.  Williams  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  W.  Woods  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23, 1865;  died  at  Huntsville, 
Ala.,  July  13,  1865. 

COMPANY  B. 

Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Volunteers  was  recruited 
in  Geneseo,  Henry  county,  111.,  and  vicinity,  mainly  by  H.  J. 
Humphrey,  T.  W.  O.  Braffett,  and  Eansom  Harrington,  the  three 
first  commissioned  officers  of  the  company.  The  full  complement  of 
men  was  made  up  in  less  than  three  weeks,  and  an  election  of 
officers  was  held  at  Geneseo,  September  18,  1861,  and  the  three 
gentlemen  named  above  were  elected  to  fill  the  positions  respect- 
ively of  Captain,  First  and  Second  Lieutenant. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  231 

The  company  immediately  started  for  camp,  arriving  at  Camp 
Fremont,  Chicago,  on  the  morning  of  September  19,  and  mustered 
in  the  same  day.  Of  Company  B  it  may  be  said  that  the  standing 
and  character  of  the  men  was  unsurpassed  by  any  that  entered 
the  service  of  their  country,  and  though  many  changes  took  place 
in  the  ranks  and  in  their  officers  it  was  always  to  be  relied  upon  to 
do  its  duty,  whenever  and  wherever  it  was  called  upon  to  act. 

It  may  truthfully  be  said  that  this  company  or  some  part  of  it 
was  in  active  participation  in  every  prominent  engagement  of  the 
regiment,  to  say  nothing  of  numberless  company  scouts,  picket 
duties  and  detached  services. 

This  company  was  particularly  fortunate  in  the  fact  that  there 
was  always  the  best  of  feeling  and  confidence  existing  between 
both  officers  and  men.  They  seemed  as  a  family  to  there  organiza- 
tion of  the  regiment  in  March,  1864,  when  a  large  proportion  re- 
enlisted  as  veterans  and  a  new  set  of  tried  comrades  came  to  the 
front  as  their  leaders,  the  most  of  Avhom  remained  till  the  final 
muster  out  October  31,  1865. 

The  number  of  men  in  Company  B  at  muster  in  was  ninety- 
two,  the  whole  number  borne  on  the  company  rolls  during  their 
term  of  service,  was  two  hundred  and  thirty-four. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  HARRINGTON. 

Ransom  Harrington,  born  at  Hogansburg,  N.  Y.,  February  18,  1822,  of 
Amariah  B.  and  Relacco  M.  He  enlisted  October  13,  1837,  in  the  regular  army 
and  served  five  years  in  the  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  afterward  General 
Worth. 

The  regiment  was  sent  to  Sackets'  Harbor,  remaining  there  until  the  spring 
of  1839.  His  Captain  Montgomery  and  Captain  Harrington  went  to  Canandai- 
gua,  N.  Y.,  and  passed. the  winter  there  enlisting  one  hundred  and  two  men.  In 
the  spring  he  went  to  Green  Bay,  Wis. ;  soon  after  they  were  transferred  to  Port 
Winnebago  (now  Portage)  and  participated  in  the  removal  of  the  Indians  to  Iowa. 
The  regiment  then  proceeded  to  Rock  Island,  where  it  remained  through  the  ex- 
citement of  the  payment  to  the  Indians  by  the  United  States  Government,  thence 
to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  soon  after  to  New  Orleans,  La.,  thence  across  the  gulf  to 
Tampa  Bay.  The  Seminole  War  was  then  in  progress.  The  regiment  remained 
until  1842,  when  Mr.  Harrington  was  discharged. 

He  was  married  at  Massena,  St.  Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.,  February  22,  1845, 
to  Martha  E.  Campbell,  and  removed  to  Geneseo.  Henry  county,  111.,  in  1856. 
When  the  Civil  War  convulsed  the  Nation  he  enflted  and  was  mustered  into 
Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  as  Second  Lieutenant,  September  19,  1861, 
and  eight  days  after  was  promoted  to  the  first  lieutenancy.  He  had  previously 


232  HISTORY    OF    THE 

aided  largely  in  recruiting  Company  B.  He  was  promoted  and  commissioned 
Captain  January  16,  1863,  remaining  until  April  9,  1863,  when  he  resigned  on 
account  of  myopia  (nearness  of  sight)  which  made  his  service  impracticable  in 
the  army. 

While  in  the  regiment  Captain  Harrington  was  one  of  the  workers  of  the 
regiment.  He  was  on  duty  with  his  company  at  Camp  Douglas,  and  on  the 
removal  of  the  regiment  to  Benton  Barracks,  Mo.,  February  18,  1862.  and  at 
Pilot  Knob;  March  6,  marched  to  Patterson,  Mo.  After  arriving  there  Captain 
Braffet  being  on  the  sick  list,  he  was  placed  in  command"  of  his  company,  and 
later  followed  the  command  to  Jacksonport,  Ark. 

In  the  latter  part  of  May,  1862,  he  marched  with  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sickles 
in  command  to  the  Cache  River,  and  when  near  the  objective  point.  Gray's  Bridge, 
Colonel  Sickles  sent  him  with  Company  B  in  the  Augusta  road  to  reconnoiter. 
Captain  Harrington  had  not  gone  far  when  he  met  a  citizen,  and  inquiring  "where 
Gray's  Bridge  was?  "  the  man  said  he  did  not  know.  Captain  Harrington  did  not 
believe  the  man  spoke  the  truth,  so  he  placed  him  between  Godfrey  La  Salle  and 
another  soldier  with  instructions  to  "shoot  him  if  he  attempted  to  escape,"  then 
moving  on  soon  came  to  the  bridge,  when  they  saw  a  woman  on  a  stump  waving 
a  flag' as  a  signal  to  some  one  on  the  other  side  of  the  stream.  Company  B  was 
the  first  to  reach  the  bridge,  when  Captain  Harrington  deployed  his  company,  and 
found  that  the  rebs  had  taken  up  a  part  of  the  planks  and  made  the  bridge 
unsafe  to  cross  and  were  then  in  ambush  on  the  other  side.  Some  firing  took 
place,  and  soon  Captain  Blackburn  came  up  with  Company  H  and  insisted  on 
crossing  over,  when  he  was  fired  upon  by  the  euemy  and  receiving  a  slight  wound 
came  back.  Frank  Tift,  of  Company  B,  was  wounded  in  the  hand.  The  rebels 
had  set  a  trap  here  for  our  boys,  and  were  lying  in  ambush  across  the  river.  It 
was  not  long  before  Colonel  Sickles  came  up,  and  Captain  Harrington  suggested 
and  urged  him  to  allow  Company  B  to  go  round  on  the  Augusta  road  and  attack 
the  rebels  in  the  rear,  but  Colonel  Sickles  having  accomplished  his  mission  (that 
of  cutting  the  telegraph  lines)  did  not  feel  like  taking  the  responsibility  of  a  fur- 
ther advance,  and  after  a  short  skirmish  across  the  river,  fell  back  half  a  mile, 
and  went  into  camp,  and  the  next  day  started  back  to  camp.  Captain  Harring- 
ton was  ordered  by  Colonel  Brackett,  June  24th,  to  act  as  escort  to  the  United 
States  Paymaster  to  Batesville,  and  asked  permission  to  send  the  wounded  soldier, 
Frank  Tift,  with  the  Paymaster's  party  to  St.  Louis,  which  request  was  granted. 

June  26th  he  returned  with  Curtiss'  army  from  Batesville,  and  was  with  the 
regiment  in  command  of  his  company  at  Stewart's  Plantation,  January  27,  1862, 
and  when  Company  M  fell  back  with  Captain  Knight  badly  wounded,  took  their 
place  with  Company  B  in  the  front,  gallantly  holding  the  rear,  and  was  the  last 
to  leave  the  field,  then  marched  to  Helena  with  the  command.  The  night  before 
reaching  Helena  a  negro  informed  Captain  Harrington's  cook  that  one  Smizer 
had  secreted  a  lot  of  meat  in  the  ceiling  of  his  house.  This  matter  was  reported 
to  Colonel  Brackett,  who  ordered  Captain  Harrington  to  bring  it  in;  this  he  pro- 
ceeded to  do.  He  found  th^>lanter  had  in  his  smokehouse  about  twelve  hun- 
dred pounds  of  bacon,  whicn  he  stoutly  averred  was  "all  that  he  had."  After 
considerable  parleying  Captain  Harrington  told  the  old  rebel  "  that  he  would  be 
,  willing  to  leave  him  all  the  meat  in  the  smokehouse,  and  take  for  his  share  the 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  233 

choice  bacon  he  knew  was  secreted  in  the  ceiling  of  the  house."  Smizer  said 
"those  negroes  have  given  me  away."  Captain  Harrington  finally  told  him  he 
"would  take  the  meat  in  the  smokehouse,  and  not  tear  his  house  down." 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  taken  sick  at  Helena  about  the  1st  of  August* 
and  his  eyes  were  so  bad  that  on  one  occasion  he  came  near  firing  upon  some  of 
our  own  soldiers.  He  then  had  a  special  examination  by  a  skillful  surgeon  who 
declared  "that  if  he  was  a  private  soldier,  he  should  recommend  his  discharge." 
Captain  Harrington  said,  "if  that  was  the  case  he  would  resign,"  which  he  soon 
after  did. 

Lieutenant  A.  R.  Mock,  of  Company  C,  was  placed  in  command  of  Company 
B,  and  on  the  acceptance  of  Captain  Harrington's  resignation,  he  was,  at  the 
request  of  the  whole  company,  made  their  captain. 

Captain  Harrington  remained  with  the  company  until  some  time  in  May, 
1863,  at  Memphis.  He  always  treated  his  men  well,  shared  their  toils  and  priva- 
tions, always  willing  to  share  with  them  the  good  as  well  as  the  hard  lot  of  a 
soldier. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  returned  home  in  the  summer  of  1863,  and  as  soon 
as  his  health  was  sufficiently  recovered  was  appointed  special  agent  in  the  Pro- 
vost-Marshal's office  under  Captain  James  M.  Allen  in  the  Fifth  District  (now 
the  Seventh),  occupying  this  position  nearly  two  years,  when  he  resigned,  and 
engaged  in  the  recruiting  service  for  the  State. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  loan  business, 
which  he  still  continues,  and  has  large  land  interests  in  Iowa  and  Kansas,  and  is 
interested  with  Major'Showalter  in  the  Southern  Kansas  Mortgage  Company  at 
Wellington,  Kan. 

Captain  Harrington  is  a  thorough-going  business  man,  much  respected  by  a 
large  acquaintance  through  the  West.  His  home  and  address  is  where  he  has 
been  living  for  the  past  thirty-two  years,  Geneseo,  Henry  County,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BRAFFETT. 

'  Thaddeus  W.  O.  Braffett  enlisted  in  Company  B,  of  the  Njnth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry, September  1,  1861,  as  a  private,  and  was  promoted  to  Sergeant-Lieutenant 
and  Captain  of  his  company,  and  after  five  months'  service  in  Camp  Douglas  with 
his  company,  was  ordered  to  St.  Louis,  and  later  to  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.  At  this 
place  the  regiment  received  its  initiation  in  war,  having  one  man  wounded  here. 
Company  B,  Captain  Braffett  in  command,  and  one  other  company  were 
ordered  to  Patterson,  Mo.,  for  guard  picket  and  scouting  duty,  soon 
after  moving  to  the  Black  River,  where  the  Captain  and  his  son  came  near 
being  drowned  while  crossing  the  Black  River,  and  the  command  was  Almost 
daily  attacked  by  guerrillas  or  bushwhackers.  The  command  here  received 
orders  to  join  General  Frank  Seigel  at  Pea  Ridge,  but  the  battle  under  General 
Curtis  was  fought  and  won  before  we  arrived. 

Captain  Braffett  was  taken  sick  on  the  march  to  Jacksonport,  and  almost 
died;  was  removed  to  Batesville,  and  under  the  care  of  careful  surgeons  recovered 
so  as  to  join  his  regiment  at  Jacksonport  in  time  to  take  up  the  hot  and  tedious 
march  for  Clarendon,  and  then  into  Helena,  when  Captain  Braffett  was  again 
taken  sick,  contracting  that  malarial  disease  that  carried  so  many  to  death;  he 
rallied  sufficiently  to  go  to  his  home  at  New  Paris,  Ohio.  \ 


234  HISTORY   OF   THE 

After  a  short  furlough  he  again  returned  to  his  regiment,  but  the  old  disease 
again  took  hold  of  him,  and  prostrated  him  lower  than  ever.  On  account  of  this 
disability  he  reluctantly  tendered  his  resignation,  and  was  honorably  discharged 
January  16,  1863,  his  home  then  being  in  Richmond,  Ind. 

In  1865  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  elected  Assistant  Clerk  (by  the  Repub- 
licans) of  the  Indiana  House  of  Representatives,  and  Journal  Clerk  of  the  Senate 
in  1869.  In  1880  was  Deputy  Clerk  of  Wayne  County  Court  and  Auditor  of 
Wayne  County  for  four  years,  from  1883  to  1887.  His  present  address,  June  1888, 
is  Richmond,  Ind. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  McNAIR. 

Captain  McNair  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Company  B, 
of  the  Ninth;  was  promoted  to  Duty  Sergeant,  February  8,  1862,  Company  Com- 
missary Sergeant  the  July  following,  and  First  Sergeant  of  Company  B,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1863;  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  but  did  not  muster  as  such,  as 
he  was  promoted  to  be  Captain  of  his  company  to  date  from  September  23, 1864. 

As  will  be  observed,  Captain  McNair  was  with  his  company  from  the  first  to 
the  last  and  final  muster-out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865,  and  though  not 
commissioned  till  late,  had  been  in  command  of  his  company  much  of  the  time, 
and  bravely,  gallantly  led  them  in  many  a  scout,  skirmish  and  battle.  Always 
ready  for  duty,  having  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  comrades,  and  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact,  it  may  with  truth  be  said  that  he  was  a  soldier  and  an 
officer  that  could  be  relied  upon  to  perform  his  full  duty. 

Captain  McNair  commanded  his  company  in  the  hard  fighting  at  Nashville, 
and  on  to  the  Tennessee  River,  and  was  in  command  of  a  battalion  at  Gainesville 
and  Demopolis,  Ala.,  in  the  summer  of  1865. 

Captain  McNair  was  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service,  October  31, 
1865,  and  later  went  West,  where  he  engaged  in  large  farming  operations. 

His  present  address  is  Nunda,  Neb.,  where  he  is  widely  known'and  respected 
as  a  successful  business  man. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  MANVILLE. 

Charles  P.  Manville  enlisted  in  Company  B,  of  the  Ninth,  September  1,  1861. 
He  was  appointed  Sergeant  of  his  company,  and  on  the  23d  of  January,  1863,  was 
Commissioned  First  Lieutenant  and  served  well  and  faithfully  with  his  company 
and  regiment  till  the  close  of  the  war,  when,  his  health  not  being  good,  and  feel- 
ing that  the  country  no  longer  needed  his  services,  he  was  mustered  out  October 
11,  1865. 

After  the  close  of  his  service  in  the  army,  Lieutenant  Manville,  pitched  his 
tent  in  Chicago,  where  he  remained  in  business  a  number  of  years,  and  then 
struck  out  West  which  is  his  present  home.  His  address,  April,  1888,  is  Alma, 
Neb. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  SHOWALTER. 

John  T.  Showalter  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Company 
B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  He  was  promoted  to  Corporal,  Sergeant  and  Lieuten- 
ant, having  received  his  commission  as  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  B  March 
88, 1865,  and  was  brevetted  First  Lieutenant  "  for  gallantand  meritorious  conduc 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  235 

during  the  war."  He  was  finally  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala., 
October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Showalter  was  one  of  the  brave,  faithful  soldiers  and  officers  on 
whom  one  could  always  rely.  Quick  of  perception  and  always  ready,  he  gained 
the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  his  associates.  He  was  a  participant  with  and 
leader  of  his  comrades,  and  was  engaged  with  his  company  actively  for  over  four 
years  in  the  service  of  his  country.  He  was  appointed  by  General  Charles  R. 
Woods  as  one  of  the  officers  to  administer  the  amnesty  oath  in  Alabama  during 
the  summer  of  1865. 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  Illinois,  read  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Washington  County,  111.,  in  1870;  moved  to  Kansas  in  1871, where  he  has  held 
several  important  positions  of  trust,  among  them  that  of  register  of  deeds  of  his 
county  (Sumner),  and  is  now  Major  in  the  Second  Kansas  National  Guards. 

Major  Showalter  is  eminently  a  self-made  man.  Since  his  removal  to  Kan- 
sas was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  has 
been  for  several  years  engaged  in  large  financial  and  loan  interests  at  Wellington, 
Kan.,  which  is  his  present  address. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  KINZIE. 

Arthur  M.  Kinzie  was  born  March  24,  1841,  in  Chicago,  in  one  of  the  first 
brick  houses  built  in  the  city,  his  father  John  Kinzie,  having  been  brought  here 
in  1804  by  his  parents. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  here,  was  sent  to  Jubilee  College  about 
fourteen  miles  from  Peoria,  was  then  sent  to  Racine  College,  remaining  there  four 
years,  after  which  he  went  to  Kenyon  College,  Ohio,  there  met  Comrade  J.  H. 
Carpenter  from  Chicago,  and  both  remained  until  a  difference  between  the  fac- 
ulty and  themselves  became  so  serious  that  either  the  faculty  or  the  students  had  to 
leave,  and  an  the  former  had  their  families  all  settled  there,  these  two  yming  men 
came  home. 

Young  Kenzie  continued  his  studies  at  Douglas  University,  and  a  year  after- 
ward returned  to  Kenyon,  where  he  remained  until  January,  1861,  when  the  politi- 
cal affairs  of  the  country  looked  so  squally  that  he  did  not  return. 

April  19,  1861,  he  entered  the  three  months'  service  under  the  President's  first 
call  in  Battery  A,  First  Illinois  Light  Artillery,  and  served  at  Cairo  for  three 
months.  After  his  return  to  Chicago  he  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as 
Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  B,  September  25, 1861,  and  was  immediately  as- 
signed to  duty  as  Aid-de-camp  to  Major-General  David  Hunter,  and  was  wilh  him 
for  many  months.  General  Hunter's  division  forming  a  part  of  General  Fremont's 
army  was  engaged  in  Missouri  campaigns  after  the  rebel  General  Sterling  Price, 
then  spent  the  winter  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan.  In  the  ensuing  March  accom- 
panied General  Hunter  when  he  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  the  Tenth 
Army  Corps,  headquarters  at  Hilton  Head,  took  part  in  the  siege  and  capture  of 
Fort  Pulaski,  under  General  Q.  A.  Gilmore. 

General  Hunter  here  conceived  the  idea  of  arming  and  organizing  the  negroes 
for  garrison  duty,  and  thus  relieved  a  corresponding  number  of  white  troops  for 
offensive  operations.  The  command  of  this  body  of  one  thousand  "colored 
troops  "  was  given  to  Lieutenant  Kinzie,  which  he  called  "The  First  South  Caro- 


236  HISTORY   OF   THE 

lina  Union  Volunteers."  For  this  act  both  General  Hunter  and  Lieutenant  Kin- 
zie  were  outlawed  in  general  orders  by  the  rebel  government,  and  were  to  be  shot 
with  oil  t  trial,  when  caught. 

This  was  the  first  body  of  black  troops  organized  during  the  war,  but  their 
use  was  not  authorized  till  several  months  afterward.  Lieutenant  Kinzie  was 
the  only  commissioned  officer  connected  with  the  organization,  all  the  other  offi- 
cers being  appointed  from  the  best  of  non-commissioned  officers,  and  privates  of 
the  command,  and  he  was  obliged  to  receipt  for  all  the  arms,  uniforms,  garrison 
equipage,  commissary  stores,  etc.,  and  was  never  able  to  obtain  any  responsible 
receipts  for  the  same  up  to  the  close  of  the  war,  then  he  received  notice  that  he 
was  indebted  to  the  Government  in  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  three  thousand 
dollars,  which  they  would  be  pleased  to  have  him  remit,  which  lie  did — not. 

After  the  order  of  outlawry  was  made  known.  General  Hunter  gave  the 
Lieutenant  charge  of  the  Flag  of  Truce  Department  "in  order  that  they  might 
know  him  when  they  saw  him." 

Lieutenant  Kinzie  was  furnished  with  a  fine  little  steamer,  well  armed  with 
ordnance  with  which,  when  not  going  up  the  Savannah  River  under  flag  of  truce 
to  deliver  and  receive  dispatches,  he  used  to  cruise  around  the  islands  along  the 
coast,  shelling  at  the  enemy's  light  batteries,  which  they  would  place  at  advan- 
tageous points,  and  among  our  transports  and  unarmed  vessels. 

While  thus  engaged  he  reported  to  Lieutenant  Worden,  United  States  Navy, 
and  was  assigned  a  position  in  line,  and  with  the  other  naval  forces  took  part  in 
an  attack  on  Fort  McAllister  on  the  Oquchee  River,  afterward  captured  by  Gen- 
eral Sherman's  army. 

In  July,  1862,  he  was  appointed  Captain  by  President  Lincoln,  under  the  act 
of  July  17th.  General  Gilmore  having  relieved  General  Hunter,  retired  with  his 
chief  to  Washington,  remaining  there  all  winter,  and  any  active  duty  now  being 
uncertain,  he  asked  to  be  sent  to  his  regiment,  and  joined  them  at  La  Grange, 
Tenn.,  but  remained  with  them  but  a  short  time,  when  he  was  appointed  Aid-de- 
camp to  Brigadier-General  E.  A.  Carr  in  command  at  Corinth.  Soon  after  went 
with  him  to  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  remained  there  all  winter  doing  nothing,  and 
again  resigned  his  appointment,  and  rejoined  the  Ninth,  but  remained  with  them 
but  a  few  days,  when  he  was  appointed  aid  to  Major-General  Washburn,  remain- 
ing with  him  at  Memphis  till  August  20,  when  General  N.  B.  Forrest  C.  S.  A. 
entered  the  city  between  3  ard  4  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  extended  so 
urgent  an  invitation  to  accompany  his  men  out  again,  that  he  could  not  refuse 
and  was  accordingly  marched  out  in  charge  of  a  dirty  rebel  on  a  white  mule. 
About  one  hundred  unfortunates  which  they  had  gathered  up  were  marched 
seventy-two  miles,  when  they  were  loaded  into  box  cars  at  Meridian,  Miss., 
thence  to  Demopolis,  Ala.,  and  then  to  Cahaba,  twelve  miles  below  Selmaon  the 
Alabama  River.  Here  the  men  were  put  in  a  regular  prison  pen,  and  the  officers 
first  giving  their  parole  not  to  escape  or  talk  to  the  citizens  were  allowed  the  lim- 
its of  four  squares  in  the  town,  and  were  quartered  in  some  rooms  over  a  store; 
after  about  three  months  were  exchanged,  having  been  treated  as  well  as  possible 
under  the  circumstances. 

The  Provost-Marshal  in  charge  was  an  Episopal  clergyman  who  did  what 
was  in  his  power  to  make  the  prisoners  as  comfortable  as  he  could.  The  rations 
were  but  a  pint  of  meal  a  day,  about  the  same  as  their  own  soldiers  received. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  237 

Lieutenant  Kinzie  mustered  out  at  the  expiration  of  three  years,  again  join- 
ing the  Hancock  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  but  left  that  the  spring  of  1865,  return- 
ing to  Chicago.  His  present  address,  1888,  is  Riverside,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  KILMER. 

Jeremiah  C.  Kilmer  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  III.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  He  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864, 
and  was  appointed  First  Sergeant,  March  28,  1865;  was  commissioned  First  Lieu- 
tenant of  his  company,  serving  well  and  faithfully  till  the  close  of  the  war, 
when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Kilmer  since  the  close  of  the  war  has  been  in  the  West  and  his  ad- 
dress, 1888,  is  Rock  Island,  111. 

August  E.  Anderson  was  born  in  Gefle  Borg  Lan,  Sweden,  May  10,  1834, 
emigrated  in  1849  to  Henry  County,  111 .  His  parents  both  died  on  the  pas- 
sage from  Sweden,  leaving  him  an  orphan  alone  among  strangers,  without  money, 
and  indebted  for  his  passage,  but  he  was  a  plucky,  industrious  boy,  and  on  his 
arrival  at  Cambridge  he  went  to  work  on  a  farm  at  $6.00  month,  and  from 
his  savings  paid  his  passage  to  this  country.  After  this  he  bound  himself  out  for 
five  years,  the  consideration  being  boarding,  three  months'  schooling  each  -year, 
and  $100  to  be  paid  him  when  arrived  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  With  that 
$100  he  purchased  forty  acres  of  land,  and  commenced  farming  on  his  own  ac- 
count, in  which  occupation  he  continued  till  September  1, 1861,  when,  inspired 
with  that  patriotism  and  devotion  to  his  adopted  country  with  which  the  whole 
loyal  North  was  then  ablaze,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry; 
was  promoted  Corporal  February  1,  1862,  and  Sergeant  November  29,  1862,  and 
honorably  discharged  from  the  service,  March  27,  1863,  for  injury  and  disability 
received  and  incurred  while  in  the  line  of  duty  in  the  Swamps  of  Arkansas,  and 
he  is  still  a  sufferer  from  the  disease  contracted  in  the  service  of  his  country,  and 
was  with  his 'company  and  regiment  on  all  its  marches,  skirmishes  and  battles  dur- 
ing the  period  of  his  service. 

On  his  return  to  his  home  in  Henry  County,  111.,  he  again  took  up  the 
occupation  of  the  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  by  an  industrious,  upright  life,  has  gained 
the  esteem  of  his  neighbors,  and  has  accumulated  a  handsome  property,  owning 
a  well-stocked  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  withia  one  and  a  half  miles  of  Cam- 
bridge, 111.,  and  is  one  of  the  active,  influential  citizens  of  his  county.  He  is  a 
devoted  Christian,  an  active  worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which 
he  has  been  a  deacon  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Anderson  is  a  member  of  A.  A.  Dunn  Post  436,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Cambridge, 
111.,  which  is  his  present  address. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  B. 

First  Sergeant  Ashbell  G.  F.  James  enlisted  September  1,  1861. 

Sergeant  John  Babcock  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  1,  1861; 
rejected  November  14,  1861 . 

Sergeant  James  L.  Morrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered 
out  September  23, 1864. 

Corporal  Augustus  M.  Gregory  enlisted  from  Morristown,  September  1, 1861. 


238        .  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Corporal  Jacoby  Marland  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  discharged 
February  18,  1862,  for  disability. 

Corporal  Thomas  Morris  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted 
sergeant;  died  at  Camp  Douglas,  January  22,  1862. 

Corporal  John  P.  Stewart  enlisted  September  1, 1861;  residence,  Geneseo,  111. 

Bugler  Oliver  C.  Rouce  enlisted  September  1,  1861. 

Bugler  Richard  A.  Kinsey  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Charles  Andress  enlisted  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  E. 

Edward  D.  Ayers  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to 
invalid  corps  in  1868;  residence,  Elizaville,  Ind. 

Edwin  A.  Anderson  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 25,  1862,  for  disability. 

Alpheus  E.  Baxter  enlisted  Geneseo,  September,  1861 ;  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E. 

Thomas  or  Henry  Bennett  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  promoted 
Hospital  Steward  ;  address  325  Paris  St.,  East  Boston,  Mass. 

Oliver  C.  Bardwell  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861 ;  died  at  Camp 
Douglas,  January  15,  1862. 

David  C.  Bartlett  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861 ;  died,  Helena,  Ark., 
October  29,  1862. 

Edward  H.  Chamberlain  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861 ;  transferred 
to  Company  E. 

Miner  Clavenger  enlisted  Chicago,  September  1,  1861  ;  veteran  ;  promoted 
Sergeant ;  mustered  out  October,  31,  1865. 

George  B.  Davis  enlisted  Geueseo,  September  1,  1861 ;  discharged  February 
18,  1862. 

San  ford  F.  Dow  enlisted  September  1,  1861,  Geneseo  ;  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E. 

Simon  Elliott  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  veteran  ;  died  New 
Albany,  Ind.,  January  6,  1865. 

William  H.  Ellis  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1, 1861;  discharged  June  25, 
1862;  disability. 

William  W.  Fornote  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1862;  veteran;  pro- 
moted saddler.  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31, 1865;  address,  Farmington,  111. 

Thomas  Faunce  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  died  at 
Cahaba  prison  January  13,  1865. 

James  Fahey  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1, 1865;  veteran;  promoted  Regi. 
mental  Quartermaster  Sergeant. 

Milton  Fries  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 

Horace  E.  Fisher  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

John  Fones  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out  September 
23,  1864. 

William  Fisk  enlisted  September  1,  1861. 

CharlesN.  Gibbs  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Warren  Hart  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861,  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY    VOLUNTEEES.  239 

DanielS.  Hubbard,  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Hardesty  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address  Virginia  City,  Mont. 

Felix  Hiner  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  E. 

Henry  C.  Hill  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Farrier;  mus- 
tered out  September  23,  1864. 

George  W.  Hall  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E. 

George  B.  Houghton,  enlisted  at  Morristown;  promoted  Sergeant;  discharged 
October  13,  1862. 

Joseph  Hart  enlisted  Geneseo.  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  September  23,  1864;  residence,  Wilton,  Iowa. 

Edward    Hazell    enlisted    Geneseo    September    1861, 

Joseph  Ireland  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  October 
31,  1862. 

John  G.  Jacobs  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
August  4,  1862. 

John  M.  Kleckner  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  residence,  Hum- 
boldt,  Neb. 

William  H.  H.  Kesler  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1862;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  July  8,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  address,  Carlton, 
Kan. 

George  H.  Lambert  enlisted  from  State  of  New  York,  September  1,  1862; 
transferred  to  Company  E. 

Jacques  Lyrivers  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  October 
28,  1862;  disability. 

Frederick  Lawson  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frank  McCartney  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1.  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Sabetha,  Kan. 

Robert  McChesney  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Jacob  Massland  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Ezekiel  Morey  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  March  10, 
1862,  for  disability. 

Freelin  W.  Manville,  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  address, 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Samuel  N.  Munson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted wagoner;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Septimus  Manville  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Alexander  Morrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  died  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  1862. 

Walter  H.  Morrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  died  at  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  October  28,  1862. 

William  Morrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Samuel  Morrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  September  23,  1864;  address,  Webster,  Kan. 


240  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Isaac  Morrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out  Septem- 
ber 23,  1864;  address,  Kirwin,  Kan. 

Oscar  G.  May  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corporal; 
discharged  June  25,  1862;  disability. 

William  G.  Netzer  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Franklin  Newton  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corporal; 
discharged  March  16.  1862,  for  disability. 

Jacob  Richel  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out  September 
23,  1864;  residence  Badgley,  Iowa. 

Jeremiah  H.  Richmond  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Edwin  A.  Richmond  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Daniel  E.  Storke  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  discharged  August  25, 
1862,  for  disability. 

Albert  A.  Sedgley  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  September  28,  1864. 

Carl  Swigan  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corporal;  dis- 
charged May  1,  1862. 

Lafayette  F.  Slater  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corporal; 
discharged  November  8,  1862. 

William  B.  Thompson  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;. veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  killed  at  Nashville,  Tenu.,  December  16,  1864. 

Frank  R.  Tift  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  wounded  at  Gray's 
bridge,  Ark.,  May  28,  1862;  discharged  December  9,  1862,  for  disability; 
address  David  City,  Neb. 

William  C.  Thomas  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  transferred  to 
Company  E. 

Romaine  Timmerman  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  veteran  ;  pro- 
moted bugler  ;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865  ;  address  Stella,  Neb. 

John  Timmerman  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  veteran  ;  pro- 
moted First  Sergeant ;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865:  address  Guide  Rock,  Neb. 

James  H.  Underwood  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

William  Withrow  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  promoted  Corpo- 
ral ;  discharged  September  19, 1862,  for  disability. 

John  W.  Wilson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

Charles  H.  Ward  enlisted  at  Genseo,  September  1,  1861. 

James  H.  Ward  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861;  premoted  Corpo- 
ral ;  discharged  August  29,  1862,  for  disability. 

Arnold  Wilson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  discharged  February 
IS,  1862 ;  disability 

Henry  Young  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861  ;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 23,  1864. 

RECRUITS. 

Ole  C.  Anderson  enlisted  Rockton,  September  26,  1864;  substitute;  mus- 
tered out  as  of  Company  D.,  Forty-fifth  Illinois  Infantry. 

Duval  Anderson  enlisted  Geneseo,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  241 

William  Ahr  enlisted  at  East  Joliet,  January  18,  1865;  died  Gainesville, 
Ala.,  September  21,  1865. 

James  Blair-  enlisted  Chicago,  October  1,  1861;  discharged  May  1,  1862. 

Benjamin  Broadbent  enlisted  at  Atkinson;  rejected. 

•Albert  H.  Booth  enlisted  Geneseo,  March  31,  1864;  mustered  out  August 
25,  1865. 

Alden  L.  Booth  enlisted  at  Elk  Grove,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Peter  Blackburn  enlisted  from  Jackson,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

Cyrus  Bowers  enlisted  from  East  Joliet,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  A.  Benford  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28. 1865;'  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Bremer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  Brown  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Brown  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  March  31,  1864;  never  joined  company. 

L.  W.  Campbell  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  October  1,  1861,  and  was  discharged 
from  the  service  December  20,  1861,  on  application  of  his  father,  he  being  minor. 
He  then  returned  to  Geneseo,  and  soon  after  made  another  attempt  to  enter  the 
service  of  his  country,  but  the  recruiting  officer  declined  to  receive  him  on  account 
of  his  being  under  age. 

Soon  afterward  he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  Express  Company 
as  messenger,  which  position  he  filled  for  four  years,  after  which  period  he  went 
out  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  In  October,  1865,  was  made  frontier  agent 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  had  general-  charge  of  the  material  for  con- 
struction in  the  extreme  front  until  the  completion  of  the  road.  He  then  returned 
to  Chicago  and  was  made  train  master  of  the  Chicago  Michigan,  &  Lake  Shore 
Railway,  remaining  in  that  capacity  until  1871,  when  he  was  promoted  to  the 
general  agency  of  the  road,  with  headquarters  at  Chicago. 

In  1873  he  accepted  the  position  of  general  traveling  agent  of  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway,  which  position  he  retained  till  1887,  when  he  was 
tendered  the  position  of  local  freight  agent  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  «fe  St. 
Paul  Railway  at  Chicago,  which  place  he  still  holds.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a  well- 
posted,  thorough-going  railroad  man.  who  has  always  filled  acceptably  the  various 
responsible  and  honorable  places  he  has  been  called  upon  to  assume,  and  has  the 
full  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  railroad  world  and  the  regard  of  many  warm 
personal  friends  throughout  the  country. 

He  was  married  in  Chicago  in  1867,  and  has  one  daughter.  His  present  resi- 
dence and  address  is  779  North  Clark  street,  Chicago. 

Morris  Brown  enlisted  from  Reed,  January  18,  1865;    never  joined  company. 

Elijah  W.  Bishop  enlisted  from  Bloomington,  February  6,  1865;  deserted 
October  16,  1865. 

Charles  R.  Benedict  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  21,  1865:  mustered  out 
July  20,  1865;  address,  Blue  Rapids,  Kan. 

John  W.  Clavenger  enlisted  from  Munson,  111.,  October  1,1861;  discharged 
16 


HISTORY    OF    THE 

June  25,  1862;  re-enlisted  from  Osco,  February  29, 1864;  mustered  out  October 31, 
1865. 

Edson  G.  Comstock  enlisted  from  Munson,  111.,  October  1,  1861;  mustered 
out  September  23,  1864. 

Albert  Colbert  enlisted  from  Munson,  January  1,  1862;  rejected. 

Samuel  S.  Crompton  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865,  as  blacksmith.  » 

Charles  Charleston  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
August  23,  1865. 

John  Cottongale  enlisted  March  20,  1864;  mustered  out  August  30,  1865. 

Felix  Cheffree  enlisted  from  Hyde  Park,  January  19,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Benjamin  Cheffree  enlisted  at  St.  Ann,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Frederick  Conrad  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28,  1864;  must- 
ered out  October  13,  1865. 

Hiram  Durham  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  1,1861;  mustered  out  September 

30,  1864. 

Gustaff  Danielson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  February  26,  1864;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Herman  Dumke  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  October 

31,  1865. 

Angus  Dumke  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  O.  Daily  enlisted  from  Evanston,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  C.  Dimmocks  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  9,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

John  B.  Decker  enlisted  at  Phoenix,  October  6,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
13,  1865. 

Ezra  J.  Earl  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 1865. 

George  Enderton  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28, 1864;  mustered 
out  October  13,  1865;  address,  New  Windsor,  111. 

David  R.  P.  Englehaupt  enlisted  at  Edford,  October  6,  1864;  died  Eastport, 
Miss.,  June  12,  1865. 

James  Fones  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  December  1,  1861;  killed  at  Savannah, 
Tenn.,  October  14,  1864. 

Henry  B.  Frank,  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Gustavus  Franklin  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Leon  W.  Finney  enlisted  from  Lake  Mackinajv,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865-. 

James  Feely  enlisted  at  Onarga,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out  June  8,  1865; 
address,  Greenleaf,  Kan. 

Daniel  G.  Fries  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  4,  1865;  died  at  luka,  Miss., 
July  15,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  243 

John  Fries  never  joined  company. 

James  M.  Graham  enlisted  from  Ironton,  Mo.,  April  1,  1862. 

Michael  C.  Griffen  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address  188  W.  Van  Buren  street,  Chicago. 

John  J.  Galligan  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  10, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  present  address,  Omaha,  Neb.,  where  he  is  chief  of  the  fire  department, 
a  position  he  has  held  many  years. 

Henry  C.  Gifford  enlisted  from  Pine  Rock,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Melville  Gardner  enlisted  from  Rosefield,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Park  B.  Gerrard  enlisted  Black  Hawk,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Lezim  Gresman  enlisted  from  St.  Ann,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

James  Gilmartin. 

Henry  Harrington  enlisted  Chicago,  October  1,  1861. 

William  Hubbell  enlisted  at  Current  River,  April  20,  1862;  transferred  to 
Company  L. 

John  Hickson  enlisted  Geneseo,  January  24, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Joseph  Herock  enlisted  Chicago,  March  25,  1865;  absent,  sick,  at  muster  out 
of  regiment. 

William  Hidigns  enlisted  Chicago,  March  25,  1865;  mustere'd  out  October  31, 
1865. 

James  Healy  enlisted  from  Osage,  April  12,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  Howlett  enlisted  from  Elk  Grove,  January  18,  1865,  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Andrew  Hibbard  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  6,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 13,  1865. 

Kerran  Horan  enlitsed  from  Lemout,  March  27, 1865;  died  at  Demopolis,  Ala., 
October  16,  1865. 

Joseph  Howell  enlisted  from  Florence,  January  20,  1865;  never  joined  com- 
pany. 

Thomas  Hopkins  enlisted  from  Hopkins,  March  7,  1865;  deserted  October  3, 
1865. 

Charles  Hendricks  discharged  January  8,  1864;  disability. 

Henry  C.  Ireland  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  1,  1861. 

Oliver  Jacobs  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  1, 1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
August  3,  1862. 

Gabriel  Johnson  enlisted  from  Chicago,  May  5,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Josiah  W.  Jones  enlisted  from  Onarga,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out  June 
8,  1865;  address,  Pleasanton,  Kan. 

John  H.  Jones  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  21,  1865;  deserted. 

Lucas  Kraeber  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  27,  1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 


244  HISTORY   OF   THE 

James  H.  Kirkpatrick  enlisted  from  Rock  Island,  September  22,  1864;  mus- 
tered out  June  8,  1865. 

Jacob  Kreizaz  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  13,  1865;  died  at  Gainesville, 
Ala.,  August  26,  1865. 

William  Kepler  enlisted  from  Jackson,  January  18,  1865;  never  joined  com- 
pany. 

William  Kelly  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  19,  1865;  never  joined  com- 
pany. 

H.  Kason. 

Godfrey  Laselle  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  1,  1861;  promoted  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  December  12,  1864. 

Adolph  Laselle  enlisted  from  Cambridge,  December  1,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Bugler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Michael  Lynch  enlisted  fromOsage,  April  12,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Darius  Lynchen  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  29,  1864;  never  joined  com- 
pany. 

David  S.  Leach  enlisted  from  Reed,  January  16, 1865;  deserted  September 
1,  1865. 

Richard  H.  Manville  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Richard  Miller  enlisted  December  31,  1863,  at  Geneseo;  prisoner  at  war; 
mustered  out  September  14,  1865;  address,  Aurora,  Neb. 

Patrick  Murray  enlisted  from  Dover,  March  24,  1861;  died  at  luka,  Miss., 
June  7,  1865. 

John  McConnell  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  2,  1864;  never  joined  com- 
pany. 

Marion  Malone  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  21,  1865;  deserted  July  16, 
1865. 

Milton  P.  Nael  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  11, 1864;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  13, 1865. 

Andrew  Nichols  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  6, 1865;  deserted  August  19, 
1865. 

Isaac  Newton  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  21,  1865;  deserted  October  16, 
1865. 

William  Owen  enlisted  from  Onarga,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out  June  8, 
1865. 

Alonzo  W.  Olmsted  enlisted  from  Prophetstown,  January  4,  1864;  died  at 
Gainesville,  Ala.,  September  17,  1865. 

Fergus  Parker  enlisted  from  Atkinson,  January  15,  1862;  mustered  out  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1865. 

James  W.  Parker  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Moline,  111. 

Archelaus  Pugh  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  17,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 13,  1865. 

William  Pitts  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28,  1864;  discharged 
February  14,  1865,  for  disability. 


NINTH   ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  245 

Felix  Renshaw  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  1, 1862;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
September  15,  1862. 

Samuel  L.  Rogers  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  March  25,  1864;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  A.  Redman  enlisted  from  Vienna,  January  20, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Ervin  Ryan  enlisted  from  West  Joliet,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  Radcliff  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Adolph  Rosemeyer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  29, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
ber31, 1865. 

John  E.  Remour  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  Jauuary  21, 1865;  mustered  out  June 
13,  1865. 

George  Ray  enlisted  February  10, 1864;  never  joined  company. 

Henry  Rupert. 

Charles  E.  Smith  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  February  29, 1864;  promoted  Corporal; 
.  veteran  recruit;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Gideon  Smith  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,1865. 

William  Smith  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28,  1864;  mustered 
out  July  6,  1865. 

Darius  R.  Smith  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28,  1864;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  13,  1865. 

Julius  S.  Smith  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  29,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  13,  1865. 

Jonas  P.  Sacrison  enlisted  February  20,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  Siefert  enlisted  from  East  Joliet,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Willis  B.  Stump  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Eugene  Spencer  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March,  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
31,  1865. 

Jerome  A.  Schutt  enlisted  from  Osage,  April  12,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

George  W.  Scroggins  enlisted  from  Henry  county,  September  28,  1864;  mus- 
tered out  October  13,  1865. 

Oscar  Schanck  enlisted  from  Henry  county,  September  29, 1864;  mustered  out 
September  28.  1865. 

Adolph  C.  Sparger  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  17,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  13,  1865. 

Carl  Schanker  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  12,  1864;  never  joined  company. 

James  T.  Shaw  enlisted  from  Lockport,  April  12,  1865;  deserted  August 
19,  1865. 

James  Taylor  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27,  1865;  Corporal;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address  Deer  Creek,  Minn. 


246  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Sidney  E.  Timmerman  enlisted  from  Edford,  March  30,  1864;  mustered  but 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  E.  Thompson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27,  1865  ;  mustered  out 
October  31'  1865. 

Herman  Thier  enlisted  from  Mendota,  March  10,  1965 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Philip  O.  Taber  enlisted  from  Goshen,  December  25,  1863 ;  never  joined 
company. 

Randolph  Wilbanks  enlisted  from  Ironton ;  mustered  out  April  1,  1862 ; 
died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  19,  1862. 

Ezra  Welcher  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865  ;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865  as  Corporal. 

Edwin  F.  Way  enlisted  from  Joliet,  January  18,  1865  ;  Corporal ;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Lewis  Wetz  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27th,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31st, 
1865. 

Charles  Wilson  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  18,  1865  ;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Charles  F.  Way  enlisted  from  E.  Joliet,  January  18,  1865  ;  absent,  sick,  mus- 
ter out  of  regiment. 

George  W.  Warren  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28,  1864  ;  mus- 
tered out  October  13,  1865. 

Garrett  A.  Wilson  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  28,  1864  ;  mus- 
tered out  October  13,  1865. 

Andrew  G.  Whitney  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  January  28,  1864  ;  mus- 
tered out  October  13,  1865  :  address  Geneseo,  111. 

Squire  Wright  enlisted  from  Vienna,  January  20,  1865 ;  deserted  October 
16,  1865. 

Robert  Williams  enlisted  from  Nebraska,  January  19,  1865 ;  deserted  July 
19,  1865. 

J.  Woolcot. 

Gideon  Young  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  15, 1865. 

COMPANY  C. 

Company  C,  of  the  Ninth,  was  recruited  in  Geneseo  and  Cam- 
bridge, 111.,  and  vicinity  mainly  by  John  S.  Buckles  and  Francis 
H.  McArthur.  The  full  number  desired  was  made  up  in  less  than 
a  month,  and  an  election  was  held  at  Geneseo  on  the  evening  of 
September  18,  1861.  John  S.  Buckles  was  elected  to  be  Captain, 
Charles  W.  Blakemore,  First  Lieutenant,  and  Francis  H.  McArthur, 
Second  Lieutenant,  and  the  company  immediately  took  the  cars 
for  Chicago,  arriving  in  camp  on  the  morning  of  September  19, 
1861,  and  mustered  into  the  service  the  same  day  for  three  years 
or  during  the  war. 

The  material  of  which  this  company  was  composed  was  the 


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equal  of  any,  and  their  record  during  the  whole  period  of  which 
they  were  soldiers  was  that  of  brave  and  patriotic  men,  many  of 
them  remaining  in  the  service  as  veterans,  and  patiently  and  faith- 
fully performing  every  duty. 

In  all  the  arduous  campaigns  of  the  regiment  Company  C 
was  to  be  found,  as  also  in  many  of  the  smaller  affairs  in  which 
as  good  soldiers  they  showed  themselves  always  to  be  equal  to 
the  occasion.  In  this  company  also  many  changes  were  made, 
either  by  resignation  or  promotion,  and  the  new  men  who  came 
prominently  to  the  front  reflected  still  higher  honor  upon  the 
record  of  Company  C. 

The  number  that  mustered  in  originally  was  ninety-two,  and 
the  whole  number  belonging  to  the  company  was  two  hundred. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BUCKLES. 

John  S.  Buckles  was  born  in  Miami  county,  Ohio,  June  19,  1830:  at  the 
breaking  out  of  the  war,  was  a  lawyer,  having  a  well  established  practice  in  his 
profession  at  Cambridge,  111.,  of  which  place  he  had  been  a  resident  for  many 
years.  During  the  summer  of  1861  he  arranged  his  business  in  such  a  manner 
that  he  could  leave,  and  started  in  to  recruit  a  company  for  the  service  of  his 
country.  He  was  a  popular  man,  and  it  was  not  long  before  he  joined  hands 
with  a  few  gentlemen  in  the  neighboring  town  of  Geneseo,  and  the  full  comple- 
ment of  a  company  for  Colonel  Brackett's  regiment  of  Cavalry  was  enlisted.  In 
the  evening  of  September  18,  1861,  an  election  was  held  in  Geneseo,  and  the 
young  lawyer  was  chosen  captain  of  what  became,  after  their  arrival  in  camp  the 
next  day,  Company  C. 

Captain  Buckles  seemed  to  adapt  himself  readily  to  military  life,  and  stood 
well  in  the  regiment,  remaining  in  the  field  until  the  month  of  March,  1862,  when 
his  health  became  impaired,  and  he  resigned  his  commission,  returning  to  his 
home  in  Henry  County,  where  he  successfully  prost  cuted  the  practice  of  law. 
He  died  in  Geneseo,  111.,  August  11,  1874. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BLAKEMORE. 

Charles  W.  Blakemore  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September,  1861,  in  the 
company  that  became  Company  C,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

At  the  election,  September  18th,  he  was  selected  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of  the 
company. 

He  had  served  in  the  Mexican  War  in  Company  I,  Fourth  Ohio  Volunteers, 
and  his  military  experience  was  valuable  to  his  company. 

On  the  resignation  of  Captain  Bxickles  he  was  promoted  Captain  of  Company 
C,  from  April  2,  1862,  remaining  with  the  regiment  through  campaigns  of  the 
regiment  in  Missouri  and  Arkansas,  and  resigned  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September 
27, 1862,  and  has  since  died,  particulars  not  known. 


248  HISTORY    OF   THE 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  McARTHUR. 

Francis  H.  McArthur  enlisted  September  10, 1861,  at  Geneseo,  111. ,  and  aided 
largely  in  recruiting  men  for  Company  C,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  At  the  election 
of  officers  he  was  chosen  Second  Lieutenant  of  the  company,  and  mustered  into 
service  September  19,  1861;  he  was  promoted  Captain  September  27,  1862,  and 
served  as  a  gallant  officer  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service. 

Captain  McArthur  was  a  most  excellent  officer,  and  was  much  liked  by  all, 
he  was  in  many  of  the  engagements  and  battles  of  the  Ninth,  and  at  Pontotoc 
and  Tupelo,  Miss.,  in  July,  1864,  was  conspicuous  for  the  gallantry  with  which 
he  led  his  company  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  and  the  next  day,  July  16,  at  Har- 
risburg,  was  struck  by  a  fragment  of  shell,  receiving  a  severe  and  painful 
wound  in  the  leg.  He  was  then  sent  to  the  hospital  at  Memphis,  and  later  receiv- 
ing a  furlough,  he  spent  some  time  at  his  home  in  Illinois. 

Returning  to  the  command  he  was  placed  on,  court  martial  service  at  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.,  but  was  soon  again  on  duty  with  his  regiment,  serving  until  Novem- 
ber 15,  1864,  when  he  was  musteied  out. 

He  then  returned  to  Geneseo,  111.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  has  held 
various  positions  of  trust  during  the  last  twenty  years. 

His  address  is  still  his  old  home,  Geneseo,  111. 

SKETCH   OF  CAPTAIN  DAVISON. 

Smith  A.  Davison  was  a  resident  of  Geneseo,  111.,  for  many  years  previous 
to  the  war.  He  enlisted  in  Company  C,  September  10,  1861,  and  on  the  muster- 
in  of  his  company  was  appointed  Sergeant,  later  was  promoted  to  be  First  Ser- 
geant, and  on  the  8th  of  April,  1863,  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and 
again  promoted  April  20,  1864,  to  First  Lieutenancy  in  his  company,  and  re- 
maining as  a  veteran,  was  commissioned  Captain  of  Company  C,  March  28, 1865. 

Captain  Davison  was  a  popular  man  in  the  regiment,  of  a  genial  lively  tem- 
perament, his  stories  were  inimitable,  and  around  the  camp  fires  would  often 
keep  a  crowd  in  convulsions  of  laughter  till  far  into  the  night.  He  was  a  brave 
and  good  soldier,  always  prompt  and  ready  for  duty. 

He  died  at  Evanston,  Wyo.  Ty,  July  2,  1878. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  MARSHALL. 

Charles  M.  Marshall  enlisted  in  Company  C,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  January 
1,  1862,  from  Geneseo,  111.;  was  promoted  sergeant  soon  afterward,  and  was  com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenanant,  October  1,  1862,  and  again  promoted,  April  8, 
1863,  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of  his  company,  and  remained  on  duty  as  an  effi- 
cient and  good  officer  till  April  20,  1864,  when  he  resigned  and  returned  to  his 
home  in  Geneseo,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  "HARDING. 

Frederick  W.  Harding  became  a  member  of  Company  C,  of  the  Ninth,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1861,  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864;  was  appointed  Cor- 
poral, then  Sergeant,  and  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  C, 
March  28,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Harding  was  a  brave  soldier  and  a   good  officer.     He  received  a 


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wound  in  the  engagement  at  Stewart's  Plantation,  Ark.,  on  June  27,  1862,  and 
was  laid  up  for  a  short  time  in  consequence. 

Lieutenant  Harding  was  always  ready  for  duty,  and  was  with  the  regiment 
in  all  its  important  battles  during  the  war.  His  address,  in  1887,  was  Mason, 
Iowa. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  PETTEYS. 

Stephen  Petteys  enlisted  in  Company  C,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  from  Mun- 
son,  ill.,  September  10,  1861;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864;  was 
appointed  Corporal,  and  then  First  Sergeant,  and  he  was  commissioned  First 
Lieutenant  of  his  company,  March  28,  1865,  and  remained  with  the  regiment  till 
the  final  muster  out,  October  31,  1865,  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Lieutenant  Petteys  was  a  faithful,  good  soldier,  and  almost  constantly  on 
duty  during  the  whole  of  his  more  than  four  years  of  service. 

His  present  address,  1888,  isTraer,  Kan. 

John  L.  Davison' enlisted  in  Company  C,  of  the  Ninth,  September  10,  1861, 
and  served  with  the  regiment  till  his  health  failed  him  in  the  fall  of  1862.  He 
was  sent  to  Mound  City,  and  was  there  discharged  from  service  September  1, 
1862,  for  disability. 

While  waiting  for  his  discharge  papers  and  pay  in  Springfield,  111.,  he 
secured  employment  in  a  jewelry  store,  and  in  the  fall  of  1867,  opened  business 
on  his  own  account  at  Mason  City,  ill.,  where  he  has  carried  on  the  jewelry  busi- 
ness for  the  past  twenty-one  years  with  several  "ups  and  downs,"  having  been 
robbed  twice,  and  burned  out  the  samh  number  of  times.  However,  he  has  kept 
moving  right  along,  and  is  now  doing  a  good  business,  and  highly  respected  as  a 
man  and  public  spirited  citizen  in  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 

His  address  now,  1888,  is  Mason  City,  111. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  C. 

Sergeant  John  Gephart  enlisted  from  Hanna,  September  10,  1861. 

Sergeant  Joseph  E.  Loring  enlisted  from  Annawan,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged November  14,  1862. 

Corporal  Alden  G.  Cushman  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  10, 
1861;  veteran;  absent,  sick,  at  muster  out  of  regiment;  address,  Kewanee,  111. 

Corporal  Augustus  8.  Berriman  enlisted  from  Loraine,  September  10,  1861. 

Corporal  James  Bracken  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  September  21,  1864;  address,  Geneseo,  111. 

James  M.  Brown  enlisted  September  10,  1861 ;  promoted  Bugler. 

Edward  B.  Cook  enlisted  from  Clover,  September  10,  1861;  Bugler;  veteran; 
promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  A.  Matsel  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  promoted  Farrier;  veteran; 
promoted  Sergeant;  killed  at  Campbellville,  November  24,  1864. 

Samuel  Aldridge  enlisted  from  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 

EliB.  Atwater  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861. 

Paul  Anderson  enlisted  September  10, 1861;  veteran;  promoted  Farrier;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Henry  H.  Brown  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 


250  HISTORY   OF   THE 

William  H.  Bushnell  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31.  1865;  address,  Bozeman, 
Mont. 

Marcus  Burton  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10, 1561;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 23,  1864;  address  Geneseo,  111. 

William  Bartlett  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861 ;  discharged  July 
27,  1862. 

John  Barton  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  deserted 
September  25,  1865. 

Amos  Butler  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10, 1861 . 

Steven  Benedict  enlisted  from  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861 . 

Harrison  Becker  enlisted  from  Andover,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  P.  Bryson  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  veteran,  pro- 
moted Saddler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Michael  B.  Bristol  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
September  29,  1862;  address,  Cambridge,  111. 

George  S .  Boyd  enlisted  from  Osco,  September  10,  1861 . 

Henry  Bichels  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
blacksmith;  mustered  out  October  31.  1865. 

Herman  Bauer  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10, 1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Mohawk  Hill,  N.  Y. 

Lawrence  Cherry  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

John  L.  Calbert  enlisted  from  Hanna,  September  10.  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864,  as  company  Quartermaster  Sergeant. 

William  S.  Crozer  enlisted  from  Loraine,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864;  address,  Jefferson,  Iowa. 

Albert  A.  Crandall  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

John  Dolquist  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  Dailey  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10, 1861. 

George  Dykens  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Albert  Doro  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861 ;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Abram  Farker  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  September  10,  1861. 

John  G.  Goe  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  absent, 
sick,  at  muster  out  of  regiment. 

Benjamin  W.  Goble  enlisted  September  10, 1861. 

Tobias  Heltzel  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 23,  1864. 

John  Hoffman  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10, 1861;  veteran ;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  21,  1865. 

Henry  B.  Hall  enlisted  from  Osco,  September  10,  1861. 

ArnettF.  Harding  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  29,  1864;  address  Geneseo,  111. 


NINTH   ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  251 

Bruno  Host  enlisted  from  Atkinson,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Lucien  S.  Johnson  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10, 1861 ;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  August,  29,  1863. 

Elgee  J.  Jenkins  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  September  10,  1861;  killed  at  Cot- 
ton Plant,  Ark.,  May  17,  1862. 

Franklin  Kirk  enlisted  from  Annawan,  September  10,  1861;  discharged  for 
disability  March  17, 1862. 

James  H.  Kirkpatrick  enlisted  from  Colona,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
October  24,  1862;  address  St.  Joseph,  Neb. 

Hiram  Latson  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

Theodore  Lasaire  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  H.  Lockwood  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864. 

Thomas  J.  McClelland  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E. 

Christian  Miller  enlisted  from  Andover,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
November  9,  1862. 

Charles  M.  Melbin  enlisted  from  Edford,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Judson  Morgan  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861. 

Samuel  B.  McChonchen  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  promoted 
Corporal;  discharged  November  14,  1862. 

Orlando  F.  Middaugh  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  October  13,  1862. 

Alexander  H.  Mapes  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  First  Sergeant;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  September  8,  1864,  of  wounds. 

Heury  Netzer  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864,  as  Sergeant. 

Samuel  H.  Nisiwinder  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E. 

Samuel  Naramore  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861. 

Daniel  M.  Pierce  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
July  27.  1862,  as  Corporal;  address,  Cambridge,  111. 

Jacob  M.  Peyton  enlisted  from  Clover,  September  10,  1861. 

William  Remney  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861. 

Jonathan  Reighard  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  September  10,  1861. 

Isaac  Rogers  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L.    • 

Jared  Rood  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1861. 

John  Ringle  enlisted  from  Osco,  September  10, 1861;  mustered  out  September 
23,  1864;  address  Cambridge,  111. 

Lyman  Shearer  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861. 

Lewis  G.  Storms  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  saddler;  died  at 
Reeve's  Station;  Mo.,  March  25,  1862. 

Franklin  M.  Scoville  enlisted  from  Andover,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  March  13,  1862. 


252  HISTORY    OF   THE 

John  W.  Smith  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  E. 

Martin  A.  Snyder  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  discharged  August 
28,  1862. 

Augustus  Streed  enlisted  September  10, 1861;  transferred  to  Company  E. 

Henry  Stahl  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861 ;  discharged  November  30, 
1862;  address  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

Philip  Slick  enlisted  September  10,  1861 ;  transferred  to  Company  E. 

Andrew  J.  Taylor  enlisted  from  Munson  September  10,  1861 ;  veteran ;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Delos  Taylor  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861 ;  deserted  December  26, 
1861. 

Swan  Tell  enlisted  September  10,  1861 ;  transferred  to  Company  E. 

Hiram  S.  Tuttle  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
September  21,  1864. 

Francis  Vogus  enlisted  from  Osco,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal,  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Gilbert  M.  Vincent  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861 ;  discharged 
September  25,  1862  as  Farrier;  address  Ashton,  Dak. 

William  G.  Vining  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
March  1,  1862;  address  Huntstown,  Ohio. 

David  Waterman  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
March  16,  1862,  for  disability. 

Lewis  Weaver  enlisted  from  Hanna,  September  10,  1861,  address  Cleveland, 
111. 

Theodore  Wells  enlisted  from  Atkinson,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  absent,  sick,  at  muster  out  of  regiment. 

Moses  York  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10, 1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
September  4,  1862. 

RECRUITS. 

Edwin  A.  Anderson  enlisted  at  Geneseo.  March  30,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Harrison  Adams  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  deserted  September  27, 
1865. 

George  W.  Boyd  enlisted  from  Osco,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

William  H.  Bosworth  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  10,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  Buckholtz  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  16, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Nelson  J.  Bozarth  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  9,  1865  ;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865  ;  address  Valparaiso,  Ind. 

Daniel  Crommett  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  30,  1861 ;  died  at  Anderson- 
ville,  October  1.  1864. 

Clement  Cushman,  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  February  1,  1862;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865;  address  Carbon  Cliff,  111. 

Alexander  A.  Colbert  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865  ;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  253 

George  W.  Curry  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  28,  1865 ;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Michael  Cooper  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  30,  1864  ;  mustered 
out  October  14,  1865. 

Charles  Callender  enlisted  from  Spring,  March  4,  1865;  deserted  July  18, 1865. 

William  H.  Dennis  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1864. 

Carl  C.  Dittmere  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  9,  1865  ;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865  ;  address  Maryville,  Mo. 

John  W.  Davis  enlisted  from  Sulphur  Springs,  March  15,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  19,  1865. 

Harris  Durkie  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  10,  1865  ;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865  ;  represents  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Holden. 

John  L.  Davison  enlisted  from  Knox  County,  October  20,  1864  ;  mustered 
out  May  31,  1865. 

Simon  B.  Downing  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  18,  1864 ;  died  August  30, 1864, 
of  wounds. 

Joseph  Farris  enlisted  from  Rockford,  March  13,  1865  ;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Charles  W.  Francisco  enlisted  from  Leipertown,  March  16,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

William  L.  Fruit  enlisted  from  Onargo,  September  20,  1862;  discharged 
September  22,  1865,  for  disability. 

George  Gephart  enlisted  from  Hanna,  September  10,  1861 ;  discharged  De- 
cember 1,  1864. 

Daniel  Gross  enlistedJChicago,  March  10,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Thomas  L.  Green  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  West  Union,  Iowa. 

Joshua  Griff  en  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Andalusia,  111. 

William  H.  H.  Gleasner  enlisted  from  Westfield,  March  7,  1865;  deserted 
July  18,  1865. 

Charles  F.  Howard  enlisted  from  Wauconda,  March  10,  1665;  promoted 
Bugler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  A.  Head  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  April  25,  1864;  on  detached  ser- 
vice at  muster-out  of  regiment . 

Martin  J.  Heltzell  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Adam  Hoffmeir  enlisted  from  Covington,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  Henninger  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  F.  Henninger  enlisted  from  Hanua,  February  28,  1865:  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  C.  Hill  enlisted  from  South  Pekin,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 


254  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Albert  Huggett  enlisted  from  Spring,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Melrose,  Wis. 

William  H.  Horning  enlisted  from  Rockford,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
Octobor  81,  1865. 

Albert  M.  Hawkins  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Orrin  S.  Hawkins  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Lyman  Higley  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  10,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  Howardson  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out 
September  19,  1865. 

George  Holbrook  enlisted  from  Osco,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Balthazer  Henholtzer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
June  7,  1865. 

Alosius  Hull  enlisted  from  French  Village,  February  17,  1865;  deserted  Au- 
gust 14,  1865. 

William  Harris  enlisted  from  Onarga,  September  16,  1862;  prisoner  of  war; 
mustered  out  July  8,  1865. 

Jackson  Isaacs  enlisted  from  Caseyville,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Johnson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  10,  1863;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  Kapitska  enlisted  from  Edford,  March  30,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Asoph  King  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  address  Central  City,  Neb. 

Absalom  G.  King  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address  Amity,  Neb. 

Joseph  Lander  enlisted  March  28,  1862;  promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Shepherd  Linscott  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  promoted  Corpo- 
ral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Andrew  Linberg  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  March  31,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

Francis  H.  Leiver  enlisted  from  Palatine,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Benedict  Leuder  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

Leonard  Long  enlisted  from  Sulphur  Springs,  March  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Lattimore  enlisted  from  De  Kalb,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  Lenney  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  December  17,  1863. 

Benjamin  P.  Munson  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  5,  1864;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 


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John  B.  Mapes  enlisted  from  Tiskilwa,  December  17,  1863;  promoted  Corpo- 
ral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  M.  Malone  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;    mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Miller  enlisted  from  Edford,  March  10,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Hiram  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  11,1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  McGovin  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out  May 
25,  1865. 

Abner  A.  Mitchel  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  30.  1864;  mustered 
out  to  date  from  September  2,  1865. 

Joseph  Moore  enlisted  from  Halleck,  June  21,  1865;  deserted  July  4,  1865. 
Augustus  Nelson  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  25,   1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Theodore  Post  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861 ;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 1,  1862. 

Joseph  Phelps  enlisted  from  Genesoe,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out'Octo- 
ber  27,  1864. 

Wiley  Penney  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  December  8,  1862;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

James  M.  Penney  enlisted  from  Hanna,   February  28,   1865;   mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  B.  Posson  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  address,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

John  Quillen  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  H.  Rennington  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  January  2,  1864;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  Remington  enlisted  from  Colona,  April  6, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Carl  Rhodes  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  March  30,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Alonzo  Rivers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Richard  Rockafelles  enlisted  from  Westfield,  March  7,   1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  Ragsdale  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  1,  1864;  deserted  August  14, 
1865. 

Henry  Robinson  enlisted  from  Spring,  March  4,  1865;  deserted  July  18,  1865. 
William    L.    Simouton  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

George  W.  Scott  enlisted  from  Munson,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  November  8,  1862. 

Clayborn  M.    Showers  enlisted  from  Cambridge,   December  1,  1861;  dis- 
charged at  Chicago. 

William  Shoals  enlisted  from  Spring,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


256  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Edward  T.  Sawyer  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  81,  1865. 

James  J.  Smith  enlisted  from  Palatine,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Martin  P.   Swett  enlisted  from  Westfleld,   March  7,   1865;  mustered    out 
October  31,  1865. 

Hiram  Stratton  enlisted  from  Dorr,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  G.  Schurr  enlisted  from  Coral,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Partons  Schoononer  enlisted  from  De  Kalb,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Andrew  T.  Thompson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  March  31,  1864;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  D.  Thompson  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865:  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Taylor  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  Troatman  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  Tindell  enlisted  from  French  Village,  February  17,  1865;  deserted 
August  14,  1865. 

Kirkland  G.  Vincent  enlisted  at  Cambridge,  December  1,  1861;  discharged 
October  9,  1862;  address,  Moline,  111. 

Robert  Vetter  enlisted  from  Edford,  March  30,  1864;  died  March  12,  1865. 

William  Woldschleyer  enlisted  from  Edford,  March  30,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Scribner,  Neb. 

William  H.  Walters  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Martin  M.  Williams  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  17,  1865,  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Franklin  H.  Woodward  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  29,  1864; 
mustered  out  to  date  September  28,  1865;  address,  Osco,  111. 

Charles  E.  Watson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  10,  1865;  deserted  August  4, 
1865. 

COMPANY  D. 

Compan}7  D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  was  originally  recruited 
by  William  J.  Wallace,  Llewllyn  Cowen  and  John  H.  McMahon, 
and  its  ranks  were  made  up  from  Chicago,  Jersey ville  and  Virden, 
111.,  and  vicinity,  and  a  number  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  and  these 
three  gentlemen  were  elected  to  be  the  first  commissioned  officers, 
and  went  into  camp  in  the  latter  part  of  September,  1861,  and 
were  mustered  into  the  service  September  26th. 

Of  this  company  it  may  be  said  that  they  were  good  fighters, 


HIRAM  A,  HAWKINS, 

Sergeant  Cornpany  D. 


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and  in  the  long  time  of  their  service  acquitted  themselves  with 
credit,  and  under  the  leadership  of  some  of  their  officers,  who* 
were  notably  brave  and  dashing,  and  never  backward  when  hard 
knocks  were  to  be  given  or  received.  A  large  part  of  those  of  the- 
company  in  March,  1864,  re-enlisted  as  veterans,  and  under  the 
lead  of  men  who  had  remained  faithful  to  the  cause  did  their 
full  share  in  maintaining  the  credit  of  the  regiment  in  all  the  vari- 
ous duties  they  were  called  on  to  perform. 

This  company,  while  on  escort  and  courier  service  with  Gen- 
eral Sweeney,  was  often  called  upon  for  very  hazardous  courier 
duty,  and  were  so  fortunate  in  their  performance  of  these  duties,, 
as  to  merit  and  receive  the  thanks  of  the  General,  who  expressed' 
an  earnest  desire  to  take  Company  D  with  him  when  he  left 
that  district;  this  however,  was  not  allowed. 

The  deaths  in  Company  D  were  one  Lieutenant,  one  Ser- 
geant, one  Corporal,  one  Bugler  and  thirty-nine  privates.  The 
number  at  original  muster  was  eighty -nine  men,  and  there  were 
borne  on  the  rolls  first  and  last  two  hundred. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  CO  WEN. 

Llewllyn  Cowen  enlisted  a  part  of  those  who  afterward  became  members  of" 
Company  D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  in  the  vicinity  of  Virden  and  Jerseyville, 
111.;  came  up  to  Chicago  and  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  Sep- 
tember 26,  1861,  as  First  Lieutenant,  and  on  the  promotion  of  Captain  Wallis  to  a 
majorship,  he  was  commissioned  Captain,  March  1,  1862;  remained  with  the 
regiment  on  duty  the  most  of  the  time  till  his  term  of  service  expired,  September 
23,  1864,  when  he  mustered  out  of  the  service,  returning  to  his  old  home  at 
Virden,  111.,  where  he  died. 

While  the  regiment  was  in  West  Tennessee  the  gallant  Captain  Cowen  was- 
made  happy  by  the  presence  of  Mrs.  Cowen,  who  often  entertained  her  husband'* 
brother  officers  in  a  very  charming  manner. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  KELLEY. 

Patrick  Kelley  enlisted  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  September  10,  1861,  and  came  to. 
Chicago  with  a  number  of  recruits,  and  joined  his  fortunes  with  those  of  Com- 
pany D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  He  was  mustered  into  the  service  as  First  Ser- 
geant, September  26,  1861,  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  October  18,. 
1862,  and  was  again  promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant,  July  16,  1864,  when  the 
brave  Lieutenant  McMahon  was  killed  at  Tupelo.  When  the  company  re-enlisted  i 
as  veterans,  Lieutenant  Kelley  was  commissioned  Captain  of  Company  D,  and' 
remained  with  the  regiment  till  the  final  muster  out  of  the  same,  October  31,  1865.. 

Captain  Kelley  was  a  popular  officer,  always  prompt  and  ready,  and   his- 
genial  manner  and  true  Irish  wit  made  him  a  general  favorite.     He  was  on. 
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258  HISTORY   OF   THE 

detached  service  as  Judge  Advocate,  and  was  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Ninth 
assigned  to  duty  in  the  summer  of  1865  to  administer  the  oath  of  Amnesty.  He 
died  February  8,  1888,  at  East  Saginaw,  Mich. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEU  1  EN  ANT  CONN. 

George  W.  Conn  enlisted  from  Jerseyville,  111.,  September  10,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany D,  of  the  Ninth,  and  on  the  muster  in  of  the  company,  September  26, 1861, 
was  appointed  Sergeant,  and  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  March  1, 
1862,  and  served  with  the  company  through  Missiouri  and  Arkansas  till  October 
18,  1862,  when  his  health  failing  he  resigned  and  returned  to  his  old  home  in 
Illinois.  His  present  address  is  Jerseyville,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  McMAHON. 

John  H.  McMahon  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  with  the  men  who  came 
from  Toledo,  Ohio.  He  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  and  mustered  into 
the  service  September  26,  1861. 

Lieutenant  McMahon  was  the  youngest  officer  of  the  regiment.  He  was  very 
impetuous,  and  brave  to  rashness,  but  always  ambitious  to  do  his  whole  duty,  and 
his  quick  temper  and  overbearing  manner  sometimes  got  him  into  trouble;  still  he 
was  well  liked,  and  his  many  brave  and  noble  qualities  won  him  many  friends 
among  his  brother  officers  and  comrades;  promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant,  March 
1,  1862. 

In  July,  1863,  while  in  command  of  Company  H,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  at 
Tupelo,  Miss.,  while  gallantly  and  bravely  charging  at  the  head  of  his  company, 
he  met  with  a  shower  of  rebel  bullets,  and  fell  a  victim  to  what  was  thought  at  the 
time  a  useless  order  by  Colonel  Mower,  and  one  entirely  barren  of  results  except 
to  lose  us  a  number  of  good  men. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  RATZ. 

Benjamin  Ratz  enlisted  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  December  20,  1861,  and 
re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864;  was  appointed  Sergeant,  and  May  10, 
1865,  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  D,  serving  with  the  com- 
pany till  the  final  muster  out  of  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Ratz  was  a  brave  officer  and  gallant  soldier,  constantly  on  duty, 
and  was  always  considered  "  one  of  the  reliables." 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  old  home  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  which  is  his 
present  address,  in  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  HAZLETT. 

James  H.  Hazlett  enlisted  in  Girard,  September  10,  1861;  re-enlisted  as  a  vet- 
eran January  1,  1864;  was  promoted  and  was  appointed  Sergeant,  and  again 
promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant,  and  commissioned  as  such,  March  28,  1865, 
remaining  with  the  regiment  and  participating  in  all  its  battles,  trials  and  hard- 
ships till  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  mustered  out  with  the  regiment 
October  31,  1865,  at  Springfield,  111. 

Lieutenant  Hazlett  was  a  good  soldier,  always  ready  for  duty,  brave  and  gal- 
lant. He  had  the  regard  of  all  his  comrades. 

After  his  mtteter  out  he  wandered  to  the  West  and  is  now,  May,  1888,  located 
at  Edgar,  Neb. 


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HIRAM  A.  HAWKINS 

enlisted  at  Virden,  111.,  September  10,  1861,  in  Company  D,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  and  was  promoted  Sergeant,  and  later  again  promoted  as  First  Sergeant 
of  his  company,  serving  faithfully  as  a  good  soldier  until  the  expiration  of  his 
term,  September  23,  1864. 

Comrade  Hawkins  was  a  man  who  was  highly  esteemed,  and  was  always  to 
be  relied  upon  to  perform  whatever  came  in  the  line  of  duty.  He  was  detailed 
by  order  of  General  Washburn  to  serve  with  Captain  Knight  at  Fort  Pickering 
in  the  spring  of  1864,  and  was  soon  after  given  charge  of  the  postoffice  in  the 
fort,  afterward  was  placed  in  charge  of  troops  between  Vicksburg,  Memphis  and 
Cairo,  and  served  intelligently  in  that  important  responsible  position  till  his  final 
muster  out  in  the  fall  of  1864,  when  he  was  ordered  to  Springfield,  111.,  for  final 
payment  and  discharge. 

Since  the  war  he  has  been  engaged  in  his  old  trade  as  millwright,  and  latterly 
in  the  employ  of  the  city  of  Chicago  in  the  responsible  position  of  Superintendent 
of  Meters  in  the  water  department;  a  genial,  honorable,  pleasant  gentleman, 
much  respected  by  all  who  know  him.  His  address,  1888,  is  Chicago,  111. 

CHARLES  C.  WHITE, 

from  Waterford,  Mich.,  enlisted  in  Company  D,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
September  10,  1861,  and  served  with  the  regiment  as  a  good  soldier,  brave  and 
always  ambitious  to  do  his  whole  duty. 

He  was  engaged  in  all  the  battles  of  the  regiment  up  to  August  22,  1864,  at 
Coldwater,  Miss.,  when  he  was  captured  by  the  rebels  on  the  "  Grenada  Raid," 
and  was  taken  to  Libby  and  Belle  Isle  prisons,  and  was  paroled  at  Richmond 
March  7,  1864,  and  exchanged  at  St.  Louis  May  7  following,  and  rejoined  the 
regiment  at  once  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  soon  after  which  he  was  promoted  First  Ser- 
geant of  his  company,  and  was  with  the  regiment  constantly  till  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service,  and  was  mustered  out  September  23, 1864. 

Of  late  years  Comrade  White  has  been  a  resident  of  the  West,  where  he  is  one 
of  the  highly  respected  citizens  of  Nebraska,  and  is  a  very  popular  man.  He 
has  been  State  Senator,  and  has  large  milling  interests  at  Crete  and  Valparaiso. 

His  home  at  this  time.  May,  1888,  is  in  the  town  of  Crete,  Neb. 

SAMUEL  B.  DAVIS 

enlisted  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  September  10, 1861,  in  Company  D,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864,  serving  with  the  regiment 
faithfully  all  these  years  as  a  good  soldier  and  patriot. 

At  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  in  the  spring  of  1862,  he,  in  connection  with  others  of 
the  Ninth,  took  possession  of  a  printing  office  which  the  rebel  editors  had 
deserted  and  abandoned,  and  receiving  an  order  from  Colonel  Brackett,  approved 
by  General  Fred  Steele,  proceeded  to  transform  the  institution  into  a  Union  paper, 
styled  the  Cavalier,  which  was  issued  as  "  often  as  convenient"  while  the  regi- 
ment remained  in  this  vicinity,  and  which  was  a  source  of  much  amusement  and 
some  little  financial  success  to  the  self-assumed  proprietors. 

Comrade  Davis  was  a  wide-awake  young  man.  and  after  serving  through  the 
whole  war  creditably  as  a  soldier,  he  returned  to  the  North,  and  has  been  engaged 


260  HISTORY   OF    THE 

for  many  years  in  the  conduct  of  the  McComb  Herald  in  Ohio,  but  has  recently 
made  a  change  of  base,  and  is  now  located  at  Knox,  Ind.,  where  he  is  conducting 
The  Republican,  and  where  we  wish  him  much  success. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  D. 

Sergeant  Alexander  Klaucke  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 
Sergeant  Walter   A.    McCarou  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861; 
veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Corporal  Benjamin  Ferris  enlisted  from  Whiteford,  Mich.,  September  10, 
1861. 

Corporal  John  W.  Weisner  enlisted  from  Nieder,  September  10,  1861 ;  died 
Germantown,  Tenn.,  June  4,  1863. 

Corporal  Bruce  Hoffman  enlisted  from  Defiance,  Ohio,  September  10,1861; 
discharged  July  17,  1862. 

Corporal  William  H.  Orr. 

Farrier  Louis  Meyer  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Bugler  Henry  Katsa  enlisted  from   Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran:  died 
at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  20,  1864. 

Bugler  Michael  O'Brien  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted-  Chief  Bugler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Lewis  Andrews  enlisted  from  Jersey ville,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  Ahlefield  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Gilbert  Boody  enlisted  from  Newport,  Mich.,  September  10,  1861. 

George  M.  Baugh  enlisted  from  Jersey  ville,  September  10,  1861. 

Conrad  Buck  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861. 

Frederick  Buck  enlisted  from  Hanover,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal  October  31,  1865. 

William  W.  Bower  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal  and  First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Michael  Casey  enlisted  from  Chicago, October  1,1861;  deserted  March  26, 1864. 

Courtland  C.  Cushman  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Owen  Carl  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  Cowen  enlisted  from  Jerseyville,  September  10/1861;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 

James  Cornelius  enlisted  September  10, 1861. 

William  Conskay  enlisted  from  Crete,    September  10,  1861 ;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  October  1,  1862. 

Philip  Deceness  enlisted   September  19,  1861:  veteran:  promoted  sergeant; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Peter  H.  Donnelly  enlisted  September  25,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  K. 

Henry  Duenenig  enlisted  from  Washington,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out,  October  31,  1865. 

George  Davison  enlisted  from  Kingston,  Canada,  September  10,  1861. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  261 

William  E.  Evans  enlisted  from  Virden,  September  10,  1861;  promoted  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  September  24,  1864;  address,  Jackson ville,  111. 

John  Everding  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861. 

Christian  Fehrenkamp  enlisted  from  Proviso,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
in  February,  1863,  and  died  at  Proviso,  111.,  in  March,  1863. 

Henry  Fehrenkamp  enlisted  from  Proviso,  111.,  September  10,  1861,  and 
served  faithfully  with  his  company  until  his  health  gave  way.  He  was  offered 
a  corporalship;  was  sent  to  Keokuk  Hospital  in  the  month  of  September,  1862, 
and  was  discharged  for  disability  January  5,  1863. 

When  somewhat  recovered  in  health  he  went  into  a  wholesale  boot  and  shoe 
house,  where  he  remained  for  fourteen  years.  He  then  started  in  business  for 
himself  in  teaming,  but  has  been  obliged  to  give  that  up.  His  old  diseases  con- 
tracted in  the  army  (rheumatism  and  chronic  diarrhoea)  have  troubled  him  in  all 
the  past  twenty -five  years.  So  that  at  this  time,  July,  1888,  he  is  unable  to  work. 
His  residence  is  the  home  he  owns  at  323  North  May  street,  Chicago. 

John  Fincel  enlisted  from  Virden,  September  10,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  September  23,  1864. 

John  Goodall  enlisted  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  He- 
lena, Ark.,  July  29,  1862. 

Henry  Gaberski  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Bugler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  Hasse  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Francis  Horer  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10, 1861:  died  at  Camp  Doug- 
las December  25,  1861. 

Wesley  Hyke  enlisted  September  10,  1861 ;  transferred  to  Company  K. 

Edgar  Hyke  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out  Novem- 
ber 19,  1864. 

Joseph  Hickson  enlisted  from  Dixon,  Iowa,  September  10,  1861;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  September  23,  1864;  Big  Rock,  Iowa. 

Robert  Harnie  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861. 

John  Hankdy  enlisted  from  Jerseyville,  September  10,1861;  veteran;  ap- 
pointed blacksmith;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Conrad  Ingleking  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  If 61;  died  April  19, 
1862. 

John  H.  Johnson  enlisted  from  Virden,  September  10,  1861;  promoted  Sad- 
dler Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  7,  1864;  address,  Worthington,  Minn. 

James  King  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  10, 1861;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Patrick  King  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Louis  Kuttermeyer  enlisted  from  Sumner,  September  10,  1861. 

John  Klebenow  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Conrad  Kale. 

Francis  Kelley  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  1,  1861;  discharged  September 
18,  1862,  for  disability. 

Diedrich  Langlett  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  appoint- 
ed Wagoner;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Woodworth,  111. 


262  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Christoff  Lidkey  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  from  Crete. 

George  Laubault  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861 ;  veteran ;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Denis  Maher  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861 ;  appointed  Corporal ; 
drowned  at  Cairo,  111.,  March  22,  1864. 

John  McBride  enlisted  fr<jm  Sylvania,  Ohio,  September  10, 1861;  died  at  Hel- 
ena, Ark.,  October  13, 1862. 

Joseph  Mackey  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  K. 

Benjamin  Mackey  enlisted  from  Cincinnati,  September  10,  1861;  died  Febru- 
ary 16,  1863. 

Aaron  Miner  enlisted  from  Jerseyville,  September  10,  1861,  address,  Kane, 
111. 

John  Philip  Meyer  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861. 

Frederick  Moor  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Conrad  Mast  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out  Septem- 
ber 23,  1864;  address,  Ohiowa,  Neb. 

John  C.  Nicholson  enlisted  from  Sangamon,  September  10,  1861;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  September  23,  1864;  address,  Virden,  111. 

John  H.  Price  enlisted  from  Jerseyville,  September  10, 1861;  mustered  out 
September  23,  1864;  address,  Jerseyville,  111. 

Christoff  Paul  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Pellett  enlisted  from  Toledo,  September  10,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  October  7,  1864. 

Arthur  Rooney  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Thomas  Redwood  enlisted  September  10,  1861 . 

Henry  Rupricht  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Conrad  Rogers  enlisted  from  Crete/ September  10,  1861. 

George  W.  Smith  enlisted  from  Lansing,  Mich.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Helena,  Ark.,  October  1, 1862. 

Frederick  Schoffe  enlisted  from  Proviso,  September  10,  1861;  address,  Lost 
Nation,  Iowa. 

Pierson  Sevanson  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Michael  Schrieber  enlisted  from  Virden,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Christoff  Shaeffer  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  killed  August  21, 
1864. 

Conrad  Stege  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  absent,  sick 
at  muster  out  of  regiment. 

Conrad  Sueir  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  10,  1861;  discharged  November 
29,  1862. 

Charles  Selvey  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Henry  Selling  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Dedrich  Towne  enlisted  from  Addison,  September  10, 1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 10,  1863,  for  disability. 

George  F.  Walker  enlisted  from  Jerseyville,  September  10,  1861. 


CHARLES  C.  WHITE, 

Sergeant  Company  D. 


U6RARY 

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NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  263 

Christoff  Wiholm  enlisted  from  Monroe  county,  Mich.,  September  10,  1861; 
discharged  on  writ  of  habeas  corpus  January  8,  1862. 

RECRUITS. 

Frederick  Adrian  enlisted  from  Crete,  October  8,  1861;  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E. 

William  Arkanberg  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  19, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

Bernard  Boddeker  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  8,  1861;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 19,  1864. 

Charles  Burmester  enlisted  from  Hushagrove,  September  23,  1861;  died  at 
St.  Louis,  November  9.  1862. 

Henry  Bitter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

George  Baumback  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  promoted  Bugler; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Alexander  Babcock  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Godleb  Birk  enlisted  from  Rich,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Jacob  Birk  enlisted  from  Rich,  February  20,  1865;  mus'tered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Frank  Blaner  (or  Planer)  enlisted  from'  Niles,  February  23, 1865,  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Saxony,  led. 

Frank  J.  Berg  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  Jefferson,  Wis. 

Josiah  W.  Blake  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 81,  1865. 

Benj:itnan  Brandon  enlisted  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

George  Barthleme  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out 
August  22,  1865. 

Henry  Carroll  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  15,  1861;  deserted  February 
6,  1862. 

John  Cragons  enlisted  from  Chicago,  Octobers,  1861;  discharged  Jnly  29, 
1862. 

James  Conner  enlisted  from  Virden,  111.,  February  22,  1862. 

Charles  H.  Conger  enlisted  from  Schaumburg,  January  4,  1865;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  residence,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

William  R.  Carey  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Williamson  Cox  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

George  D.  Carter  enlisted  from  Coe,  March,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Joseph  Crane  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  27,  1864;  mustered  out  June 
9,  1865. 

Frederick  Drier  enlisted  from  Thornton,  February  27,  1865;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31, 1865. 


264  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Daniel  Day  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  residence,  1022  W.  Jackson  street,  Chicago. 

Peter  F.  Devinny  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Augustus  Deathloff  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  13, 1865;  resides  at  Denver,  Colo. 

Christian  Durhardt  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Anthony  Dumas  enlisted  from  Virden,  February  1,  1864;  deserted  Decem- 
ber 12,  1864. 

Thomas  C.  Flynn  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  16,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

William  A.  French  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  26,  1865;  mustered  out 
October.  31,  1865. 

Henry  C.  Fullerton  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Flynn  enlisted  from  Talkington,  January  25,  1865;  mustered  out  August 
4,  1865. 

John  Grant  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  9,  1862;  deserted  January  13, 
1862. 

William  E.  Galliger  enlisted  from  Wheeling,  February  15,  1865;  mustered 
•out  October  31,  1865;  residence  294  Clareinont  avenue,  Chicago. 

John  Gill  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Henry  C.  Glauz  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
:31,  1865. 

Peter  Glauz  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  Gilbert  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  10,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
.31,  1865. 

John  George  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  June 
i!3,  1865. 

William  Hardikopp  enlisted  from  Crete,  October  8,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Martin  Hullihan  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  19,  1862;  veteran;  deserted 
November  15, 1864. 

Milo  Helmer  enlisted  from  Jefferson,  January  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  now  resides  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Frank  Hunt  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  resides  at  454  S.  Western  avenue,  Chicago. 

John  Hai  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Nicholas  Hai  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Henry  Hurth  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
•31,  1865. 

William  Hill  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  265 

Richard  Hafferberg  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
•October  31,  1865. 

William  Harrington  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  January  24,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  186*. 

Rodamus  Hazard  enlisted  from  Rich,  January  24,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Uriah  Hartwick  enlisted  from  Round  Grove,  October  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
•October  24,  1865. 

John  R.  Hickman  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  24, 1865;  deserted  August 
15,  1865. 

John  Johnston  enlisted  from  Port  Byron,  111.,  December  20,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  Jarris  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  19,  1862;  veteran;  dishonorably 
discharged  July  19,  1862;  Sentence,  G.  C.  M. 

Otto  Katza  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  19,  1864;  promoted  Corporal;  mustered 
•out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  W.  Kune  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  26,  1865;  mustered  out 
-October  31,  1865. 

Louis  Kneisel  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  15, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  address  La  Foon,  Dak. 

Isaac  Keller  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8.  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Walter  L.  Knott  enlisted  from  Jefferson,  111.,  January  23,  1865;  mustered  out 
•October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Leohle  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  2,  1861. 

August  Luhman  enlisted  at  Crete,  October  8,  1861. 

William  Linton  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  14,  1862;  rejected  January  19, 
1862. 

R.  W.  Lykes  (or  Likes)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  17,  1865;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  Lelga  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  19,  1864;  mustered  out  October  10, 
1865. 

William  Landerback  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Michael  Mahoney  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  October  1,  1861;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 19,  1864. 

August  Meyer  enlisted  from  Crete,  October  1,  1861;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn., 
July  28,  1862. 

Frederick  Miller  enlisted  from  Crete,  September  19,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Augustus  Mowlden  enlisted  from  West  Wood,  April  27,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  C.  Merrick  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Perry  McDaniel  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  Mandler  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


266  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Henry  Martins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  27,  1865;  absent,sick,at  mus- 
ter out  of  regiment. 

Nicholas  Myers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Charles  Milhoilan  enlisted  from  Shaumburg,  January  4,  1865;  deserted 
October  3,  1865. 

John  F.  Mitzel  enlisted  January  1,  1864;  died  at  Memphis,  October  22,  1864. 

Peter  Meyers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  died  at  Eastport,  Miss., 
June  12,  1865. 

John  J.  Neary  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  18,  1861. 

John  F.  Neutzel  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  1,  1862;  died  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  October  26,  1864. 

Joseph  Neadermiller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Daniel  Pray  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  absent,  sick, at  muster 
out  of  regiment. 

John  Paden  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

George  Perry  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  Porter  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  O.  Parker  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Thomas  J.  Quails  enlisted  from  Virden,  January  25, 1864;  deserted  October  28, 
1864. 

Mathew  Roper  enlisted  from  Niles,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  Richter  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Ernste  N.  Rencke  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Theodore  Rober  enlisted  from  Niles,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  June 
13,  1865;  now  living  at  Hanover,  Kan. 

John  Strittmatter  enlisted  from  Virden,  October  1,  1861;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 19,  1864;  resides  at  Virden,  111. 

Henry  H.  Scribner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  19,  1862. 

Henry  Sherrer  enlisted  from  Arcola,  111.,  March  22,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

John  Stamna  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  25,  1865;  mustered  out  June 
22,  1865;  residence  Lockport,  111. 

Ray  C.  Smith  enlisted  from  Pettys,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Ferdinand  Shultz  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Alexander  Sinclair  enlisted  from  Round  Grove,  111.,  October  4,  1864;  mus- 
tered out  October  24,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALKY   VOLUNTEERS.  267 

William  Townsley  enlisted  from  Phoenex,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Patrick  Tierney  enlisted  from  Chicago,  November  80,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  8,  1865. 

John  C.  Weimer  enlisted  from  Virden,  111.,  January  15,  1862;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  January  27, 1865. 

George  W.  Walker  enlisted  from  Glascow,  March  23,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Warrenholtz  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Johnson  Wesley  enlisted  from  Indian  Creek,  February  14.  1865,  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  Wentworth  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Otto  A.  Willis  enlisted  from  Bloom,  January  23,  1865;  promoted  Hospital 
Steward. 

COMPANY  E. 

Company  E  was  recruited  in  the  vicinity  of  Logansport,  Ind., 
and  as  they  came  to  Colonel  Brackett,  expecting  to  go  into  the 
"  First  Western  Cavalry,"  there  was  considerable  dissatisfaction 
when  it  was  learned  that  the  regiment  was  to  be  known  as  an 
Illinois  regiment,  and  designated  the  "  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry." 
This  feeling  of  discontent  becoming  known  to  Colonel  Brackett, 
he  at  once  took  prompt  measures  to  squelch  any  overt  act. 

Company  E  was  formed  in  ranks  and  told  by  the  Colonel, 
"  All  who  were  not  satisfied  to  step  two  paces  to  the  front." 
Two  or  three  stepped  out,  and  more  were  on  the  point  of  doing 
so,  when  Colonel  Brackett  motioned  to  his  guards  and  those  who- 
had  come  out  were  immediately  a,rrested  and  taken  to  the  guard 
house,  where  they  were  confined  for  some  time.  This  action  of 
the  Colonel  in  enforcing  military  authority  had  a  wholesome 
effect,  and  nothing  more  was  heard  of  the  "  First  Western 
Cavalry." 

Ira  K.  Gifford  was  elected  Captain;  Richard  D.  Ellsworth, 
First  Lieutenant;  Benjamin  O.  Wilkinson,  Second  Lieutenant; 
these  gentlemen  having  largely  recruited  the  company,  and  hav- 
ing the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  men.  The  record  of  Com- 
pany E  was  a  good  one,  and  it  was  not  long  before  they  became 
quite  reconciled  to  being  associated  with  their  Illinois  comrades, 
and  could  always  be  relied  upon  to  preform  their  full  share  of  all 
the  duties  pertaining  to  good  fighting  soldiers. 


•268  HISTORY    OF    THE 

The  company  mustered  into  the  service  October  3,  1861,  with 
a  total  membership  of  eighty-three,  quite  a  number  of  whom 
.showed  their  appreciation  and  love  of  their  old  regiment  by  re- 
enlisting  as  veterans. 

The  whole  number  of  Company  E  during  their  more  than 
four  years'  service  was  two  hundred  and  four. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  ELLSWORTH. 

Richard  D.  Ellsworth  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  First  Lieutenant 
of  Company  E,  enlisting  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  and  was  on  active  duty  with  the 
regiment  in  the  Missouri  and  Arkansas  campaigns. 

On  the  promotion  of  Captain  Gifford  to  be  Major  he  was  commissioned 
Captain  of  his  company,  and  remained  with  the  regiment  engaged  in  all  the  bat- 
tles, skirmishes,  and  scouts  of  the  same  up  to  October  31,  1864,  when,  his  term 
of  service  having  expired,  he  was  mustered  out. 

Captain  Ellsworth  was  an  excellent  officer,  brave  and  gallant,  and  a  good 
•disciplinarian.  He  enjoyed  the  esteem  of  his  brother  officers  and  comrades. 

After  his  muster  out  he  engaged  in  business  in  Wisconsin,  and  later  removed 
farther  west,  and  located  at  Raymond,  Dak.,  his  present  address,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  PURVIANCE. 

Samuel  Purviance  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1,  1861,  in 
Company  E,  of  the  Ninth,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant. 

January  3,  1863,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and  again  Decem- 
ber 12,  1864;  First  Lieutenant,  March  28,  1865;  was  promoted  Captain  of  the 
company  he  had  been  with  so  long,  he  having  become  a  veteran,  January  1, 1864, 
remaining  with  the  Ninth  on  duty  constantly  until  the  final  muster  out  of  the 
Ninth  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Captain  Purviance  was  a  sturdy,  brave  and  good  soldier,  having  a  strong 
physical  constitution,  he  was  able  to  bear  with  ease  the  toils  and  privations  under 
which  so  many  of  our  comrades  gave  way.  He  had  the  respect  of  all  his  com- 
rades. 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  old  home  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  his  address  at 
this  time,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WEIRICK. 

Spencer  T.  Weirick  came  from  Loganspoit,  Ind.,  and  was  appointed  First 
Sergeant  of  Company  E,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  1,  1861;  was  pro- 
moted August  21,  1862,  to  be  Second  Lieutenant,  and  again  on  the  3d  of  Janu- 
ary, 1863,  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  E,  and  served  with 
the  Ninth  till  the  expiration  of  his  three  years'  service,  when  he  was  mustered 
out,  December  14,  1864. 

Lieutenant  Weirick  was  a  bright,  brave  and  excellent  officer,  and  during  his 
-connection  with  the  regiment,  he  made  many  friends  by  his  soldierly  qualities, 
and  genial  manners. 

He  returned  to  Logansport  after  leaving  the  service,  and  his  present  address 
is  believed  to  be  the  Soldiers'  Home,  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  1888. 


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SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WILKINSON. 

Benjamin  O.  Wilkinson  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  Second 
Lieutenant  of  Company  E,  October  3,  1861,  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  but  hi& 
health  failing  he  resigned  his  commission,  April  7,  1862. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WILSON. 

Eugene  C.  Wilson  enlisted  in  Company  E,  of  the  Ninth,  February  28,  1865,. 
and  was  appointed  Sergeant  and  then  Second  Lieutenant  to  date  from  December 
12,  1864,  and  was  then  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  March  28,  1865,  remain- 
ing with  the  company  till  the  final  muster  out  of  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala£ , 
October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Wilson  was  a  pleasant  young  man,  and  much  in  earnest  in  all  that 
pertained  to  military  life;  coming  among  us  as  he  did  the  last  year  of  the  war,  he 
had  but  little  fighting  to  do,  but  he  was  no  doubt  equal  to  any  demands  that 
might  have  been  made  upon  him. 

His  address,  May,  1888,  is  Clay  Center,  Kan. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  HANER. 

Charles  M.  Haner  came  from  Wooster,  Ohio,  and  enlisting  in  Company  E,  to- 
date  from  September  1,  1861,  was  made  Sergeant. 

Re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  he  was-made  First  Sergeant.  February  29, 1864,  and 
on  the  28th  of  March,  1865,  was  com'missioned  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company 
E,  which  position  he  filled  with'  abitity  till,  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  at 
Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Haner  was  an  excellent  soldier,  always  ready  for  duty,  brave 
and  reliable.  He  was  in  all  the  severe  service  and  arduous  campaigns  in  which- 
his  company  was  engaged,  and  was  much  esteemed  by  his  associates  in  arms. 

Lieutenant  Haner's  address,  April,  1888,  is  Pekin,  111. 

THOMAS  W.  EATON 

enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  1,  1861,  in  Company  B,  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry, and  that  company  being  full  and  running  over  he  was  transferred  to  Com- 
pany E,  and  mustered  into  the  service  October  3,  1861,  and  served  his  country 
faithfully  until  October  31, 1865,  he  having  re  enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1, 1864. 

Comrade  Eaton  was  a  brave,  good  soldier,  and  soon  after  the  return  of  the 
regiment  to  Memphis,  while  on  a  scout  with  a  detachment  of  the  Ninth  with 
General  Sturgis,  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  enemy  and  after  being  confined  some 
weeks  by  the  rebels  at  Oxford,  Miss.,  effected  his  escape,  rejoining  the  regiment 
in  an  almost  starved  condition  (having  had  no  food  for  three  days)  at  Memphis. 

When  he  returned  to  his  company  he  has  so  unlike  the  rotund  Eaton  who 
had  left  them  three  weeks  before  that  his  comrades  did  not  recognize  him.  He 
served  with  the  regiment  in  all  the  battles,  toils  and  hardships  till  the  end  of  the 
war,  and  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865,  after  which  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  in  Henry  County,  and  in  1871  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he 
followed  his  old  trade  as  carpenter  until  1878,  when  he  engaged  in  the  manufact- 
ure of  machinery  and  engineering,  and  followed  that  branch  successfully  until 
the  latter  part  of  1887,  when  he  was  placed  as  engineer  in  charge  of  Lake  street 
bridge,  Chicago,  which  position  he  still  holds. 


270  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Comrade  Eaton  is  an  active,  energetic  business  man,  and  is  much  respected 
and  well  known  in  the  city  of  his  adoption,  Chicago,  111.,  which  is  his  present 
address. 

PERRY  B.  BOWSER, 

from  Logansport,  Ind.,  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Novem- 
ber 1,  1861,  having  previously  served  in  the  three  months'  service. 

He  is  a  man  of  some  literary  ability  and  was  one  of  the  editors  of  The  Cava- 
lier, at  Jacksonport,  in  the  spring  of  1862,  and  wrote  many  graphic  accounts  of 
th^e  doings  of  the  army  to  the  Northern  papers.  He  has  also  written  a  book  for 
publication  entitled  "  Four  Years  in  the  Cavalry  Service  by  a  Corporal." 

He  was  discharged  from  the  service  for  disability  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July  17, 
1862.  After  recovering  his  health  he  again  entered  the  service,  and  remained 
through  the  war. 

Of  late  years  he  has  been  located  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  which  was  his  old 
home,  but  has  now  made  a  change,  and  is  living,  June,  1888,  at  Elwood,  Ind. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  E. 

Sergeant  David  A.  Ewing  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1,  1861; 
committed  suicide  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  May  12,  1863. 

Corporal  Lewis  Vorhess  enlisted  from  Logansport,  September  1,  1861;  dis- 
charged May  1,  1862. 

Corporal  Isaac  Graham  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1,  1861. 

Corporal  Pollard  Herren  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1,  1861. 

Corporal  William  Larimore  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1, 
1861;  promoted  Sergeant;  died  at  Andirsonville,  A,ugust  16,  1864;  grave  5906. 

Bugler  Johnll.  Masterson  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1,  1861; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Martin  Andress  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  1, 1861;  discharged 
June  21,  1862. 

Joseph  Allen  enlisted  September  1,  1861,  from  Logansport,  Ind.;  mustered 
out  December  14,  1864. 

Charles  A.  Andress  enlisted  September  1,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  B. 

John  O.  Barren  enlisted  from  Logansport,  September  10,  1861;  rejected  De- 
cember 18,  1861. 

Charles  N.  Banks  enlisted  from  Logansport,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Jordan  Berry  enlisted  from  Logansport,  September  10,  1861 ;  died  at  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.,  March  4,  1864. 

Malcom  G.  Bliss  enlisted  from  Monterey,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

William  Banks  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  November  1,  1864;  promoted  Wagoner. 

Joseph  Barren  enlisted  from  Logansport,  September  10,  1861. 

Joseph  Bower  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged April  3,  1862 

Zenas  Bradley  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  14, 1864. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  271 

Alpheus  Baxter  enlisted  from   Geneseo,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Dennis,  Mass.,  June  12,  1864. 

James  Crosby  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
April  4,  1862. 

John  C.    Cook  enlisted  from  Lincoln  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  rejected 
November?,  1861. 

Thomas  Chambers  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

John  Cummins  enlisted  from  Logansport,  lad.,  September  10,  1861;  dropped 
July  21,  1862. 

Edwin  H.   Chamberlain  enlisted  from  Geneseo,   111.,   September  10,  1861; 
veteran;  musterd  out  October  31,  1865;  promoted  Sergeant. 

John  Conley  enlisted  October  2,  1861. 

James  Douglas  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.;  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Detrick  enlisted  from  Pennsylvania,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Patrick  Dillon  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10.  1861  ;  died  at 
Germantown,  Tenn.,' March  10,  1864. 

Charles  W.  Dunn  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  June  23,  1865;  prisoner  of  war. 

Charles  Davidson  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  18,  1864. 

Sanford  P.  Dorr  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  27,  1864. 

Thomas  Flinn  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Faulkner  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

John  M.  Fletcher  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864;  resides  2333  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Owen  Gillispie  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  2,  1865. 

Edward  Griffin  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  December  14,  1864. 

James  Hurley  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
October  28,  1862. 

Francis  M.  Hinton  enlisted  at  Logansport,  September  10,  1861. 

Patrick  J.  Howard  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Cohaba  prison,  Ala.,  March  28,  1864,  while  prisoner  of  war. 

Hubbard  Hossel  enlisted  at  Monterey,  Ind.,  September  25,  1861;    mustered 
out  October  1,  1864. 

George  W.  Hall  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  10,  1861;    mustered  out 
October  1,  1864;  resides  at  Jupiter,  Fla. 

Felix  Hiuer  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  10,  1861;   mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 27,  1864. 

Jacob  Loser  enlisted  at  Logansport,   Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  December  14,  1864. 

William  D.  Lyon  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  December  14,  1864. 


272  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Stephen  R.  Lavictoire  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  October  6,  1864. 

George  H.  Lambert  enlisted  from  State  of  New  York,  September  10,  1861; 
rejected  December  18,  1861. 

Francis  Mumphord  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  November  25,  1864. 

William  C.  Marshall  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged July  17,  1862. 

James  McCasken enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861 ;  discharged 
October  30,  1862. 

Harmon  B.  Moore  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged April  8,  1862;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1, 1864;  deserted  February 
1,  1865. 

Joseph  Myre  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  10, 1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
August  16,  1862. 

Thomas  J.  McClelland  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861. 

Samuel  Nicewender  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  September  10,  1861. 

Daniel  J.  O'Meira  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  2, 1861;  died  at  Andersoriville, 
October  3,  1864.  Grave  10279. 

Harvey  Parker  enlisted  at  Wooster,  Ohio,  September  10,  1861;  discharged' 
for  promotion  February  29,  1863. 

Thomas  Quinn  enlisted  at  Logansport,  September  10,  1861;  veteran,  died  at 
Logansport,  Ind.,  April  2,  1864. 

John  Racus  enlisted  at  Logansport,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  19,  1864. 

Jacob  Reap  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran,, 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865,  resides  at  Ponca,  Neb. 

Michael  Rober  enlisted  at  Logansport,  September  10,  1861;  veteran,  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865;  Soldiers'  Home,  Milwaukee. 

Joseph  H.  Smalley  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Martin  L.  Smith  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Ira  M.  Sweet  enlisted  at  Logansport,  September  10,1861;  discharged  Novem- 
ber 19,  1862. 

George  L.  Sturne  enlisted  at  Logansport,  September  10,  1861 ;  discharged 
March  28,  1862. 

John  M.  Sturne  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  19,  1864. 

Reuben  A.  Scott  enlisted  Burnetsville,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
April,  1864,  for  disability,  resides  at  Abilene,  Kan. 

John  W.  Smith  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

Philip  Slick  enlisted  at  Geneso,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  Anderson- 
ville  prison,  October  11  1864;  grave  10663. 

Augustus  Streed  enlisted  Geneseo,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
December  14,  1864. 

Henry  M.  Thomas  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged October  8,  1862, 

George  W.  Tolliver  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  October  27,  1864. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  273 

Harmon  Taylor  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  25,  1861;  died  in 
Andersonville  prison,  September  29,  1864;  grave  10036. 

Swan  Tell  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  1,  1861. 

William  C.  Thomas  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Charles  Whipp  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861 ;  died 
in  Andersonvile  prison,  September  29,  1864;  grave  8713. 

Frederick  Weiley  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861: 
deserted  November  20, 1861;  monthly  returns  for  April  1864  says  died  at  Memphis, 
Tenn. 

Alfred  Williams  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861;  veteran; 
died  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  September  4,  1864. 

James  A.  Wilkinson  enlisted  from  Logansport,  September  10,  1861;  veteran 
promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  resides  at  Logansport,  Ind. 

Samuel  W.  Wilson  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
mustered  out  November  28,  1864. 

Abraham  W.  Wells  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
promoted  Corporal;  mustered  out  December  14, 1864;  now  living  atTopeka,  Kan. 

Samuel  Zellers  enlisted  from  Cass  county,  Ind.;  veteran;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Peter  Zerbe  enlisted  from  Cass  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died  in 
Jackson  county,  Ark.,  June  29,  1862,  of  wounds  received  June  21,  1862,  at 
Stewart's  Plantation. 

RECRUITS. 

Edward  W.  Anderson  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  November  12,  1861; 
veteran;  promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  Adrian  enlisted  from  Chicago,  111.,  October  8,  1861;  died  in 
Andersonville  prison  September  9,  1864;  grave  8219, 

Peter  Adams  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

Oliver  Adle  enlisted  from  Rockton,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  Axtell  enlisted  at  Genoa,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  June  13, 
1865. 

William  Beatty  enlisted  at  Logansport,  October  5,  1861. 

James  Birchfield  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864. 

Martin  Bear  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  23,  1862;  veteran;  missed  in  action; 
Savannah,  Tenn.,  October  17,  1864. 

William  H.  Booth  enlisted  at  Logansport,  January  13,  1862;  promoted  Ser- 
geant; a  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Sylvanus  Brott  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Bentfield  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  blacksmith. 

Thomas  Bascomb  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 
18 


274  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Samuel  Burroughs  enlisted  from  Genoa,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Eliphalet  G.  Ball  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  March  30,  1864:  mustered  out  May 

30,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  died  at  Chicago,  111.,  February,  1887.    ' 

Edward  Burger  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  April  20,  1864;  deserted  Febru- 
ary 7,  1865. 

Charles  W.  Cole  enlisted  from  Rock  Island,  September  1,1861;  died  at  Reeves. 
Station,  Mo.,  April  14,  1862. 

Walter  E.  Crane  enlisted  from  Logansport,  April  1,  1862;  promoted  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  April  10,  1865. 

Edward  Collyer  enlisted  from  Rockton,  February  28,  1865;  promoted  Corpo- 
ral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

James  A.  Comstock  enlisted  from  Riley,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  now  living  at  Aurora,  111. 

William  D.  Carpenter  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  February  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

James  M.  Chamberlain  enlisted  from  Genoa,  February  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  now  residing  at  Tecumseh,  Neb. 

John  Congle  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October 

31,  1865. 

Henry  Carter  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  10,  1865;  deserted  April  19> 
1865. 

James  Countryman  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
June  13,  1865. 

John  Deegan  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  25,  1865;  deserted  February 
15,  1865. 

Jackson  Danio  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Duffy  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Walter  E.  Drury  enlisted  from  Avon,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

He  had  served  nearly  one  year  in  the  Ninety  sixth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Company  G,  and  has  been  superintendent  of  schools  of  Burt  County.  Neb.,  and 
is  a  lawyer  and  banker  residing  at  Fender,  Neb. 

James  Donaldson  enlisted  from  Monroe,  February  23,  1865,  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Oliver  Dunwell  enlisted  from  Cherry  Valley,  February  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Donley  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  12,  1865;  deserted  October  23, 
1865. 

JohnT.  Eabling  enlisted  from  Fulton  County,  Iowa,  January  29,  1862;  vet- 
eran; promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Edsell  enlisted  from  Cotton  Hill,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Alfred  Ellis  enlisted  from  Hickory,  March  13,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  275 

Sergeant  William  F.  Foster  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  September  10r 
1861;  veteran;  discharged  Jnue  28,  1865,  for  disability. 

Perry  E.  Fugate  enlisted  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  January  13, 1865;  mustered! 
out  February  15,  1865;  resides  at  Attica,  Ind. 

Charles  L.  Flower  enlisted  from  Flora,  February   13,    1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  Frett  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
June  10,  1865. 

Ralph  H.  Gould  enlisted  from   Warren,   January  18,   1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Silas  Gray  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  10,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  Lake  View,  111. 

George  L.  Gobble  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  G.  Hedstrum  enlisted  from  Victoria,  February  1,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  H.  Huffman  enlisted  from  Warren,  January  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Kenosha,  Wis. 

Charles  Hendrickson  enlisted  from  Riley,   February  6,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

John  Horan  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

John  P.  Huner  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Hinsberger  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  Hatchings  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

William  A.  Hutchinson  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Herman  Heselman  enlisted  from  Chicago,   October  14,  1864;  mustered  out 
September  7,  1865. 

Michael  Hays  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  28,  1863;  died  at  Nashville,. 
December  6,  1864  of  wounds. 

Charles  Hunt  enlisted  from  Barrington,  February  17,  1865;  deserted   Octo- 
ber 12,  1865. 

Benjamin  Hudson  enlisted  from   Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  deserted  October 
15,  1865. 

Nathan  D.  Ingraham  enlisted  from  Cortland,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Jefferson  enlisted  from  Avon,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October; 
31,  1865;  lives  at  Vandalia,  Mich. 

Joseph  Jerru  enlisted  from  St.  Anne,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Napoleon  Jerru  enlisted  from  St.  Anne,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Samuel  W.  Johnson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1265. 


276  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Matthias  Kehr  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865. 

Augustus  Kottner  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

August  Kohm  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Frederick  Krichner  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Lay  ton  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  December  27,  1861;  discharged 
July  17,  1862. 

James  H.  Lambert  enlisted  from  Roscoe,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865. 

Silver  Leach  enlisted  from  Florence,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Phillip  Lake  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Christian  Loble  enlisted  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  McClelland  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  111.,  October  18,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  27,  1864. 

Thomas  McCoy  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  October  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  27,  1864. 

Thomas  Martin  enlisted  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  January  13,  1862;  deserted  August 
7,  1862. 

Malony  P.  Mattice  enlisted  from  Fremont,  February  11,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  now  living  at  David  City,  Neb. 

John  Mier  enlisted  at  McHenry,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Henry  J.  Moore  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  12,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Harmen  B.  Moore  enlisted  from  Rockton,  February  28,  1865;  deserted  July 
19, 1865. 

Park  C.  Mullen  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  February  28,  1865;  deserted  July  19, 
1865. 

John  Neep  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Peter  Nieson  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Martin  Nieson  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Stephen  P.  Newton  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  at  the  close  of  the  war  returned  to  Chicago,  and  engaged  in 
business  as  horse  dealer  and  coal  merchant;  spent  three  years  in  Aurora,  111., 
where  he  owns  property;  now  living  a  prosperous  and  respected  citizen  at  123 
N.  Peoria  street,  Chicago. 

Leonidas  Newberry  enlisted  from  Cotton  Hill,  February  13,  1865;  died  at 
Eastport,  Miss.,  April  19,  1865. 

Stephen  L.  Nichols  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  February  28,  1865,  deserted  July 
19,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  277 

Oilman  G.  Newton  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  13,  1865.  On  the  way  to 
the  front  he  was  severely  injured  in  the  head  in  a  railway  smash  up,  from  the 
effect  of  which  he  became  insane.  He  is  now,  August,  1888,  an  inmate  of  the 
asylum  at  Jefferson,  111. 

Lawrence  O'Neil  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  10,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865.  Now  a  resident  of  Chicago,  458  W.  Indiana  street. 

David  Olin  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  February  28,  1865;  deserted  July  19r 
1865. 

Charles  Phillips  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  present  address,  Wilmot,  "Wis. 

Francis  Rose  enlisted  from  Warren,  January  18,  1865;  promoted  Corporal;, 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  residence,  Neillsville,  Wis. 

Jacob  Rothermel  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Riggs  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Peter  Rothermel  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
June  9,  1865. 

James  Race  enlisted  from  New  Trier,  January  17, 1865;  died  at  Jeffersonville, 
Ind.,  March  28,  1865. 

William  Shriner  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Peter  Shriner  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 13,  1865. 

Nicholas  Smith  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Smitt  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Shoemaker  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31 ,  1865. 

Ira  M.  Sweet  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Samuel  Stroup  enlisted  from  Booiie,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Benjamin  Swanke  enlisted  from  Fancycreek,  February  13,  1865;  deserted 
July  19,  1865. 

Peter  Siver  deserted  July  19,  1865. 

William  T.  Tibbitts  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  February  8,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  residence  East  Saginaw,  Mich. 

Edwin  Townsend  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Francis  Townsend  enlisted  from  Mayfield,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Turley  enlisted  from  Cherry  Valley,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  A.  Tutor  enlisted  from  Boone,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 


278  HISTORY   OF   THE 

George  Thompson  enlisted  from  Rockton,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 81,  1865. 

Henry  T.  Tutor  enlisted  from  Boone,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  June 
10, 1865. 

Samuel  Wells  enlisted  from  Boston,  Mass.,  Janu'ary  8,  1862;  deserted  Jan- 
uary 9,  1862,  at  Chicago. 

Ichabod  Wells  enlisted  from  Nunda,  February  3,  1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

N.  B.  Wilson  enlisted  f rom  Belvidere,  February  17, 1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Anton  Weber  enlisted  from  McHenry,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  S.  Works  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  residence  Kasson,  Minn. 

COMPANY  F. 

Company  F  was  mainly  made  up  of  Chicago  men,  having 
been  recruited  by  Bernard  F.  Stampoffski,  Marland  L.  Perkins 
and  Dwight  S.  Heald,  and  came  to  camp  in  the  early  part  of 
October,  1861. 

This  company's  first  officers  were  the  three  gentlemen  named 
above,  but  it  was  not  long  before  several  changes  were  made. 
Lieutenant  Heald  resigned  November  7,  and  Captain  Stampoff- 
ski was  mustered  out  May  29,  1861,  before  the  regiment  had 
really  seen  any  active  service.  Lieutenant  Perkins  was  promoted 
"Captain  and  Sergeant  E.  G.  Butler,  Second  Lieutenant. 

This  company  was  now  certainly  fortunate  in  the  officers  over 
them,  and  during  the  entire  service  showed  themselves  to  be  of 
the  stuff  that  good  soldiers  were  made  of,  a)  ways  ready  and  anx- 
ious to  come  to  the  front  and  perform  not  only  their  duty  but 
more  than  that. 

In  the  summer  of  1862  the  regiment  had  two  twelve-pound 
brass  howitzers  assigned  to  their  use,  and  as  Lieutenant  Butler 
had  had  experience  in  the  regular  army  as  an  artillerist,  a  detail 
mostly  from  Company  F  was  made,  and  these  two  guns  were 
placed  in  charge  of  Company  F,  and  later  on  in  the  service  two 
more  guns  were  assigned  to  the  Ninth,  and  kept  company  with 
the  first. 

Company  F  took  great  pride  in  their  artillery,  and  would 
have  felt  their  loss  keenly  had  they  ever  been  obliged  to  leave 
them  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  In  many  a  hard-fought  battle, 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  279 

in  many  a  gallant  charge  from  the  enemy,  the  brave  men  who 
manned  these  guns  with  their  supporting  companies  performed 
deeds  of  heroic  daring  to  save  their  "  pets  "  from  capture. 

Company  F  mustered  into  service  October  7,  1861,   with  a 
membership  of  ninety-four,  total  number  enlisted  during  the  war  • 
207,  many  of  whom  were  veterans  of  Company  F. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  STAMPOFFSKI. 

Bernard  A.  Stampoffski  was  an  old  resident  of  Chicago  at  the  breaking  out 
of  the  war. 

In  the  summer  of  1861  he  in  company  with  others  recruited  a  company  of 
men  from  Chicago  and  vicinity,  which  afterward  became  a  part  of  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry,  which  was  known  as  Company  F. 

Captain  Stampoffski  had  been  a  volunteer  in  the  Louisiana  Volunteers  in 
the  Florida  War,  also  served  in  the  Second  United  States  Dragoons  in  the  Mex- 
ican War,  and  was  at  the  battles  of  Palo  Alto  and  Reseca  de  la  Palma. 

He  was  a  very  strict  disciplinarian,  and  the  command  "  Wollensack  to  the 
rear,  column  march  "  was  often  heard  with  more  of  dread  than  pleasure  by  his 
company  F. 

The  Captain  organized  and  diligently  drilled  his  company,  and  remained 
with  the  regiment  till  May  29,  1862,  when  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service, 
then  returned  to  Chicago,  111.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  business  till  his 
death. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  PERKINS. 

Marland  L.  Perkins  was  born  in  Tazewell  county,  111.,  May  31, 1838;  attended 
Jubille  College  in  Peoria,  and  later  read  law  with  the  firm  of  Barker  &  Hyatt,  of 
Chicago. 

In  the  summer  of  1861  he  with  his  his  fiery,  impetuous  and  patriotic  dispo- 
sition, was  eager  to  join  the  ranks  of  the  defenders  of  his  country,  and  joined  the 
Ninth  Illinois,  and  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  F,  and  in 
that  capacity  marched  with  the  regiment  to  the  front.  On  the  resignations  of 
Captain  Stampoffski,  May  29,  1862,  he  was  promoted  Captain  of  his  company. 

Captain  Perkins  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  officers  of  the  regiment.  A 
true  soldier  in  his  disposition  and  appearance,  he  was  always  ready  and  active 
for  duty.  He  commanded  his  company  almost  constantly  till  the  time  of  his 
muster  out ;  among  his  brother  officers  a  very  popular  man,  and  in  his  company 
beloved  by  all. 

In  the  early  days  of  1863,  at  an  election  for  a  Majorship  in  the  regiment,  Cap- 
tain Perkins  was  almost  unanimously  elected  by  his  brother  officers  to  be  Major, 
but  as  he  was  not  the  Senior  Captain,  another  gentleman  was  the  recipient  of  that 
honor. 

In  all  the  prominent  engagements  that  the  regiment  was  in  Captain  Perkins 
was  ever  in  the  front,  and  was  known  as  a  gallant,  brave  and  efficient  officer. 

He  was  mustered  out  at  the  expiration  of  his  time  of  service,  October  16, 
1864,  and  locating  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  resumed  the  practice  of  the  law  continuing 


280  HISTORY   OF   THE 

there  till  1871,  when  he  returned  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  a  successful  lawyer, 
and  where  he  died  September  12,  1877. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  NIEMEYER. 

Frederick  C.  Niemeyer  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Company  F, 
September  3,  1861,  and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  and  was  promoted  Sergeant, 
January  1,  1864,  and  June  20  was  again  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant,  and 
again  on  the  16th  of  October,  1864,  was  promoted  and  commissioned  Captain  of 
Company  F,  with  whom  he  had  served  well  and  faithfully  all  these  years. 

He  was  a  brave  and  faithful  soldier,  and  gained  the  affection  and  respect  of  his 
comrades,  and  the  officers  of  the  regiment. 

In  the  Shoal  Creek  campaign  he  was  active  and  .gallant  and  showed  in  the 
management  of  his  company  good  military  ability,  and  in  the  front  that.he  was 
a  brave  and  skillful  officer.  He  was  with  the  regiment  for  over  four  years,  always 
prompt,  brave  and  efficient  in  all  the  battles  and  engagements  in  which  his 
company  took  part . 

He  died  while  in  the  service  at  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  September  21,  1865. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  BUTLER. 

Erastus  G.  Butler  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September 
11,  1861,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant,  and  on  the  resignation  of  Lieutenant 
Heald  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and  again  promoted  to  be  First 
Lieutenant  of  his  company,  May  29,  1862. 

Lieutenant  Butler  had  served  in  the  United  States  army  in  Mexico  in  Com- 
pany E,  Third  United  States  Artillery  under  Captain  Sherman,  and  was  at  the 
battles  of  Monterey  and  Buena  Vista,  and  the  experience  gained  in  that  service 
was  very  useful  when,  September  15,  1862,  there  was  placed  with  the  Ninth  a 
small  battery  of  howitzers,  which  were  assigned  to  Lieutenant  Butler  and  a 
detail  under  his  charge. 

Lieutenant  Butler  was  a  good  soldier,  brave  and  faithful,  and  performed 
most  excellent  service  with  the  regiment  during  the  period  of  his  service. 

He  resigned  May  22,  1864,  and  returned  to  Chicago,  his  old  home,  later  went 
South,  where  it  is  understood  he  died  several  years  ago. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  HEALD. 

Dwight  S.  Heald  jo.ined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  October  7,  1861,  was 
commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  F,  but  remained  with  the  regiment 
but  a  short  time,  resigning  November  7,  1861,  on  account  of  ill  health  and  died 
soon  after. 

LIEUTENANT  JAMES  SMITH. 

James  Smith  joined  the  regiment  September  23,  1861  ;  was  First  Sergeant, 
and  was  made  Second  Lieutenant  May  29,  1862,  but  did  not  remain  with  the  regi- 
ment long  as  he  resigned  his  commission  September  4,  1862. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  PULLMAN. 

Charles  L.  Pullman  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1861,  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864,  and  was  appointed  First 
Sergeant  of  his  company. 


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May  22,  1864,  he  was  commissioned  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  F,  and 
remained  with  the  regiment  until  February  28,  1865,  when  he  resigned  his  com- 
mission, and  returned  to  his  home  in  Chicago. 

Lieutenant  Pullman  is  a  man  of  unusual  ability,  and  while  a  member  of 
Company  F  he  was  detailed  at  headquarters,  where  he  was  kept  employed,  and 
his  fine  penmanship  and  general  business  qualifications  were  constantly  in  de- 
mand. 

Acting  as  Sergeant-Ma jor  a  part  of  the  time,  and  again  as  Adjutant,  or  on 
some  sort  of  staff  duty,  he  was  equal  to  anything  that  might  be  required  at  his 
hands.  At  Collierville,  Tenn.,  December  25,  1863,  he  led  what  seemed  a  forlorn 
hope  with  a  few  camp  guards  and  convalescents  from  the  hospital  against  For- 
rest's cavalry,  who  were  just  returning  from  their  invasion  of  Tennesee,  and 
which  was  moving  down  from  La  Fayette,  threatening  our  camp  at  the  first  men- 
tioned place.  No  doubt  the  presence  of  Mrs.  Pullman  in  camp  had  much  to  do 
with  the  heroic  defense  made  by  this  gallant  little  band,  after  Mrs.  Pullman  had 
been  placed  in  comparative  safety  within  the  fort. 

During  the  battle  of  Nashville,  Lieutenant  Pullman  was  on  staff  duty  with 
General  Hatch  and  active  and  brave  as  was  his  wont. 

Since  the  war  he  has  been  identified  with  his  brother,  Geo.  M.  Pullman,  in 
the  large  business  carried  on  in  Pullman  and  Chicago,  and  can  be  found  most 
every  day  at  the  "Pullman  Building,"  Chicago,  the  same  genial  hale  comrade 
as  of  yore. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  JERGENS. 

Christopher  H.  Jergens  enlisted  in  Company  F,  September  28,  1861,  re- 
enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864,  and  was  promoted  Sergeant  and  again 
promoted  and  commisioned  First  Lieutenant,  February  18,  1865,  and  was  mus- 
tered out  of  the  service  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Jergens  served  with  his  company  the  full  term  of  the  war,  and 
was  in  all  the  engagements  that  Company  F  participated  in,  and  was  a  good 
soldier  and  an  efficient  officer. 

His  address  is  unknown. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  BOONE. 

Geo.  H.  Boone  enlisted  in  Company  F,  September  10,  1861,  was  appointed 
Corporal,  First  Sergeant,  and  on  the  4th  of  September,  1862,  he  was  commis" 
sioned  Second  Lieutenant  in  his  company,  remaining  on  active  duty  until  June 
20,  1864,  when  he  resigned. 

Lieutenant  Boone  was  a  thoroughly  brave  and  gallant  soldier,  and  a  part  of 
the  time  in  charge  of  the  brass  twelve  pounders  displayed  excellent  qualities  a& 
as  artillerist  and  a  competent  and  brave  officer.  His  residence  is  now  in  Chicago, 
111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  HILL. 

Henry  F.  Hill  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  January  15, 1862, 
at  Chicago;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  19,  1864,  and  was  appointed  to  a 
sergeantcy,  then  First  Sergeant,  and  later,  March  28,  1865,  he  was  commisioned 
to  be  Second  Lieutenant. 


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He  was  in  all  the  battles  and  engagements  with  his  company,  and  ever  proved 
himself  equal  to  the  occasion  as  a  man  cool,  brave  and  determined  to  do  his 
•duty. 

Lieutenant  Hill  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865;  and  later 
settled  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  which  is  believed  to  be  his  present  address,  1888. 

F.  J.  MAGEE. 

enlisted  at  Algonquin,  111.,  January  31,  1865,  in  Company  F,  of  the  Ninth,  and 
remained  on  duty  as  a  good  soldier  always  anxious  for  service  until  the  final 
muster  out  of  the  regiment  October  31,  1865,  at  Selma,  Ala. 

After  his  return  home  Comrade  Magee  remained  on  the  old  farm  until  the. 
fall  of  1867,  when  he  attended  Ames'  National  Business  College  at  Syracuse,  N. 
Y.,  and  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1868. 

He  was  soon  after  married  to  Miss  A.  P.  Hayes,  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Return- 
ing to  Illinois  both  taught  school  until  the  spring  of  1870,  .when  he  removed  to 
Yankton,  Dak.,  and  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  until  the 
fall  of  1879;  he  then  commenced  attending  lectures  in  the  Hahnemann  Medical 
College  and  Hospital  of  Chicago,  where  he  graduated  in  1881.  Prior  to  attending 
college  he  had  been  reading  medicine  for  several  years,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery. 

After  spending  some  time  in  the  South  he  located  in  Santa  Clara,  Cal., 
in  the  spring  of  1887;  where  he  has  already  built  up  a  good  practice  and  is  one  of 
the  leading  men  in  his  profession  in  that  country. 

His  address,  June,  1888,  is  Santa  Clara,  Cal. 

E.  P.  OTT 

enlisted  September  29,  1861,  at  Chicago,  111.,  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry  as  Bugler,  ahd  on  the  1st  of  January,  1864,  re-enlisted  in  the 
veteran  organization,  serving  till  the  end  of  the  war  as  a  faithful,  brave  and 
true  soldier,  whenrie  was  mustered  out  as  Sergeant  of  his  cympany  at  Selma, 
Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

He  emigrated  to  Kansas  in  1877,  and  engaged  in  farming,  and  later  engrged 
in  the  real  estate  business,  and  in  1882,  was  appointed  "  Local  Land  Agent  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad,"  which  position  he  still  holds  at  Kinsley, 
Kan. 

Comrade  Ott  has  always  been  an  honest  industrious  man,  respected  wherever 
known,  and  has  met  with  fair  success  in  life. 

He  is  genial  and  hearty  in  manner  and  speech,  and  now  resides  in  Kinsley, 
Kan. 

MALACHI SALTER 

enlisted  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  25,  1861,  at 
Chicago;  re-enlisted  January  1,  1864,  and  was  appointed  Corporal,  and 
again  promoted  to  be  Sergeant  of  his  company,  and  was  mustered  out  at  Selma, 
Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Comrade  Salter  was  a  faithful,  good  soldier,  who  served  his  country  well  dur 
ing  the  whole  war,  he  was  a  thorough  patriot  and  had  an  honest  pride  in  doing 
his  part  to  uphold  the  flag  and  maintain  the  government  of  the  United  States.  He 


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received  a  wound  in  the  arm,  and  lost  one  son  in  the  army,  John  F.  Salter,  who 
died  at  Camp  Douglas,  February  7,  1862. 

After  the  close  of  his  service  he  removed  to  Sedalia,  Mo.,  where  he  lost  his 
wife  in  1871.  He  has  many  ups  and  downs  in  life,  and  is  now  living  with  his 
fourth  wife,  a  cheerful,  happy  old  man  nearly  eighty  years  of  age,  at  Clay  Centre, 
Kan. 

The  thanks  of  the  Historian  are  cordially  given  Comrade  Salter  for  the  use  of 
Ms  diary  and  valuable  papers. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  F. 

Sergeant  James  Donahue  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  17,  1861;  trans- 
ferred to  Company  M;  re-transferred  back  to  Company  F,  and  then  deserted. 

Sergeant  Chauncy  D.  Thomas  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  11,  1861;  died 
at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  26,  1862. 

Corporal  Peter  Pfeifer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  3,  1861;  promoted 
Sergeant;  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July,  1862. 

Corporal  Henry  C.  Bostwick  enlisted  from  Du  Page,  September  7, 1861;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  discharged  September  30.  1862. 

Corporal  Henry  E.  Burbank  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  21,  1861; 
mustered  out  December  9,  1864;  residence,  142  Lewis  street,  Chicago. 

Andrew  P.  Robinson  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  15,  1861;  promoted 
Bugler. 

Christopher  Sommers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  23,  1861;  promoted 
Farrier;  deserted  August  18,  1862. 

Mathew  Abbott  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  17,  1861;  transferred  to 
Company  M. 

John  Austin  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  2,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Hugh  Beveridge  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  2,  1861 ;  discharged  April 
-5,  1862. 

Jacob  Baker  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  19,  1861 ;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  September  25,  1862. 

Henry  Bohle  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  21,  1861. 

John  Bieler  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  28,  1861;  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
November  3,  1862. 

Isaac  Brenner  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7, 1861 ;  transferred  to  Company  M. 

James  S.  Berry  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
November  3,  1862. 

Henry  H.  Brown  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  7,  1861;  discharged  Febru- 
ary 6,  1862. 

James  M.  Brown  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  7,  1861. 

Jacob  Barry  enlisted  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  October  7, 1861;  rejected  December 
5,  1861. 

Thomas  B.  Batters  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  27,  1861;  discharged  April 
5,  1862. 

William  H.  Bowden  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  died  at  Anderson- 
ville  prison,  August  13,  1864;  grave  £475. 


284  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Ransford  Calhoun  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  11,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

John  H.  Carpenter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  17,  1861 ;  transferred  to 
Company  L. 

Patrick  Casey  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  17,  1861 ; 

Charles  Chranck  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  80,  1861;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 27,  1864. 

Marcellus  J.  Covell  enlisted  at  Chicago,   September  16,  1861;  veteran;  pro 
moted  First  Sergeant;  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn.,  November  24,  1864. 

Andrew  Dyon  enlisted  at  Chicago,   September  21,  1861;  veteran;  mustered: 
out  October  31,  1865. 

George  A.  England  enlisted  September  13,  1861. 

William  Fletcher  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  17,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  promoted  Corporal;  resides  at  805  Carroll  avenue,  Chicago. 

Jerry  Gay  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  Farrier; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  residence,  Fremont,  Neb. 

William  F.  Gibbons  enlisted  September  21,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  M. 

Michael  Gillen  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  17,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  November  2,  1865;  see  Company  M. 

John  Gillenvister  enlisted  September  30,  1861. 

Herman  Hagadorn  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  22,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Jacob  Hamilton  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  14,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Farrier;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  14, 1864. 

John  Hamilton  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  14, 1861 ;  died  at  Helena,  Ark.r 
November  26,  1862. 

James  Hurr  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  16,  1861;  deserted  February  18r 
1862. 

James  Hogan  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  1,  1861;  rejected  November  5r 
1861. 

Henry  C.  Krouse  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  25,   1861;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  a  veteran. 

William  C,  Lennox  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  12, 1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

William  Lattage  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  20,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1861,  as  Corporal;  resides  at  Newark,  N.  J. 

James  Munix  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  18.  1861. 

Michal  Marshal  enlisted  September  13,  1861,  from  Chicago;  died  near  Clar- 
endon, Ark.,  July  11,  1864. 

Frederick    Meyer  enlisted  September  28,  1861,  from  Chicago;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Scotia,  Neb. 

Herman  H.  Meyer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  promoted  Corpo- 
ral; died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  1,~1862. 

William  Meyer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
our  October  31,  1865. 

Thos.  C.  Maddy  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  27,   1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 


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Frederick  Morty  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  17,  1861;  deserted  Decem- 
ber 19.  1861. 

Levi  Maule  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  5,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Cuba,  Mo. 

Richard  McCutchen  enlisted  September  13,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant;  see 
Company  M. 

Duncan  McLaven  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  4,  1861. 

Henry  E.  McCay  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

John  Morgan  enlisted  September  27,  1861. 

John  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago;  promoted  Corporal;  deserted  August  18, 
1862. 

Charles  Mitchell  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  12,  1861;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  December  9,  1861. 

Thomas  O'Brine  enlisted  at  Chicago,  Septembers,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Daniel  Ott  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  killed  at  Camp- 
bellville,  Tenn.,  November  24,  1864. 

David  Ott  enlisted  September  12,  1861.  at  Chicago;  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
November  26,  1862. 

Charles  Rose  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  H. 

James  Racine  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  22,  1861. 

Jacob  Roth  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  2,  1861;  veteran;  killed  at  Hurri- 
cane Creek,  August  13,  1864. 

Jacob  Rudolph  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  20, 1861 ;  veteran;  promoted 
Saddler  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  now  at  Milford,  Kan. 

John  Rapp  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

Gustavus  Rodgers  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

Alden  E.  Soule  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  12,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Peter  I.  Smith  enlisted  October  7,  1861.  at  Chicago:  deserted  April  8,  1862. 

Gottlieb  Salter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  28,  1861. 

Chris.  Schlothaver  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

Christopher  Siebert  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  26,  1862,  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  returned  to  Chicago  and  has 
been  a  very  efficient  officer  in  the  City  Police  of  Chicago  for  many  years;  his  resi- 
dence, 112  Lewis  street,  Chicago. 

W.  A.  Snyder  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  12,  1861. 

William  Sunderland  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  12,  1861;  resides  Clay 
Center,  Kan. 

Lewis  Sanl  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  now  a  resident  of  Sharon,  111. 

Edward  Scheffer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

Mathias  Scient  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

Thomas  H.Thatcher  enlisted  from  Wilmington,  October  7,  1861;  rejected 
December  5,  1861. 

Charles  G.  Tinker  enlisted  at  Chicago;  was  transferred  to  Company  H. 
Peter  Turner  enlisted  at  Chicago,    September  22,  1861;    deserted  August  18, 
1862. 


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HISTORY    OF   THE 


Frederick  Vickman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  22.  1861;  veteran;  dietf 
at  Jefferson  Barracks,  January  28,  1865.  of  wounds. 

William  R.  Wilder  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  promoted  Bugler;  a. 
veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  S.  Wilson  enlisted  September  25,  1861. 

Joseph  Wehargan  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861. 

Charles  E.  Wollensack  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  14,  1861;  died  at 
Helena,  Ark.,  July  15,  1862. 

Joseph  Wolf  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  16,  1861;  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,. 
February  28,  1865. 

RECRUITS. 

Rinhart  Alberts  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  5,  1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark.r 
September  28,  1861. 

Martin  Anderson  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  16,  1862;  mustered  out 
September  15,  1865. 

Phillip  Arnett  enlisted  at  Portland,  April  27,  1864;  mustered  out  May  26, 
1865;  residence,  Spring  Hill,  111. 

John  Beagel  enlisted  from  Portland,  October  10,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
13,  1865. 

Thomas  Bowers  enlisted  from  Waponsie,  March  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Robert  Bevard  enlisted  from  Vienna,  March  15,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  Bohle  enlisted  at  Barrington,  September  17,  1864;  mustered  out  June 
17,  1865. 

Henry  Behrens  enlisted  from  Proviso,  111.,  September  27, 1864;  mustered  out 
June  17,  1865. 

John  Behers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  23,  1864;  died  at  Selma,  Ala., 
October  25,  1865. 

Henry  C.  Bohlen  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  19, 1864;  deserted  October 
27,  18B5. 

Frederick  Cruse  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  24,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  H.  Clark  enlisted  from  State  of  Arkansas,  June  15,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  17,  1865. 

Jacob  Collins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  28, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  as  Wagoner. 

Lewis  L.  Chandler  enlisted  from  Algonquin,  January  31,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  H.  Cunningham  enlisted  from  Lemont,  March  28, 1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Isaac  Coles  enlisted  from  Harlem,  February  23,  1864;  mustered  out  June  12r 
1865. 

John  H.  Dascher  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  27,  1862;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  corporal. 

Jacob  Dester  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 


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John  Dyer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  27,  1864. 

John  Everett  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  18,  1862. 

French  Eisenwright  enlisted   from  Chicago,  June  29,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  W.  Evans  enlisted  from  Algonquin,   January  31,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Endslby  enlisted  from  Vienna,  March  15,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  Ferre  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  17,  1862;  deserted  February 
19,  1862. 

Eugene  K.  French  enlisted   from   Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Aaron  B.  Fry  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Otto  Flore  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Charles  M.  Fitzgerald  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  24, 1864;  mustered 
out  June  17,  1865. 

Benjamin  W.  Goble  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  14,  1861;  deserted 
February  19,  1862. 

J.  Granger  (or  Gauger)  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  28,  1864;    mus 
tered  out  June  17,  1865. 

John  A.  Gregory  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  4,  1864;    mustered  out 
Octobers,  1865. 

Robert  Hawley  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  16,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Hilgren  enlisted  from  Detroit,  Mich.,  January  9,  1862;  deserted  Jan- 
uary 18,  1862. 

Howard  Henderson  enlisted  from  Patterson,  Mo.,  May  28,  1862;  discharged 
May  24, 1865. 

Thomas  Harrelson  enlisted  from  Arkansas,  June  10,  1862;  deserted  August 
18,  1862. 

Hiram  Hicks  enlisted  from  Arkansas,  July  18,  1862;  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
October  22,  1862. 

James  Hepson  enlisted;  deserted  January  1,  1862. 

Frederick  Hiderman  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  22,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

Robert  Harrington  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  10,  1864;   mustered  out 
October  9,  1865. 

Nils  Harrison  enlisted  October  17,  1864,  at  Chicago;  mustered  out  October 
16,  1865. 

William  G.  Harrison  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  17,  1864;  absent,  sick,  at 
muster  out  of  regiment. 

Christopher  Handly  enlisted  at  Chicago;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Oscar  A.  Hill  enlisted  at  Aux  Sable,  January  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


288  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Phillip  Hess  enlisted  at  Monee,  October  7,  1864;  mustered  out  October  6, 
1865. 

John  A.  Houghtaling  enlisted  from  Algonquin,  January  31,  1865;  died  at 
Montgomery,  Ala.,  August  14,  1865. 

John  W.  Halstead  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  6,  1864. 

Frances  Kelean  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  30,  1861;  veteran;  died  at 
Demopolis,  Ala.,  October  27,  1865. 

Adolph  Knittel  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  26, 1864;  absent,  sick,  at  muster 
out  of  regiment. 

August  Klinsmith  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  30, 1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Conrad  Kruckenburg  enlisted  from  Monee,  October  10,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  9, 1865. 

Daniel  Kelvery  enlisted  from  Vienna,  March  15,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Austin  Kine  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

George  Knapp  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Robert  Easier  (or  Hasten)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  23,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  81,  1862. 

Fredrick  Kiubaum  enlisted  from  Niles,  March  30, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Joseph  K.  Kelley  enlisted  from  Algonquin,  January  31,  1865;  discharged 
May  28,  1865,  for  disability. 

Louis  Knittel  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  22,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Fredrick  Loring  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  28,  1861;  discharged  March 
18,  1862. 

Alexander  Leslie  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  26, 1861;  mustered  out  De- 
cember 30,  1864. 

L.  W.  Lincoln  enlisted  at  Chicago;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865; 
returned  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  been  in  business  for  many  years;  his  address 
August,  18*8,  is  192  W.  Jackson  street. 

Frank  La  Bass  enlisted  from  Lawrence  County,  Ark.,  June  10,  1862;  dis- 
charged August  15,  1862,  for  disability. 

Henry  Lieder  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Felix  Mondziewski  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  28,  1861 ;  deserted  June 
20,  1864. 

William  Mitchell  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  8,  1861. 

John  Mohe  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  4. 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 1865. 

David  L.  Mossman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Garrett  H.  Merritt  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  residence,  Gillman,  111. 

Robert  G.  McClure  enlisted  June  10,  .1863;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  289 

Thomas  McDowell  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
bes  81, 1865. 

John  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  10,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
9,  1865;  at  this  time,  1888,  on  the  city  police  force;  residence,  121  Fry  street, 
Chicago. 

Dennis  Markley  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  25, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Nicholas  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  27,  1864;  discharged  July 
24,  1865,  for  disability. 

Christian  Meyer  enlisted  from  Chicago;  veteran;  promoted  Corporal;  mus 
tered  out  October  31,  1865;  residence  at  Dodge  City,  Kan. 

William  Nelson  enlisted.  ^ 

William  C.  Pullen  enlisted  from  Arkansas;  transferred  to  Company  K. 

Martin  Pickett  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  23,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  A.  Pratt  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  17,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 16,  1865. 

Reuben  Pulley  enlisted  from  Vienna,  March  15,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

John  Pihinse  enlisted. 

Clemens  Reineke  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  15, 1861 ;  died  at  Patterson, 
Mo.,  May  17,  1862. 

Peter  D.  Ross  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  9,  1862;  veteran;  absent,  sick, 
at  muster  out  of  regiment;  now  a  resident  of  Hampton,  Neb. 

Morton  Raymond  enlisted  from  Michigan,  February  18,  1862;  discharged  as 
minor  March  1,  1862. 

John  Ruitze  (or  Rltz)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Reminger  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  1,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Raush  enlisted  from  Mascoutah,  February  19,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  Rube  enlisted  from  Will,  October  10,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
9,  1865. 

Robert  Reynoldson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  4,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
1   ber  3, 1865. 

John  F.  Salter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  16,  1861;  died  at  Camp  Douglas, 
111.,  February  7,  1862. 

Henry  Smith  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  1,  1862;  veteran;  promoted  Sad- 
dler-Sergeant; died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  February  28,  1865. 

George  Schmid  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  15,  1862;  promoted  Corporal; 
died  at  Cairo,  111.,  October  1,  1862. 

Charles  Shikor  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  12,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,1865. 

Charles  A.  Smith  enlisted  from  Hanover,   December  23,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865;  now  a  resident  of  Chicago,  at  971  Van  Buren  street. 
19 


290  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Wesley  Sherman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  5,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

John  Shroder  enlisted  from  Bloom,  October  4,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Phillip  Sand  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  October  6,  1864;  died  at  Eastport,  Miss. 
June  20,  1865. 

Henry  B.  Thompson  enlisted  from  Seneca,  January  30,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Tapley  enlisted  from  Harlem,  February  23,  1864;  died  at  Tuscaloosa, 
Ala. ,  September  7,  1865. 

William  Wilsom  (or  Wilson)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  27,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Weaver  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  16,  1862;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  Worth  enlisted  from  Edgington,  October  13,  1864;  absent,  sick,  at 
muster-out  of  regiment. 

Judson  R.  Warner  enlisted  from  Vienna,  October  15,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  H.  Williams  enlisted  from  Algonquin,  February  11,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

William  A.  Williams  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  19,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Wuller. 

Isral  Zimmer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Gotleib  Zervick  enlisted  from  Elk  Grove,  January  21,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Zimmerman  enlisted  from  Provisa,  111.,  September  28,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

COMPANY  G. 

Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  was  recruited 
partly  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  by  Henry  M.  Buel  and  Kobert  H.  Hen- 
derson, and  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  by  Henry  A.  Huntington, 
then  came  to  Chicago  about  the  middle  of  September,  1861,  and 
Henry  M.  Buel  was  elected  Captain,  John  E.  Warner  First  Lieu- 
tenant, and  Henry  A.  Huntington  Second  Lieutenant. 

They  mustered  into  the  service  October  9,  1861.  The  circum- 
stances of  this  company  were  similar  to  those  of  Company  E, 
and  they  expected  to  go  into  the  "First  "Western  Cavalry/'  but 
this  feeling  of  discontent  did  not  lest  long;  the  men  soon  frater- 
nized with  the  Illinois  boys,  and  during  the  whole  term  of  their 
service  these  two  Indiania  Companies  did  their  full  share  of  the 
fighting  and  upheld  the  honor  of  the  regiment,  and  had  as  much 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  291 

pride  in  the  fair  fame  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  did  our 
Illinois  boys. 

A  large  number  became  veterans  in  the  new  organization  in 
March,  1864. 

The  rank  and  file  of  this  company  were  reliable  men  to  per- 
form all  duties  assigned  to  them  in  a  manner  that  showed  their 
interest  in  the  service,  and  a  determination  to  do  whatever  they 
did  it  in  a  soldierly  manner. 

Original  muster  in  of  men,  eighty-eight;  total  during  service, 
two  hundred  and  eleven. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BUEL. 

Henry  M.  Buel,  Captain  of  Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  -was  early 
in  the  field  recruiting  a  part  of  his  Company  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  and  came  to 
Chicago  with  his  men  about  the  middle  of  September,  1861,  expecting  to  join 
Colonel  Brackett's  regiment  of  "First  Western  Cavalry,"  but  when  it  was  found 
that  it  was  to  be  an  Illinois  regiment,  he  gracefully  accepted  the  situation,  and 
was  mustered  in  with  his  Company  October  9,  1861. 

Captain  Buel  was  a  faithful  soldier  and  long  in  command  of  Company  G, 
and  at  times  commanding  a  battalion;  was  a  man  ever  ready  and  anxious  to  do 
his  duty.  In  some  of  the  expeditions  in  Arksasas  he  was  assigned  a  prominent 
place,  and  after  the  regiment  moved  into  Tennessee  in  1863,  he  was  in  command 
of  a  battalion  that  encountered  the  rebel  General  Forrest's  troops,  defeating  them 
on  the  Coldwater . 

The  Captain  was  constantly  on  duty  with  the  regiment  during  his  term  of 
service,  and  at  Senatobia,  Salem  and  Moscow,  with  many  other'places,  did  effect- 
ive and  good  service  for  the  cause  against  the  Confederate  troops,  and  on  the 
famous  West  Point  expedition  in  February,  1864,  Captain  Buel  with  his  battalion 
was  the  first  to  march  into  West  Point,  and  drove  the  rebels  from  the  town. 

Captain  Buel  was  a  man  kindly  in  speech  and  manner,  and,  by  his  honest 
fidelity  to  duty  and  promptness  in  all  matters  under  his  care,  gained  the  esteem 
of  many  in  the  regiment . 

He  was  mustered  out  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  returning  to 
his  old  home  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  his  present  address,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  VORE. 

Harrison  C.  Vore  enlisted  in  the  Eleventh  Illinois  Infantry  in  April,  1861,  in 
the  three  months'  service  and  was  appointed  Captain  of  Company  E,  re-enlisted 
and  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  of  the  same  company,  and  was  in  com- 
mand of  his  company  at  the  battle  of  Fort  Donelson,  February,  1862;  was  wounded 
and  taken  prisoner,  and  was  kept  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  until  the  surrender  of  the 
city;  later  returning  to  his  regiment  was  promoted  Captain  of  Company  B,  serv- 
ing through  the  Vicksburg  campaign,  and  was  mustered  out  in  1864. 

In  the  spring  of  1865  he  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  bringing  in  a 
number  of  recruits  which  were  assigned  to  Company  G,  and  was  made  Captain 


292  HISTORY    OF    THE 

of  the  Company,  marched  with  Major  McMannis  to  Tuscombia,  where  he  was 
appointed  Provost  Marshal,  and  moved  with  the  regiment  to  Montgomery,  Ala., 
where  he  was  detailed  by  Maj.-Gen.  Charles  R.  Woods  to  administer  the 
oath  of  amnesty,  was  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Removed  to  "  What  Cheer,  Iowa,"  where  he  has  been  a  successful  merchant 
for  many  years  and  which  is  his  present  address. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ROBERTS. 

Sidney  O.  Roberts  enlisted  from  Du  Page,  October  12,  1861,  and  joining  Com- 
pany G,  was  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  October  21,  1862  and  again  com- 
missioned First  Lieutenant,  November  25,  1862,  remaining  with  the  regiment 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  resigned,  his  resignation  being  accepted  May 
1,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Roberts  was  a  brave  and  gallant  officer,  and  was  in  command  of 
his  own  Company, G,  a  considerable  part  of  the  time,  and  was  also  often  assigned 
to  take  charge  of  other  companies  in  the  regiment  during  the  temporary  absence 
of  their  company  officers.  He  was  also  on  staff  duty  for  some  time,  and  was  a 
soldier  of  good  judgment,  capable  and  brave. 

Since  he  left  the  service  he  spent  some  time  in  the  South,  but  finally  returned 
to  his  first  love,  and  is  now  a  large  and  substantial  stock  farmer  at  Thawville,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  VAN  DOLSEN. 

Ennis  Van  Dolsen,  from  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  and 
joined  his  fortuneJ  with  Company  G,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant  October  9, 
1861;  was  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  November  25,  1862,  served  with  his 
company  until  the  expiration  of  his  three  years  of  service,  when  he  was  mustered 
out. 

Lieutenant  Van  Dolsen  was  an  earnest  man,  always  ready  and  active  in  the 
discharge  of  any  duty  assigned  him.  He  gained  the  respect  of  his  comrades. 

In  the  late  years  he,  too,  has  drifted  to  the  Southwest,  and  his  home  is  now, 
1888,  in  Clay  Center,  Kansas. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  RINKER. 

James  Henry  Rinker  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  Ind.,  November  20,  1861;  re- 
enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864;  appointed  First  Sergeant,  and  commis- 
sioned Second  Lieutenant  of  his  Company,  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  June  6, 1865. 

Lieutenant  Rinker  served  well  and  faithfully  during  the  more  than  four  years 
he  was  with  the  regiment,  and  in  the  various  positions  in  which  he  was  placed 
proved  himself  to  be  a  good  soldier,  and  received  a  severe  wound  in  the  right 
thigh  and  left  foot  at  Pontotoc,  Miss.,  July  12,  1864. 

He  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865,  and  is  now  living  in 
Alpha,  Mo. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WARNER. 

John  E.  Warner  enlisted  from  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  October  9,  1861,  and  was 
commissioned  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  served 
with  the  regiment  during  the  Missouri  and  Arkansas  campaigns  until  September 
9,  1862,  when  he  received  his  dismissal  from  the  service. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY  .VOLUNTEERS.  293 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  BROWN. 

Azra  F.  Brown  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  and  in  the 
muster  in  of  Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  he  was  appointed  First  Sergeant, 
and  was  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  November  9th,  following,  serving 
with  his  company  in  the  campaigns  in  Missouri  and  Arkansas  till  the  fall  of  1862, 
when  he  tendered  his  resignation,  which  was  accepted  October  21,  1862,  after 
which  he  returned  to  his  home,  and  later  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  the  city  for  many  years,  esteemed  and  respected  by  all  who 
know  him,  his  address  now  being  Chicago,  111. 

SKETCH   OF  LIEUTENANT  HUNTINGTON. 

Henry  A.  Huntington  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  and  was  commissioned 
Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  G  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  October  9,  1861,  but 
did  not  remain  with  us  long,  as  he  was  soon  thereafter  transferred  to  the  regular 
army,  in  which  he  attained  the  rank  of  Major. 

On  leaving  the  service  Major  Huntington  returned  to  Chicago,  and  later  took 
his  departure  for  foreign  shores,  and  is  now,  1888,  living  in  Paris,  France. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  REED. 

Geo.  B.  Reed  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  at  Lowell,  Ind.,  and  re-enlisted 
as  a  veteran,  July  1, 1864,  was  promoted  First  Sergeant  and  commissioned  Second 
Lieutenant,  March  28,  1865,  and  remained  in  the  service  until  October  31,  1865, 
when  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Lieutenant  Reed  was  with  his  company  all  through  the  service,  and  in  all  the 
engagements  of  the  same,  a  good  soldier,  attentive  to  duty,  and  ever  ready  for 
the  fray. 

Since  the  war  he  has  drifted  to  the  North,  and  his  present  address  is  Jordan, 
Minn 

William  Rinker  enlisted  at  Tassinong,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861,  and  was 
promoted  Corporal  of  his  Company,  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  serving  with  them 
as  a  brave  and  faithful  soldier  in  the  battles  and  skirmishes  of  the  Ninth  till  De- 
cember 4, 1863,  when  he  was  captured  by  Forrest's  cavalry,  and  taken  as  a  pris- 
oner to  Cahaba,  Andersonville,  Charleston  and  Florence,  and  after  much  inhuman 
treatment  he  was  exchanged  about  the  15th  of  December,  1864,  and  was  sent  to 
Annapolis,  Md.,  and  from  there  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  discharged,  May  15, 
1865. 

Since  the  war  Comrade  Rinker  returned  to  his  old  home  at  Tassinong,  Ind., 
which  is  his  present  address. 

Stewart  J.  Bailey,  Sergeant  of  Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  enlisted 
from  Marshall  County,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861,  and  served  as  one  of  the  best 
soldiers  of  the  Ninth  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  October  27,  1864, 
when  he  was  mustered  out,  and  returned  to  his  old  home. 

Comrade  Bailey  was  one  of  our  reliables.  He  was  active  on  duty  vuth  his 
company,  and  gained  and  held  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all.  In  the  fall  of 
1863  he  was  detailed  to  assist  Lieutenant  Davenport  in  the  Commissary  Depart- 
ment of  the  regiment,  and  was  a  valuable  man  in  every  position  in  which  he  was 
placed. 


294  HISTORY   OF   THE 

At  the  battle  of  Moscow,  Term.,  December  4,  1863,  he  was  in  charge  of  the 
ammunition  wagons,  and  as  soon  as  the  battery  was  in  position  at  the  bridge  Ser- 
geant Bailey  had  his  wagons  as  far  to  the  front  as  was  safe  and  prudent,  and 
right  there  in  the  hottest  of  the  artillery  fight  over  the  river  was  cool  and  brave 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  and  dealt  out  battery  shot  and  shells,  and  the  rifle 
cartridges  to  all,  and  was  but  a  few  feet  distant  when  General  Hatch  came  up  on 
the  run,  and  saw  him  when  he  was  wounded  and  lifted  into  the  ambulance. 

On  the  raid  to  West  Point,  Miss.,  in  February,  1864,  he  was  very  active  and 
was  with  his  company,  G.  at  Okolona,  Miss.,  February  22d,  when  he  received  a 
severe  wound  in  the  leg.  He  had  previously  been  in  the  ambush  when  the  Ninth 
boys  so  bravely  checked  Forrest's  charging  hordes. 

Sergeant  Bailey,  though  suffering  very  much  from  his  wounded  leg,  rode  his 
horse  back  to  Germantown  and  was  obliged  to  go  to  the  hospital  from  which  he 
soon  returned  to  the  regiment,  and  was  on  duty  constantly  until  the  period  of  his 
discharge. 

Of  late  years  Comrade  Bailey  has  made  his  home  in  Wisconsin,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  his  trade  as  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  is  highly  respected  and 
esteemed  as  an  upright,  public  spirited  citizen. 

A  few  years  since  he  commenced  a  large  correspondence  with  comrades  of 
the  old  Ninth,  and  prepared  a  roster  of  the  names  and  address  of  some  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  comrades,  and  aided  very  largely  in  bringing  about  our  first  reun- 
ion in  1887,  and  in  establishing  the  veteran  organization  of  the  Ninth  Illinois 
Cavalry.  His  present  address  is  Menominie,  Wis. 

ERVIN  DEVENDORF. 

Ervin  Devendorf  enlisted  in  Company  G,  of  the  Ninth,  at  Belvidere,  111., 
February  16,  1865,  and  remained  with  his  company  serving  faithfully  as  a  good 
soldier  till  the  close  of  the  war;  he  was  then  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October 
31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Returning  to  his  old  home  he  has  since  located  in  the  great  West,  and  is  now, 
1888,  engaged  in  silver  mining  stocks,  and  general  mining  negotiations  at  Lead- 
ville,  Colo.,  which  is  his  address. 

When  Comrade  Devendorf  came  to  the  Ninth  he  was  alreadj-  a  veteran, 
having  served  three  years  in  a  Wisconsin  regiment. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  G. 

Sergeant  Robert  McNay  enlisted  from  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged July  1,  1862;  address,  Valparaiso,  Ind. 

Sergeant  Robert  H.  Henderson  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  Ind.,  September 
10,  1861;  veteran;  died  November  24,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at  Campbellville, 
Tenn. 

Corporal  Thomas  C.  Hall  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861; 
veteran;  promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Corporal  William  B.  Adams  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10, 
1861;  promoted  company  Quartermaster-Sergeant;  discharged  May  15,  1862. 

Corporal  George  W.  Bond  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10, 
1861;  discharged  May  28,  1862. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  295 

Corporal  Merlin  Babcock  enlisted  from  Porter  county,  Ind.,  September  10, 
1861;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  5,  1862. 

Bugler  William  Hunson  Hecker  enlisted  from  La  Porte  county,  Ind.,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  address,  Rolling  Prairie,  Ind. 

Bugler  Jefferson  Tappen  enlisted  from  Rolling  Prairie,  Ind.,  September  10, 
1861;  promoted  Regimental  Chief  Bugler;  promoted  company  Sergeant;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Rolling  Prairie,  Ind. 

Farrier  William  Drago  enlisted  from  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861; 
veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Clinton  Atkins  enlisted  from  Porter  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died 
June  13,  1862. 

Robert  Ackley  enlisted  October  7,  1861 ;  mustered  out  December  10.  1864. 

Henry  Brown  enlisted  from  Adrian,  Mich.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
August  25, 1862. 

Nelson  L.  Bates  enlisted  from  Appleton,  Wis.,  September  10,  1861. 

John  Beige  enlisted. from  La  Porte  county,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861;  address 
Rolling  Prairie,  Ind. 

Wellington  E.  Bailey  enlisted  September  10, 1861;  promoted  Corporal;  mus- 
tered out  September  23,  1864;  address,  Plymouth,  Ind. 

Warren  Beeman  enlisted  from  Bourbon,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
July  16,  1862. 

Cornelius  Cunningham  enlisted  from  Porter  county,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861; 
died  August  26,  1862. 

Nathaniel  Carl  enlisted  from  Crown  Point,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  October  27,  1864. 

Sampson  Carl  enlisted  from  Crown  Point,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861;  died  at 
Helena,  Ark.,  1862. 

Sylvester  Clifford  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  November  26,  1861. 

Henry  Chester  enlisted  from  Ross,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Emanuel  R.  Coxen  enlisted  from  Bourbon,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  vet- 
eran; mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Eskredge,  Kan. 

Adelbert  B.  Caswell  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  September  10,  1861;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  December  10,  1864;  address,  Haskell,  Kan. 

Jacob  Diepenbaugh  enlisted  from  Washington,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
veteran;  promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Davidson  enlisted  from  Morgan,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  veteran. 

Enoch  Davidson  enlisted  from  Morgan,  Ind.,  October  7,  1861;  discharged 
October  12,  1862. 

David  Dickson  enlisted  from  Winfield,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

Nicholas Dupen  enlisted  from  Plainfield,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Franklin  N.  Dunbar  enlisted  from  Porter  county,  September  10,  1861;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  11,  1864. 

Charles  Edmonds  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged August  25,  1862;  address  Little  River,  Kan. 


296  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Levi  L.  Eastwood  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  October  11,  1861. 

John  W.  Frank  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  address  Akron,  Ohio. 

Edson  Goit  enlisted  from  Bourbon,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861;  discharged  July 
16,  1862. 

Robert  Green  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Ansel  Haggert  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  St. 
Louis,  December  5,  1865. 

Peter  Hesse  enlisted  from  Lowell,  September  10,  1861 ;  mustered  out  Octpber 
27,  1864;  address  Cedar  Lake,  Ind. 

David  Hoffman  enlisted  from  La  Porte,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864;  address,  Rolling  Prairie,  Ind. 

Alexander  C.  Hewling  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  vet- 
eran; promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Spencer,  Iowa. 

John  Hall  enlisted  from  Marshall  County,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

Homer  Jones  enlisted  from  Lake  County,  September  10, 1861;  died  at  Reeve's 
Station,  April  22,  1862. 

John  Jordan  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  Ind.,  October  7,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  27,  1864;  address,  Salix,  Iowa. 

George  W.  Keeler  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Maryville,  Mo. 

William  F.  King  enlisted  from  La  Porte  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
discharged  September  30,  1862;  address,  Eureka  Springs,  Ark. 

Samuel  T.  Lewis  enlisted  from  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864;  address,  Chicago,  111. 

David  Ludington  enlisted  from  Porter  County,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
mustered  out  October  27,  1864;  address,  Valparaiso,  Ind. 

John  Longley  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Benjamin  E.  Louks  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  address, 
Wheeler,  Ind. 

David  Louks  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark. ,  September  29, 1862. 

John  E.  Linn  enlisted  from  Bourbon,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

John  Lynch  enlisted  from  Bourbon,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

Charles  McDuffee  enlisted  September  10,  1861. 

Riley  McBride  enlisted  from  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861;   discharged 
September  22,  1862. 

Sylvester  McAnnock  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

John  McCurdy  enlisted  from  Porter  County,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged February  25,  1862. 

Thaddeus  Morton  enlisted  from  Kankakee,  Ind.  September  10,   1861 ;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  27,  1864. 

Eben  Myeres  enlisted  from  Lake  County,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Saddler-Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

David  Miller  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  November  29,  1861. 
Warner  Pierce  enlisted  from  Washington,  Ind.,   September  10,  1861. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  297 

James  Perry  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  Ander- 
sonville  prison,  September  20,  1864;  grave  9313. 

Charles  Parkhurst  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Crighton,  Neb. 

Asher  W.  Proud  enlisted  from  La  Porte  county,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Helena,  Ark.,  November  2,  1862. 

Philander  W.  Pringle  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10, 1861; 
killed  at  Village  Creek,  Ark.,  May  21,  1862. 

Sylvanus  S.  Palmer  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  December  16, 
1861. 

Zolman  E.  Peck  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  address, 
Deep  River,  Ind. 

Morrison  Paddock  enlisted  from  Grilead,  Ind. ,  September  10,  1861 ;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864. 

Henry  Pensinger  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Wagoner;  address,  Carthage,  Mo. 

Charles  A.  Read  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind,  September  10, 1861,  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October,  1864;  address,  Corinna,  Minn. 

William  Read  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  September  10,  1861. 

Samuel  Rogers  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  October  16,  1861. 

Lewis  Rhodes  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  October  16,  1861. 

William  C.  Schrieve  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864;  address,  Crighton,  Neb. 

Charles  Sturtevant  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

Valentine  Swartz  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  deserted  October  27,  1861. 

Andrew  Tompkins  enlisted  from  Morgan,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Corporal;  died  at  Eastport,  Miss,  May  10,  1865. 

W.  Van  Valkenburgh  enlisted  from  Lake  county,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
died  at  Jackson  port,  Ark.,  June  7,  1862. 

Joseph  B.  Woodard  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
October  27,  1864;  address  Valparaiso,  Ind. 

Allen  Winslow  enlisted  from  Washington,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged July  16,  1862. 

Harrison  Winslow  enlisted  from  Washington,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861; 
mustered  out  October  27,  1864;  address  Jetmore,  Kan. 

Lewis  Winslow  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to 
invalid  corps,  December  22,  1863. 

William  J.  Wheeler  enlisted  October  7,  1861 ;  deserted  October  11,  1861. 

John  Arnold  enlisted  from  Stark  county,  Ohio,  October  21,  1861. 

Sands  Austin  enlisted  from  La  Porte  county,  Ind.,  January  9,  1862;  rejected 
January  11,  1862. 

Byron  Austin  enlisted  from  Adams,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Frank  Albright  enlisted  from  Riley,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Ezekiel  Brown  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  November  12,  1861;  mustered  out 
December  10,  1864;  address  Canton,  Dak. 


298  HISTORY    OF    THE 

William  Baxter  enlisted  from  Calumet,  Ind.,  December  16,  1861;  discharged 
January  9,  1862. 

James  J.  Brooks  enlisted  from  Arkansas,  January  30,  1862;  died  at  Memphis, 
April  5,  1864,  of  wounds  received  from  falling  from  horse. 

William  Brown  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  25,  1865;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Eugene  B.  Brown  enlisted  from  Riley,  February  2,  1865;  promoted  Bugler; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Leroy  Botsford  enlisted  from  Marengo,  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Brown  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  4, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Walter  Bushnell  enlisted  from  Greenwood,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Ambrose  Broughen  enlisted  from  Franklin,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  C.  Bostwick  enlisted  fromDuPage,  October  5,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Robert  Brough  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  8,  1865;  deserted  September  8, 
1865. 

James  S.  Cole  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  February  13,  1862;  deserted  March  8, 
1862. 

Edwin  C.  Chapman  enlisted  from  Bonus,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  residence,  3509  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  Chicago. 

Egbert  Crandall  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  P.  Coller  enlisted  from  Barrett,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  28,  1865. 

Pinckney  H.  Corgan  enlisted  August  29,  1863;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  L.  Churchill  enlisted  from  Franklin,  February  20,  1865. 

Michael  Darcey  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  M.  Doolittle  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  21, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Luther  Devendorf  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Eldora,  Iowa. 

Charles  S.  Daniels  enlisted  from  Howard,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out 
August  21,  1865. 

John  Friend  enlisted  from  St.  Joseph;  County,  Ind.,  October  20,  1861. 

George  N.  Frasier  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  October  22,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  July  8,  1865;  prisoner  of  war. 

Squire  Fairchild  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  October  18,  1861 . 

Orange  Fuller  enlisted  from  Greenwood,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  C.  Fentor  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  299 

Conroy  Fiddler  enlisted  at  Antioch,  February  22,  1865;  died  at  Eastport, 
Miss.,  May  22,  1865;  accidental  wounds. 

William  C.  Gatlin  enlisted  from  State  of  Arkansas,  June  25,  1862;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  June  17,  1865. 

Oscar  H.  Gift'ord  enlisted  January  15,  1863;  discharged  September  9,  1865. 

George  Gibbons  enlisted  from  McHenry  county,  February  27,  1865; 
mustered  out  December  11,  1865. 

Stephen  W.  Hunter  enlisted  from  Porter  county,  Ind.,  October  15,  1861; 
Veteran;  promoted  Veterinary  Surgeon;  address,  Ouster,  Ohio. 

George  W.  Hendee  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  Ind.,  October  30,  1861. 

Charles  Hatton  enlisted  from  Felix,  November  30, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Dennison  Herrick  enlisted  from  Marengo,  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  A.  Henry  enlisted  from  Libertyville,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address  Clay  Centre,  Kan. 

Pliny  Hudson  enlisted  from  Victor,  February  21, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  D.  Harmon  enlisted  from  Victor,  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Seth  B.  Hough  enlisted  from  Victor,  February  21, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

George  H.  Husted  enlisted  from  Victor,  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  J.  Haley  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Horton  enlisted  fromLysander  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  August 
28,  1865. 

Spencer  Holmes  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  17, 1865;  deserted  July  19, 
1865. 

Stephen  F.  Hall  enlisted  from  Antioch,  February  22,  1865;  deserted  October 
18, 1865. 

Charles  Harkness  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  22, 1865;  deserted  October 
18,  1865. 

William  Harmon,  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  25,  1865;  deserted  June 
5,  1865. 

Daniel  H.  Jones  enlisted  from  Bonus,  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  H.  Keich  enlisted  at  Valparaiso,  November  12,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  J.  Kelly  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Kimball  enlisted  from  Howard,  March  4, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Daniel  H.  Knight  enlisted  from  Adams,  February  28.  1865;  mustered  out 
August  28,  1865. 

Philip  H.  Louks  enlisted  from  Union,  December  16, 1861;  discharged  January 
9,  1862. 


300  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Thomas  Laban  enlisted  from  Bel videre,  February  13, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Alfred  H.  Ladd  enlisted  from  Paw  Paw,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Lynch  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  Lobenhofer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  5,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Edward  Langloise  enlisted  at  St.  Ann,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Stephen  R.  Levictor  enlisted  from  Fond  du  Lac,  October  7,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

David  Long  enlisted  from  Onarga,  October  20,  1862;  deserted  July  4,  1864. 

Henry  Marlatt  enlisted  from  Denver,  January  10, 1862;  mustered  out  January 
28,  1865. 

Michael  Maguire  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  11,  1864;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  M.  Maginis  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Montooth  enlisted  from  Greenwood,  February  17,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

William  McDonald  enlisted  from  Howard,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Matthew  McCrank  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

John  McCormick  enlisted  from  Peoria,  March  30,  1865;  absent  insane  at 
muster  out  of  regiment. 

Benjamin  F.  Mann  (or  Mon)  enlisted  from  Thompson,  March  28,  1865;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Murry  G.  Maxwell  enlisted  from  Kendall,  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  McGowen  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

DeWitt  C.  Miller  enlisted  from  Lysander,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 25,  1865. 

Charles  Martin  enlisted  from  Saratoga;  February  28,  1865;  deserted  August 
12,  1865. 

Robert  Norris  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  Newman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Gilbert  Oberton  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

William  Parkhurst  enlisted  from  Union,  Ind.,  October  18,  1861;  rejected 
November  21,  1861. 

Edward  S.  Payne  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  301 

George  Payne  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Luther  Payne  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  15,  1865;  deserted  October  18, 
1865. 

Charles  H.  Purrington  enlisted  from  Adams,  February  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Ira  Prisbery  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Benjamin  Peters  enlisted  from  Tassinong,  November  1,  1861. 

Edwin  Richards  enlisted  from  Valparaiso,  October  22,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865;  address  Battle  Creek.  Mich. 

Edward  Reardon  enlisted  from  Roscoe,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  H.  H.  Russell  enlisted  from  Sugar  Grove,  February  21,  1865,  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

John  R.  Renwick  enlisted  from  Elgin,  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out 
August  28,  1865. 

George  A.  Ren  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  25,  1865;  deserted  July  19, 
1865. 

George  Rose  deserted  December  18,  1862. 

Byron  Smith  enlisted  from  Morgan,  October  21,  1861;  veteran;  died  at  Po%- 
totoc,  Miss.,  of  wounds  received  July  18,  1864. 

Adam  Shoal  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  11,  1862;  veteran;  promoted  Sad- 
dler-Sergeant; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Egbert  R.  Shearer  enlisted  from  Marengo,  February  2,  1865:  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Russell  Strong  enlisted  from  Riley,  February  2,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Thomas  Stafford  enlisted  from  Saratoga,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Volney  Streeter  enlisted  from  Franklin,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Sallinger  enlisted  from  Laona,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  Schurtrum  enlisted  from  Columbus,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

George  A.  Shick  enlisted  from  Chicago,  May  8,  1864;  discharged  for  disabil- 
ity, February  7,  1865. 

Cooley  P.  Smith  enlisted  from  Kingston,  February  21,  1865;  deserted  July 
19,  1865. 

Henry  Strong  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  25,  1865;  deserted  August 
12,  1865. 

Charles  Tanner  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Robert  Trascel  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  Turner  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 15,  1865. 


302  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Jesse  Urry  enlisted  from  Riley,  February  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  T.  Vorus  enlisted  from  Bonus,  February  1,  1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Jacob  Wild  enlisted  from  Bourbon,  Ind.,  September  10,  1861. 

Thomas  Walker  enlisted  from  Apple  River,  March  6,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Schuyler,  Neb. 

Edward  Wood  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Robert  Watson  enlisted  from  Franklin,  February  2  >,  1865;  mustered  out 
July  28, 1865. 

Daniel  T.  Warren  enlisted  from  Sycamore,  January  26,  1865;  deserted  Sep- 
tember 8,  1865. 

Harris  Woodard  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  14,  1865;  deserted  August 
6,  1865. 

William  Yancey  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  25,  1865;  deserted  June 
5,  1865. 

COMPANY  H. 

Company  H,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  was  recruited 
mainly  in  Kewanee,  Henry  county,  111.,  and  vicinity,  and  arrived 
m  camp  in  the  early  part  of  October  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  October  17,  1861. 

This  company  was  gathered  in  by  Linus  D.  Bishop,  Edwin  W. 
Luce,  Henry  Prather,  Walter  B.  Anderson  and  James  H.  Mur- 
ray, and  the  following  were  the  first  commissioned  officers — Cap- 
tain Linus  B.  Bishop,  First  Lieutenant  Edwin  Luce,  and  the  Sec- 
ond Lieutenant  Edward  Prather. 

Company  H  was  mustered  into  the  service  October  17,  1861, 
and  did  excellent  service  during  the  whole  term  of  the  war.  Being 
a  company  always  armed  with  carbines  and  sabers,  they  were 
often  called  upon  for  swift  mounted  action,  and  in  the  charge 
were  ever  in  the  front,  and  gallant  and  brave  in  their  actions  in 
the  field. 

Though  somewhat  unfortunate  in  having  their  commissioned 
officers  sought  out  and  placed  on  detached  service,  they  still  had 
many  among  them  fully  competent  to  lead.  In  the  heroic,  though 
wild  and  unfortunate  charge  of  Company  H,  at  Tupelo,  Miss., 
July  15, 1864,  where,  under  the  command  of  the  brave  and  gal- 
lant Lieutenant  McMahon,  who  here  lost  his  life,  this  gallant 
company  charged  right  up  to  the  breastworks  of  the  enemy  and 
gallantly  held  their  ground  until  mowed  down  and  driven  back 
by  the  overwhelming  numbers  of  the  enemy. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  303 

In  all  prominent  engagements  of  the  Ninth  Company  H  was 
on  hand  and  many  joined  the  new  organization  as  veterans. 

Their  number  at  muster  in  was  eighty-eight,  the  whole  num- 
ber belonging  to  company  two  hundred  and  twenty-three. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  CHARLES  T.  SCAMMON. 

Charles  T.  Scammon,  son  of  the  Honorable  J.  Young  Scammon.  joined  the 
Ninth  in  the  fall  of  1861,  and  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  of  Company 
L,  butdid  not  serve  much  of  his  time  with  the  regiment,  as  he  was  on  detached 
servicewith  the  staff  of  General  Fred  Steele. 

He  was  promoted  to  be  Captain  of  Company  H,  January  15,  1863,  on  the 
promotion  of  Captain  Bishop,  still  remaining  away  with  the  regiment,  and  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service  in  1865. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  SOWERBY. 

Frank  W.  Sowerby  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  October  8,  1861,  at 
Kewanee,  111.,  and  served  in  Company  H  until  the  end  of  the  war. 

He  served  faithfully  in  all  the  engagements  of  Company  H,  re-enlisted  as  a 
veteran  January  1,  1864,  and  was  promoted  First  Sergeant  of  his  company  Janu- 
ary 20,  1864;  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and  again  promoted  March 
28,  1865,  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of  his  Company,  H,  and  on  the  15th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1865,  was  commissioned  to  be  Captain  of  the  company  he  served  so  long 
and  faithfully. 

He  was  a  popular,  brave  and  efficient  officer,  ready  at  all  times  to  do  his  full 
duty,  and  had  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  his  comrades. 

Captain  Sowerby  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Selma,  Ala..  October  31, 
1865,  and  later  removed  to  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  his  present  address,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  PRATHER. 

Henry  Prather  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  commissioned 
Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  H,  October  17,  1861,  but  his  health  failing  he 
remained  but  a  short  time. 

He  resigned  his  commission  November  10,  1861,  and  returned  to  his  home  in 
Kewanee,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ANDERSON. 

Walter  B.  Anderson  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Kewanee,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1861,  and  was  appointed  First  Sergeant  of  Company  H,  and  on  the 
resignation  of  Henry  Prather  was  promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  of  his  com- 
pany, which  position  he  filled  creditably  until  May  26,  1862,  when  he  resigned  at 
Jacksonport,  Ark. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  LUCE. 

Edwin  W.  Luce  was  commissioned  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  H, 
having  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  111.,  but  remained  but  a  short  time  with  the  regi- 
ment; marched  with  the  Ninth  from  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.  to  the  Little  Black  River, 
where,  his  health  having  failed,  he  resigned  his  commission,  and  returned  to  his 
home  in  Illinois. 


304  HISTORY   OF   THE 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  McCLURE. 

Alexander  W.  McClure  enlisted  from  Cass  county,  Ind.,  November  7, 1861, 
in  Company  E,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  soon  after  promoted  Corporal 
of  his  company,  and  being  a  man  of  unusual  ability  he  was  detailed  at  regi. 
mental  headquarters,  where  he  remained  on  duty  until  October  1,  1862,  when 
a  vacancy  in  the  first  lieutenantcy  of  Company  H  occurring  he  wascommsisioned 
to  that  position  and  was  in  command  of  his  company  for  some  time.  He  was 
then  placed  on  detached  service  as  Inspector  of  Cavalry  on  the  staff  of  General 
Grierson,  serving  in  that  capacity  until  his  term  of  service  expired  November  25, 
1864,  when  he  was  mustered  out.  Lieutenant  McClure  was  a  good  soldier  and  a 
fine  officer.  Brave  and  dashing  in  manner,  he  was  quick  to  see  and  perform 
everything  in  the  line  of  duty.  After  leaving  the  army  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
engaged  actively  in  business  in  Chicago.  He  is  a  man  of  considerable  literary 
ability  and  is  a  contributor  to  some  of  the  leading  periodicals  of  the  country.  In 
1887  he  received  an  offer  to  go  East  and  cast  his  fortunes  with  a  large  manufact- 
uring corporation,  and  removed  with  his  family  to  Hoosac  Falls,  N.  Y.,  which 
is  believed  to  be  his  present  address,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  MURRAY. 

James  H.  Murray  enlisted  September  9, 1861,  at  Kewanee,  111.,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  service  as  Corporal  of  Company  H. 

He  was  a  brave  and  capable  soldier,  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864, 
and  was  appointed  Sergeant  of  his  company;  again  promoted  March  28,  1865,  to 
be  Second  Lieutenant,  and  on  the  15th  of  September,  1865,  was  commissioned 
First  Lieutenant  of  Company  H,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

Lieutenant  Murray  was  a  brave,  reliable,  good  soldier,  always  ready  for  any 
duty,  with  the  regiment  from  first  to  last,  and  respected  by  all  his  comrades. 

He  was  mustered  out  October  31,  1865,  at  Selma,  Ala. 

His  present  address  is  Galva,  Henry  County,  111. ,  May,  1888. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  PAGE. 

Robert  C.  Page  enlisted  at  Kewanee  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  in  1861, 
and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant. 

He  served  faithfully  with  his  company  during  the  period  of  the  existence  of 
the  regiment,  was  promoted  Second  Lieutenant  September  15,  1865,  but  did  not 
muster  as  such. 

He  was  mustered  out  as  First  Sergeant  of  Company  H,  October  31,  1865. 

His  present  address,  March,  1888,  Blooming  Prairie,  Minn. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  CUNNINGHAM. 

Edward  Cunningham  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  6, 
1861,  from  Mattoon,  111.,  and  was  appointed  Corporal  of  Company  H,  from 
which  position  he  was  promoted  and  commissioned  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  of 
his  company,  and  remained  in  the  field  to  January  20,  1864,  when  he  resigned  his 
commission  in  the  service  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Illinois. 

SKETCH  OF  EX-GOVERNOR  NANCE. 

Albinus  Nance  at  the  age  of  sixteen  enlisted  April  24,  1864,  in  Company  H 
of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Kewanee,  111. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  305 

He  served  with  the  regiment  well  and  bravely  till  the  final  musters  out  of  the 
regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  Illinois  and  studied  law,  removing  to 
Nebraska  in  1871,  opened  a  law  office  in  Osceola,  where  he  soon  assumed  a  lead- 
ing position  as  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers  of  the  State. 

He  entered  politics  in  1874,  and  was  elected  to  the  Nebraska  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. 

In  May,  1876,  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Convention 
at  Cincinnati,  and  was  Chairman  of  the  Nebraska  delegation. 

In  the  fall  of  1876,  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature,  and  after  an  exciting 
•contest  was  chosen  Speaker  of  that  body. 

In  November,  1878,  was  elected  Governor  of  Nebraska,  and  in  1880  he  was 
re-elected  Governor,  and  was  so  popular  that  he  ran  ahead  of  the  regular  Repub- 
lican ticket  over  one  thousand  votes. 

At  the  expiration  of  his  second  term,  he  declined  a  renomination,  and 
•engaged  at  Osceola,  Neb.,  in  the  banking  business,  which  he  still  carries  on. 

He  was  married  in  the  fall  of  1875  to  Miss  Sarah  White,  and  has  one 
•daughter,  Helen  M. 

Governor  Nance  is  a  man  of  much  ability,  of  broad  and  liberal  views,  a 
«trong  Republican,  and  one  of  Nebraska's  most  popular  and  esteemed  citizens. 

His  present  address  is  where  he  first  settled  in  1871,  Osceola,  Neb. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  H. 

Sergeant  John  Farr  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  19,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  27,  1864;  address,  Parsons,  Kan. 

Sergeant  William  W.  Whitaker  enlisted  fromFarmington,  September  9,  1861- 
reduced  to  ranks  and  dropped. 

Corporal  Royal  A.  Haskins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  25,  1861 ;  died 
»t  Lowell,  Ind.,  1882. 

Corporal  David  W.  Poor  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  11,  1861;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  19,  1864;  address,  Smaltville,  Neb. 

Corporal  John  W.  Nichols  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  17,  1861;  pro- 
•moted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  27,  1864. 

Bugler  Selden  Miner  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  October  15,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
July  22,  1864,  to  accept  promotion  as  Assistant  Surgeon  Third  Alabama  Cavalry; 
address,  Elmira,  111. 

Farrier  James  McGuire  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  9,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  27, 1864. 

Nicholas  Burns  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  16,  1861;  dropped;  term  ex- 
pired. 

Thomas  Burns  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  16,  1861;  deserted  November 
12,  1861. 

Benjamin  Bowens  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  October  16,  1861. 

William  R.  Cherry  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  10,  1861;  accidentally 
killed  December  31,  1861. 

George  W.  Custer  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  17,  1861;  discharged 
October  6..  1863,  for  disability. 

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306  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Henry  Clark  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  17,  1861 ;  veteran ;  mustered 
out  to  date,  February  14, 1865;  prisoner  of  war. 

Edward  Connell  enlisted  October  17,  1861. 

Albert  J.  Carter  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  26,  1861;  discharged 
January  9,  1863. 

John  P.  Charbonier  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  26, 1861. 

James  Cornelius  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  1,  1861;  died  at  Anderson- 
ville  prison,  August  24,  1864;  grave,  6738. 

Thomas  Davis  enlisted  from  Henry  County,  September  17,  1861;  veteran; 
promoted  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Frederick  Dunn  enlisted  from   Kewanee,  September  17,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out,  October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Dack  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  26,  1861 ;  died  at  Anderson- 
ville  prison,  September  8,  1864;  grave,  8187. 

John  Deitz  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  25,  1861;  discharged  Septem- 
ber 25, 1862,  for  disability. 

George  Dicus  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  September  13,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  December  9,  1864. 

John  Dean  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  14,  1861. 

Cornelius  Evans  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  24,  1861 ;  mustered  out. 
October  31,  1864. 

George  A.  England  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  14,  1861;  deserted  No- 
vember 12,  1861. 

John  Fesler  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  25,  1861 ;  mustered  out  OcU  ber 
27,  1864. 

John  Foley  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  17,  1861;  mustered  out  June  9, 
1864. 

John  Gibson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  14,  1861,   deserted   November  6, 
1861. 

James  Glaspey  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  17,  1861;  deserted  November  8r 
1861. 

Robert  Gowans  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  14,  1861;  deserted  December  6r 
1861. 

John  Gilmaster  enlisted  September  30,  1861 . 

William  H.  Harrison  en  listed  at  Kewanee,  September  9, 1861. 

Robert  Holland  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  11,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address  Tillbury  Centre,  Ont. 

William  E.  Howden  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  16,  1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 26,  1862,  for  disability. 

George  Harris  enlistee  at  Kewame,  September  17, 18(1;  musleied  out  Decem- 
ber 9,  1864,  as  Sergeant. 

John  W.  Holdback  enlisted  October  16, 1861. 

Bernard  Helline  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  24,  1861. 

Peter  Hadburg  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  24,  1861;  discharged  Novem- 
ber 9,  1862,  for  disability. 

Matthew  P.  Jackson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  14,  1861;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  September 23,  1862. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  30T 

John  Johnston  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  19,  1861;  dropped. 

John  Kermene  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  17.  1861. 

Hugh  C.  Kirk  enlisted  Kewanee,  September  17,  1861;  mustered  out  Decem- 
ber 9,  1864  as  Corporal;  address,  Prescott,  Kan. 

John  W.  King  enlisted  October  16,  1861. 

Theodore  Kay  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  24,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
October  27, 1864,  as  Sergeant;  address  Jericho  Springs,  Mo. 

Thomas  Kay  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  24,  1861 ;  discharged  April 
21,  1862,  for  disabilty;  address,  455  Convent  street.,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Michael  Lynch  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  17,  1861. 

Henry  Lader  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  25,  1861. 

William  Looby  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  7,  1861 . 

Henry  Lattz  enlisted  from  Crete,  October  9,  1861;  transfered  to  Company  D. 

Pendegrast  McGuire  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  16,  1861;  transferred 
to  Company  M. 

John  Marshall  enlisted  at  Kewanee  September  16,  1861;  discharged  April  11, 
1862;  disability.  . 

Patrick  Murray  enlisted  October  14,  1861. 

Henry  Mandeville  enlisted  from  Kewanee  September  24, 1861 ;  died  at  Helena 
August  1,  1862. 

Michael  Mitchell  enlisted  from  Kewanee  September,  4,  1861. 

Christian  Meyer  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  September  19,  1861. 

Henry  E  McCoy  enlisted  October  19,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

George  E.  Newton  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  7,  1861;  discharged  Octo- 
ber 20,  1862. 

Euric  Ogren  enlisted  at  Chicago  September  17,  1861;  discharged  August  20, 
1862;  disability.  . 

Philip  Orcutt  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  October  17,  1861 ;  mustered  out  October 
27,  1864. 

Thomas  Pullen  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  6,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

George  Prather  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  25,  1861. 

George  W.  Patch  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  4, 1861;  discharged  September 
30,  1862.  for  disability. 

Oliver  L.  Patch  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  4,  1861;  discharged  September 
30,  1862,  for  disability . 

William  P.  Reed  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  4,  1861;  prisoner  of  war; 
mustered  out  to  date  from  February  18,  1865. 

Clemens  Reineke  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  15, 1861,  transferred  to  Com- 
pany F,  November  7,  1861. 

Arthur  Rooney  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  17,  1861;  mustered  out  Decem- 
ber 9,  1865. 

Charles  Rose  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

Peter  Rodgers  enlisted  October'7,  1861. 

Elijah  J.  Rice  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  16,  1861;  deserted  December  6, 
1861. 

Edward  Rouse  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  11,  1861;  discharged  November 
7,  1862;  address,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa. 


308  HISTORY    OF   THE 

John  A.  Schaub  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  9,  1861. 

Asa  Smith  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  October  8, 1861;  veteran;  promoted  Sergeant; 
killed  at  Tupelo,  Miss.,  July  15,  1864. 

Frank  Shock  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  15, 1861 ;  discharged  April  11, 1862, 
for  disability. 

Pierson  Swanson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  17,  1861;  died  in  Cahaba 
prison,  April  15,  1865. 

Orlando  E.  Thompson  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  26,  1861 ;  promoted 
Corporal,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

William  Winship enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  11, 1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Cuba,  111. 

Joseph  Walhurst  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  26,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Vine  Walch  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  9,  1861;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Robert  Wilkie  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Wagoner. 

Francis  Wayland  enlisted  October  15,  1861. 

RECRUITS. 

Charles  Anderson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  5, 1861 ;  deserted  December 
15,  1861. 

Aaron  B.  Austin  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1862;  discharged  Febru- 
ary 16,  1865. 

Lycius  M.  Addleman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Stevens  Point,  Wis. 

Robert  Andrews  enlisted  at  Chicago  March  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October 

31,  1865. 

Samuel  Armon  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  7,  186- ;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 1,  1865. 

John  H.  Ash  enlisted  at  Weathersfield,  February  28,  186-;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 19,  1865. 

James  Anderson  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  27,  186-;  deserted  August 
4,  1865. 

Hiram  Anderson — 

John  Bright  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  30,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Brown  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  September  25,  1861;  deserted  February 
2,  1862. 

James  M.  Brown  rejected  January  1,  1862. 

William  C.  Butler  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  March  21,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Amos  Bye  enlisted  at  Weathersfield,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Albert  Bellows  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  26,  1864;  died  on  battlefield  at 
Tupelo,  Miss.,  July  15,  1864,  of  wounds. 

Franklin  Bailey  enlisted  from  Buena  Vist«,  W.,  March  7,  1865;  deserted 
June  19,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY   VOLUNTEERS.  309 

Gordon  B.  Bishop  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  7, 1865;  deserted  August  1, 
1865. 

Henry  M.  Clark  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Coleman  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Alexander  W.  Collins  enlisted  at  Chicago.  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865. 

John  H.  Cole  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  L.  Cheney  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,1865. 

Nathaniel  Carl  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  T.  Cramer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  deserted  July  19, 
1865. 

Herman  Casteal  enlisted  from  Aurora,  March  29,  1865;  deserted  July  24, 
1865. 

Peter  Campbell.    (See  Company  A.) 

Richard  H.  Delmege  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  1, 1862;  address,  Afton, 
Iowa. 

Raymond  C.  Delmeye  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  March  21,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

"William  J.  Duff  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  March  21,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Charles  Delmeye  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  10,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Denny  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  7, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Tim  Donovan  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  W.  Dutton  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Dickery  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Webster  Dyer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  14, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  Madison,  Dak. 

James  W.  Dunham  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  deserted  April 
23,  1865. 

George  W.  Earl  enlisted  from  Rockford  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Richard  G.  Espey  enlisted  from  Weathersfield,  February  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Galva,  111. 

Thomas  Flanagan  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  28,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Christopher  Flanagan  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  March  21,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 


310  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Charles  E.  Folsom  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Kewanee,  111. 

Henry  C.  Folsom. 

Augustus  Gilner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  24, 1861;  deserted  August  11, 
1862. 

Irwin  J.  Gutches  enlisted  from  Weathersfield,  February  6, 1865;  musteredout 
October  31,  1865. 

Oliver  P.  George  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  1,  1863;  address,  Kewa- 
nee, 111. 

James  Gutleib. 

Preston  J.  Hawkins  enlisted  from  Galva,  November  17,  1863;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

George  W.  Henderson  enlisted  from  Deanington,  February  21, 1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  blacksmith. 

William  Hill  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  29,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Lezer  House  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  May  2,  1864;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Samuel  Harris  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  21,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
,1865. 

William  Howden  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  25,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Andrew  Hume,  mustered  out  October  31,  1856. 

JohnHofft  musteredout  October  31,  1865;  address,  757  Clybourn  avenue, 
Chicago. 

John  W.  Halstead  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  6,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Charles  Jeneke  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  6,  1862;  discharged  July  20, 
1862,  for  disability. 

John  C.  Jacobs  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  25,  1864;  absent,  sick,  at  mus- 
ter-out of  regiment. 

Joseph  Jacobs,  Jr.,  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  25,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Jeremiah  Jones  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Daniel  Jacobs  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  20,  1864;  deserted  October, 
1864. 

Joseph  Jacobs,  Sr.,  deserted  July  19,  1865. 

Charles  Kohn  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  18,  1861. 

William  Knaggs  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  October  25,  1861;  died  at  Pilot  Knob, 
Ho.,  April  3, 1862. 

Alexander  Klonkee  deserted  March  3,  1862. 

Czar  Kent  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

George  Kay  enlisted  from  Saxon,  February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  June  9, 
1865; address,  La  Fayette,  111. 

John  F.  Kellogg  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  deserted  August  9, 
1865. 


NINTH   ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  311 

Parker  Lester  enlisted  at  Weathersfield,  February  6, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865,  as  Corporal. 

David  Lillis  enlisted  from  Hanna,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,1865. 

Samuel  Leffingwell  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

John  Lowrery  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  15, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Henry  Lewis  enlisted  at  La  Fayette,  January  1, 1863;  died  at  Charleston,  S.  C., 
while  prisoner. 

Daniel  F.  Lacks  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  deserted  April  23,  1865. 

Samuel  R.  Lewis  enlisted  from  La  Fayette,  January  1,  1863;  deserted  July 
24,  1865. 

French  Luke  enlisted  at  Chicago,   March  17,  1865;  deserted  August  14, 1865. 

William  H.  Mudge  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  18,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
January  4, 1865.  as  Saddle  Sergeant;  died  at  Lowell,  Ind.,  July  16,  1887. 

William  P.  Milliman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  15,  1861 ;  deserted  Decem- 
ber 27,  1861. 

Eugene  McDonald  enlisted  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  June  19,  1862. 

William  J.  Mooney  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  22,  1865. 

Thomas  McClure  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31.  1865;  address,  Kewanee,  111. 

David  McMilien  enlisted  at  Weathersfield,  February  6,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Martin  McCartney  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  4, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Samuel  McCormick  enlisted  from  Niles,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

William  Marston  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Daniel  Miner  enlisted  at  Franklin,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Littlefair  March  enlisted  from  Courtland,  April  4,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  address,  Offerle,  Kan. 

Thomas  J.  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  M.  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Charles  Minney  enlisted  from  Weathersfield,  February  28, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  R.  Maxwell  enlisted  from  Weathersfield,  February  28,  1865;  died 
at  Paducah,  Ky.,  March  29,  1865. 

John  Mann  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  27,  1865;  deserted  August  20, 
1865. 

Herman  Nelson  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  Oc- 
*ober  31,  1865,  as  Bugler. 


312  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Oliver  Norton  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865:  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  D.  Nickerson  enlisted  from  Chicago  March  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Otterstrom  discharged  July  20,  1862,  for  disability. 

Alonzo  Otto  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Perry  enlisted  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  June  26,  1862. 

Fielding  W.  Poe  enlisted  from  Chicago,  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

Jason  M.  Pratt  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  as  Bugler. 

William  Peterson  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  26,  1864;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865. 

Charles  R.  Phillips  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  5, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Isaiah  Phillipson  enlisted  from  Nunda,  February  23, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Albert  G.  Razycki  enlisted  from  Pitman's  Ferry,  Ark.,  August  24,  1862;  dis- 
charged August  25,  1865. 

Snow  Richardson  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  26,   1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  A.  Richardson  enlisted  from  Plattsville,  Miss.,  March  7,  1865;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

Reuben  Robinson  enlisted  from  Knoxville,  January  25,   1864;  discharged 
August  4,  1865,  by  reason  of  wounds. 

John  Ryan  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  3,  1865;  deserted  August  19,  1865. 

Alfred  R.  Stolph  enlisted  from  Aurora,  December  25;  1861;  discharged  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1862,  for  disability. 

Dudley  Schoonover  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  1,  1863;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Benjamin  T.  Stuart  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  7,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal;  address,  Neponset,  111. 

Robert  Stratton  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  March  21,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

William  M.  Smith  enlisted  from  Kewanee,  February  7,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865;  address,  Rock  Falls,  111. 

John  W.  Stokes  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  7,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

John  C.  Shaw  enlisted  from  Toulon,  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Patrick   Smith  enlisted    from  Toulon,   February  21,   1865 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Julius  Seaman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20,    1865;  mustered  out  June  2, 
1865. 

Franklin  Stephens  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  10,  1864;  died  at  Gallatin, 
Tenn.,  February  9,  1864. 

Jeremiah  Sullivan  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  15,  1865;  deserted  July  4, 1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  313 

Charles  G.  Tinker  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  deserted 
July  19,  1865. 

Robert  R.  Thompson  enlisted  from  Henry  county;  veteran;  promoted  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  October  31, 1865. 

Herman  Van  Gordon  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Israel  Vanness  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  deserted  August  4,  1865. 

Sidney  Wood  enlisted  from  Augusta,  Ark.,  July  5,  1862;  deserted  November 
11,  1862. 

Benjamin  A.  Wedge  enlisted  from  Weathersfield,  February  28,  1865;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865. 

August  Wedderman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  8, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  F.  Wheeler  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  March  21,  1864;  died  at  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  August  21,  1865. 

August  Weaver. 

Lewis  C.  Young  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  February  7,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

COMPANY  I. 

Company  I,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  was 
recruited  largely  in  the  neighborhood  of  Belvidere,  Boone  county, 
111.,  but  had  in  its  ranks  a  number  from  other  towns  in  the 
vicinity.  It  was  brought  together  mainly  by  the  first  commis- 
sioned officers  of  the  company,  who  were  Captain  William  M. 
Chidister,  First  Lieutenant  Joseph  W.  Harper,  and  Second  Lieu- 
tenant Leander  L.  Shattuck. 

Company  I  was  mustered  into  the  service  October  23,  1861, 
and  the  service  it  rendered  under  the  very  efficient  officers  of  the 
company  was  second  to  none,  having  in  its  ranks  men  from  all 
the  various  walks  of  life,  and  always  anxious  to  make  an  honor- 
able record.  When  there  were  scouts  on  hand,  details  to  be  made, 
this  company  could  always  be  "  counted  in,  "  and  bravely  and 
gallantly  performed  every  duty  pertaining  to  the  arduous  life  of 
cavalry  soldiers. 

In  the  re-organization  of  the  regiment,  in  March,  1864,  a  large 
proportion  of  Company  I  became  veterans,  and,  still  under  the 
command  of  their  gallant  Captain  Harper  maintained  the  fine 
reputation  they  had  established.  Then  when  Captain  Jenner 
and  the  new  officers  came  to  the  front  the  company  went  right 
on  in  the  good  svork  and  were  as  before  ever  ready,  and  always 
performed  with  alacrity  all  that  good  cavalry  soldiers  could  do. 


314  HISTORY   OF   THE 

The  number  in  company  when  mustered  into  the  service  was 
«ighty-seven;  total  enlisted,  two  hundred  and  twenty-two. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  CHIDISTER. 

William  M.  Chidister  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Chicago,  111.,  as 
First  Lieutenant  of  Company  I,  October  23,  and  was  promoted  Captain,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1861. 

He  remained  with  the  regiment  during  the  Missouri  and  Arkansas  campaigns, 
and  was  discharged  October  3,  1862,  at  Helena,  Ark. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  JENNER. 

Harvey  M.  Jenner  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  September  12,  1861,  and  was 
mustered  into  the  service  as  Corporal  of  Company  I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1861;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant  June  1,  1864; 
promoted  to  be  First  Sergeant  soon  after,  and  again  promoted  and  commissioned 
First  Lieutenant,  December  4,  1864,  and  Captain  of  Company  I,  May  10,  1865, 
remaining  on  duty  constantly  with  the  regiment  until  October  31,  1865,  when  he 
was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Captain  Jenner  was  among  the  best  officers  of  the  regiment.  Resolute  and 
brave,  no  danger  appalled  him,  for  he  was  ready  and  anxious  at  all  times  to  per- 
form his  full  duty,  and  more  with  his  gallant  command  of  Company  I. 

He  was  in  all  the  engagements  in  which  his  company  took  part,  and  gained 
and  held  the  respect  of  both  officers  and  men. 

Since  the  war  Captain  Jenner  has  located  in  Chicago,  111.,  which  is  his  pres- 
ent address. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ABBOTT. 

Othman  A.  Abbott  enlisted  from  Kingston,  September  12,  1861,  in  Company 
I,  of  the  Ninth,  and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  March  1, 1864;  was  appointed  Sergeant 
and  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  February  22,  1865;  was  again  promoted, 
May  10,  1865,  to  be  First  Lieutenant,  remaining  with  his  company  until  October 
51,  1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Lieutenant  Abbott  was  and  is  a  man  of  much  ability.  He  was  a  good  soldier, 
brave  and  gallant,  and  always  in  the  front  ready  for  duty.  He  received  a  wound 
at  Hurricane  Creek,  July  12,  1864,  which  laid  him  up  in  the  hospital  for  some 
time. 

Since  the  war  he  has  made  his  home  in  Nebraska,  where,  as  a  successful  law- 
yer and  politician,  he  is  widely  known  and  respected,  enjoying  the  confidence  of 
the  people  to  the  extent  that  he  has  been  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  State  of  his 
adoption. . 

His  address  is  Grand  Island,  Neb. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WESTBROOK. 

Abner  H.  Westbrook  enlisted  from  Kingston,  September  12,  1861,  and  be- 
came a  Sergeant  of  Company  I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  October  23,  1861;  was 
promoted  to  be  Second  Lieutenant,  October  3,  1862,  and  died  of  disease  at  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.,  October  22,  1864. 


CHARLES  D,  MANNING-, 

Sergeant  Company  I. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY   VOLUNTEERS.  315 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ROBINSON. 

Frederick  P.  Robinson  came  from  Flora,  and  enlisted  in  Company  I,  of  the 
Ninth,  September  12, 1861;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran;  was  appointed  First  Sergeant, 
and  May  10,  1865,  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  of  his  company. 

He  was  ever  faithful  and  brave  in  the  discharge  of  all  duties  while  with  the 
regiment. 

Lieutenant  Robinson  was  on  duty  constantly  with  his  company  during  the 
whole  term  of  his  service,  and  finally  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala..  October  31, 
1865. 

After  payment  and  discharge  at  Springfield,  111.,  in  November,  1865,  he 
returned  to  his  old  home . 

His  present  address  is  not  known. 

SKETCH  OF  DR.  EDWIN  K.  ABBOTT. 

Dr.  Edwin  K.  Abbott  was  in  college  in  Hillsdale,  Mich.,  when  he  enlisted, 
October  7,  1864,  in  Company  I,  of  the  Ninth,  and  joined  the  regiment  at  Gravelly 
Springs,  Ala.,  and  served  with  his  company  till  October  31,  1865',  when  he  was 
mustered  out  as  Corporal. 

He  was  one  of  the  youngest  soldiers  in  the  regiment,  and  was  always  anxious 
to  perform  his  full  duty. 

After  leaving  the  service  he  again  attended  college,  and  in  1869  took  the 
degree  of  B.  A.  in  Hillsdale  college,  and  in  1871  graduated  as  an  M.  D.  from 
the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  the  same  year  emigrated  to  Cali- 
fornia. 

In  1873  he  was  married  to  Miss  Millie  E.  French  at  Medina,  Ohio,  and  has 
now  a  family  of  four — two  boys  and  two  girls. 

Doctor  Abbott  has  been  for  the  past  sixteen  years  local  volunteer  observer  for 
the  meteorological  department  of  the  War  Department;  politically,  a  Prohibi- 
tionist, and  is  a  member  of  the  State  Central  Committee,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
local  Board  of  Trade  in  his  city;  a  man  widely  known  and  highly  respected  in  the 
State  of  his  adoption,  and  his  address,  June,  1888,  Salinas,  Cal. 

SKETCH  OF  MILES  H.  STRONG. 

Miles  H.  Strong  enlisted  at  Monroe,  September  12,  1861,  in  Company  I,  of 
the  Ninth,  serving  with  his  company  till  January  1, 1864,  when  he  re-enlisted  as  a 
veteran,  and  was  on  duty  faithfully  till  November  24,  1864,  when,  at  Campbells- 
ville,  Tenn.,  in  the  severe  fight  of  that  day,  he  was  wounded  by  the  enemy  by 
a  shot  in  the  hip,  and  taken  prisoner;  was  paroled,  and  as  Hood's  army  was  soon 
after  driven  from  Tennessee,  he  escaped  the  rebel  prisons. 

After  returning  to  the  regiment  he  was  appointed  Sergeant  of  his  company, 
serving  with  them  till  October  31,  1865,  when  the  whole  regiment  were  mustered 
out  at  Selma,  Ala. 

His  address,  May,  1888,  is  Slide,  Humboldt  county,  Cal. 

SKETCH  OF  CHARLES  D.  MANNING 

Charles  D.  Manning  enlisted  at  Rockton,  111.,  January  5, 1864,  in  Company 
I,  of  the  Ninth,  and  served  as  a  true,  good  soldier  until  the  muster  out  of  the 
regiment,  October  31,  1865. 


316  HISTORY    OF   THE 

While  in  the  company  he  was  promoted  to  be  Company  Saddler-Sergeant, 
and  was  on  duty  during  the  whole  term  of  his  service.  This  comrade,  after 
leaving  the  army  in  1865,  attended  school  two  years,  thus  completing  his  educa- 
tion, which  was  interrupted  when  he  enlisted;  he  then  engaged  in  business  at  his 
old  home,  and  was  elected  a  member  of  the  school  board  there;  was  married  in 
1871,  and  has  an  excellent  wife  and  two  fine  children — a  daugher  of  ^fifteen  and  a 
son  seven  years  of  age. 

With  fair  health  and  a  good  business  he  has  about  as  much  to  be  thankful 
for  as  the  most  favored. 

He  emigrated  to  Iowa  in  1882,  and  has  been  Assessor  of  his  township  for  the 
years  1885-86,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  city  school  board,  a  man  respected  by 
all  who  know  him. 

His  present  address,  Rock  Rapids,  la. 

SKETCH  OF  JESSE  HA  WES. 

Among  those  who  in  1861  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Belvidere,  111. ,. 
was  Jesse  Hawes,  who  enlisted  September  12,  in  Company  I.  His  parents  had 
moved  from  New  England  only  a  year  before,  and  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment 
he  was  preparing  to  enter  the  sophomore  class  of  a  Western  college.  This  ambi- 
tion of  a  college  course  young  Hawes  gave  up  for  the  time,  and  devoted  himself 
earnestly  to  the  work  of  becoming  a  good  soldier. 

In  the  engagement  of  Stewart's  Plantation,  June  27,  1862,  he  was  wounded 
by  a  bullet  in  the  left  leg,  and  was  sent  north  to  Jefferson  Barracks,  Mo.,  for  a 
few  months  to  recover  from  the  effects  of  his  wound.  In  that  engagement  his 
horse  received  five  rebel  balls. 

Returning  to  the  regiment,  he  served  with  them  constantly  until  July  12, 1864, 
when  in  sanguinary  charge  of  his  battalion  upon  the  rebel  breastworks  at  Pon- 
totoc  he  went  so  far  that  the  rebels  reached  over  and  took  him  prisoner.  He 
was  then  taken  to  Meridian,  Miss.,  and  Selma,  and  finally  to  Cahaba,  Ala.,  and 
was  confined  in  the  later  prison  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

Of  the  fifteen  men  who  entered  that  prison  with  him,  twelve  were  dead  a 
year  later. 

In  the  last  few  years  Dr.  Hawes  has  been  gathering  material  for  a  history 
of  the  prison  of  Cahaba,  which  will  soon  be  published.  This  place,  which  was  one 
of  the  large  prisons  of  the  South,  contained  two  and  one-half  times  as  many  in- 
mates as  Libby,  and  is  probably  the  least  known  of  all  the  Southern  prisons.  It 
was  the  most  densely  crowded  prison  in  the  South,  being  five  times  more  crowded 
than  Andersonville. 

For  the  last  ten  days  of  its  use  as  a  prison,  just  before  the  capture  of  Cahaba 
by  the  Union  General  Wilson,  it  was  overflown  by  the  Alabama  River,  and  a  ma- 
jority of  its  inmates  stood  knee-deep  in  cold  water  for  nearly  forty-eight  hours  be- 
fore they  were  allowed  to  float  in  cordwood  from  which  they  could  build  up 
"  cob  houses  "  and  on  them  keep  themselves  above  the  water.  More  than  one- 
third  of  ali  the  prisoners  confined  in  this  prison  during  the  winter  of  1864-65  were 
lost  by  the  explosion  of  the  Sultana  near  Memphis  in  the  summer  of  1865,  and 
another  third  who  survived  the  prison  flood  and  the  Sultana  explosion  died  within 
a  year  from  their  prievous  hardships. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  317 

• 
Returning  home  with  shattered  health  at  the  close  of  the  war,  the  subject  of 

this  sketch  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  in  the  autumn  of  1865,  and  grad- 
uated therefrom  three  years  later,  and  in  1871  graduated  from  a  medical  college 
in  New  York,  spending  a  few  months  in  Europe  the  same  year. 

In  the  winter  of  1871-72  Dr.  Hawes  returned  to  the  United  States  and  lo- 
cated at  Greeley,  Colo.,  where  he  has  been  a  prominent  figure  in  the  prof ession  of 
the  State.  He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  medical  examiners 
and,  remained  six  years,  two  years  as  its  President.  In  1885  was  President  of  the 
State  Medical  Society,  and  in  1887  was  appointed  a  lecturer  in  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  State  University,  but  later  was  compelled  to  decline  the  position 
on  account  of  his  laborious  practice.  For  the  last  five  years  he  has  been  Grand 
Medical  Examiner  for  the  United  Workmen  in  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and 
Arizona. 

Fortune  has  smiled  on  Dr.  Hawes,  giving  him  a  lucrative  practice,  an  ele- 
gant and  hospitable  home  always  open  to  his  friends  and  old  comrades. 

In  1874  he  was  married  to  a  lady  in  Geneseo,  Miss  Clemis  S.  Rockwell,  who 
for  a  short  time  was  a  teacher  in  that  city,  and  has  one  child,  a  daughter.  His 
Address  is  Greeley,  Colo. 

SKETCH  OF  DWIGHT  L.  TALCOTT. 

Dwight  L.  Talcott  was  born  at  Rockton,  111.,  July  24, 1846;  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  January  5,  1864,  at  Bel- 
videre,  111.  He  left  a  lucrative  position  to  enter  the  Union  army,  served  faithfully 
and  with  distinction,  never  hesitating  in  his  loyalty  to  his  country,  and  nearly  per- 
ished in  Andersonville  Prison. 

Comrade  Talcott  was  on  detached  duty  a  large  portion  of  the  time.  Captain 
Jenner  remarked  at  the  first  reunion  held  by  the  Ninth:  "  We  soon  found  he  was 
a  man  we  could  count  on  every  time.''  Talcott  used  to  say  that  poor  soldiers  had 
one  advantage  over  the  good  soldiers,  for  whenever  there  was  a  detail  of  picked 
men  or  any  special  duty  to  do  they  were  excused. 

At  Hurricane  Creek,  Miss.,  while  loading  his  gun  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight, 
a  rebel  bullet  struck  the  gun-stock,  throwing  it  some  ten  feet  away. 

At  the  battle  of  Campbellsville,  Tenn. ,  November  24, 1864,  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner by  the  enemy  (with  a  number  of  others),  and  was  sent  to  Andersonville 
prison  (that  hell  on  earth)  weighing  a  hundred  and  sixty  pounds,  where  he  suf- 
fered his  full  share  of  all  the  torments  inflicted  upon  the  Union  men  confined 
there,  and  where  his  health  was  bioken  to  that  extent  that  he  has  never  been  a 
well  man  since.  He  was  sent  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  March  30,  1865,  and  when  taken 
from  Jefferson  Barracks  hospital  April  13,  1865,  his  weight  was  seventy-five 
pounds,  a  mere  skeleton.  He  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  June  3,  1865,  as  a 
prisoner  of  war. 

After  the  war  he  removed  to  the  West,  where  he  has  filled  many  positions  of 
honor  and  trust.  On  account  of  poor  health  caused  by  prison  life,  he  relinquished 
mercantile  pursuits,  and  for  the  past  eighteen  years  has  followed  farming,  out- 
door exercise  being  more  conducive  to  his  health.  He  resides  in  Warren  town- 
ship, Clark  county,  Dak.  (1888).  His  postoffice  address  is  Coral,  Spink  county, 
Dak. 


318  HISTORY   OF   THE 

SKETCH  OF  ALLEN  C.  SELLECK. 

Allen  C.  Selleck  was  born  in  Prescott,  Canada,  in  1843,  and  on  attaining  bis 
majority  came  to  Chicago  in  July,  1864,  where  he  remained  until  March  14, 
1865,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  serving 
faithfully  in  the  toils  incident  to  cavalry  service  in  the  last  year  of  the  war.  He 
joined  the  regiment  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  and  while  the  command  was  on  a  very 
small  allowance  of  corn  meal  for  rations,  bore  his  part  manfully.  He  was  with 
the  regiment  on  their  hard  march  through  from  Easport,  luka,  Decatur,  and  on 
to  Selma  and  Montgomery,  and  then  to  Gainesville,  always  ready  to  perform  all 
in  the  line  of  duty  as  a  good  soldier. 

After  his  muster-out,  October  31,  1865,  with  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  he 
returned  to  Chicago,  111.,  and  engaged  in  the  hardware  business,  and  .has  been 
a  successful  merchant  for  many  years. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  October  1,  1867,  at  Prescott,  Canada, 
to  Miss  Eliza  Anna  Fletcher,  and  has  three  children — Arthur  Fletcher,  Mary 
Alice  and  Charles  Herbert. 

He  was  greatly  prostrated  in  February,  1885,  by  the  loss  of  his  idolized  wife, 
who  was  a  woman  of  fine  literary  ability. 

He  was  again  married,  June  14, 1887,  to  Miss  Louisa  R.  Ream,  a  most  estimable 
woman,  who  has  been  a  faithful  and  kind  mother  to  his  children. 

His  address  is  where  he  has  made  his  home  for  nearly  twenty  years,  No.  45 
Seeley  avenue,  Chicago. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  I. 

Sergeant  Plumer  F.  Robinson  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  12,  1861; 
discharged  November  17,  1862. 

Sergeant  William  N.  Tyler  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  12,1861;  dis- 
charged September  20,  1862. 

Corporal  Milton  Orton,  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  12,  1861 ;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1864;  address,  Sycamore,  111. 

Corporal  Lyman  L.  Shattuck  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  12,  1861;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  discharged  October  23,  1862. 

Corporal  Frederick  E.  Hubbell  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  12,  1861; 
veteran;  promoted  First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address, 
Rockford,  111. 

Bugler  Daniel  R.  Bemer  enlisted  from  Bonus,  October  9,  1861;  rejected  Jan- 
uary 19,  1862. 

Bugler  Edward  P.  Lander  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  12,  1861;  dis- 
charged December  9,  1862;  address,  Belvidere.  111. 

Farrier  Alfred  S.  Willis  enlisted  from  Kingston,  September  28,  1861;  pro- 
moted Blacksmith. 

Delos  Albright  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  12, 1861;  promoted  Corporal; 
died  on  hospital  boat  near  St.  Louis  October  1,  1862. 

Henry  Adams  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  9,  1861;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1864. 

Eli  Atkinson  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  12,  1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
August  17, 1862. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  319 

John  N.  Cooley  enlisted  from  Spring  Green,  Wis.,  September  12,  1861;  died 
at  Keokuk,  October  20,  1862. 

Jerrus  K.  Gates  enlisted  from  Belvidere,   September  20,   1861;  discharged 
August  28, 1862. 

Charles  Countryman  enlisted  from  Monroe,  September  28,  1861;  discharged 
January  29,  1862. 

Leonard  H.  Cornwall  enlisted  from  Novi,  Mich.,  September  14,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  September  22,  1864. 

George  W.  Carlisle  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  22, 1861;  discharged  De- 
cember 8,  1863. 

Putnam  DeWolf  enlisted  from  Spring,    September  28,  1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 19,  1862,  as  Farrier. 

Joel  C.  Fox  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  12,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  deserted  September  29,  1865. 

Robert  Furgeson  enlisted  from  Bonus,    September  16,  1861 ;  discharged  De- 
cember 9,  1864;  address,  Bonus,  111. 

John  H.  Ferris  enlisted  from  Marion,  October  12,  1861. 

Henry  Folmer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  22,  1861. 

Cornelius  Fogerty  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  October  12,  1861;  died  at  Keokuk, 
November  17,  1862. 

David  D.  Gilbert  enlisted  from  Caledonia,   September  12,  1861;  rejected 
January  24,  1862. 

Arthur  Gorman  enlisted  from  Kingston,  September  14,  1861;   promoted  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  December  9,  1864;  address,  New  Milford.Ill. 

Theodore  W.  Graves  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  12,  1861. 

Byron  Hawes  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  23,  1861 ;  mustered  out  Novem- 
ber 2,  1864 

Joseph  D.  Hadley  enlisted  from  Galesburg,  October  17,  1861;  rejected  No- 
vember 10,  1861. 

Charles  Keator  enlisted  from  Flora,  October  3,  1861. 

Simon  Keator  enlisted  from  Flora,  October  9,  1861 ;  address,  Winthrop,  Dak. 

Lorenzo  King  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  October  8,  1861;  discharged  Septem- 
ber 29,  186-. 

Miles  Kensley  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  22,  1861. 

Alonzo  Linderman  enlisted  from  Leroy,  October  1,  1861;  discharged  October 
30,  1862. 

Charles  Locke  enlisted  from  Caledonia,  October  9,  1861 ;  discharged  May  29, 
1862;  returned  to  Company. 

Alfred  H.  Laland  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  October  14,  1861;  discharged  No- 
vember 13,  1862. 

Henry  Lansing  enlisted  from  Thornton,  October  22,  1861;  discharged  April 
15,  1862. 

Chauncey  F.  Ludden  enlisted  from  Bonus,  October  23,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Company  Quartermaster  Sergeant;  died  December  22,  1864,  of  wounds. 

William  Montgomery  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  12,  1861;  veteran;  de- 
serted September  1,  1865. 

Samuel  J.  Morgan  enlisted  from  Manchester,  September  12,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 


320  HISTORY   OF   THJC 

John  Morgan  enlisted  September  27,  1861;  deserted  December  6,  1861. 

Newell  Morse  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  14,  1861;  died  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
October  26,  1862. 

John  Marshall  enlisted  from  LeRroy,  October  1,  1861;  address  Aurora,  111. 

Henry  C.  Maybee  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  17,  1861;  discharged  Decem- 
ber 9,  1864. 

Frank  Maybee  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  17,  1861;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1864. 

James  B.  McKay  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  22,  1861;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1864;  returned  to  Chicago,  entered  actively  into  contracting  and  building, 
in  which  business  he  is  now  successfully  engaged;  now  residing  at  No.  291 
Marshfield  avenue,  Chicago. 

Alfred  McDade  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  14,  1861;  veteran;  died 
about  July  1,  1865,  in  rebel  prison  at  Okalona,  Miss. 

Patrick  Murray  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  14,  1861. 

Benjamin  Nelson  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  19,  1861;  rejected  Janu- 
ary 29,  1862. 

James  B.  Patten  enlisted  from  Kingston,  September  28,  1861;  discharged 
December  9,  1861. 

Ephriam  Peal  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  17,  1861;  discharged  December  9, 
1861. 

Frederick  Robinson  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  12,  1861;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  September  1,  1862. 

Joseph  B.  Reed  enlisted  from  Cherry  Valley,  October  9,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864. 

James  O.  Rosekranz  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  October  9,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864;  address,  Garden  Prairie,  111. 

Jacob  D.  Rosekranz  enlisted  from  Bonus,  October  16,  1861;  discharged 
October  11,  1862;  address,  Garden  Prairie,  111. 

Thomas  Razor  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  18,  1861;  prisoner  of  war;  mus- 
tered out  February  13,  1865;  address,  Independence,  Kan. 

Gustavus  Rogers  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  18,  1861 ;  discharged  Decem- 
ber 9,  1861. 

Miles  H.  Strong  enlisted  from  Monroe,  September  12, 1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Slide,  Humboldt  county,  Cal. 

Henry  H.  Sweet  enlisted  from  Thornton,  September  12,  1861;  discharged 
December  9,  1864. 

Isaiah  Sweet  enlisted  from  Thornton,  September  12, 1861;  discharged  Septem- 
ber 9,  1864. 

Sylvester  Storm  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  12,  1861;  died  at  Reeve's 
Station,  Mo.,  August  2,  1862. 

Alanson  Sissor  enlisted  from  Morgan,  Ind.,  Octocer  17,  1861;  discharged 
April  3,  1862. 

Havilla  Strong  enlisted  from  Bonus,  October  23,  1861 . 

Charles  Smith  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  23,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Winfield  S.  Thome  enlisted  from  Flora,  September,  17,  1861;  discharged  Sep- 
tember 19,  1862. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  321 

Samuel  H.  Tyler  enlisted  from  Flora;  September  12,  1861;  rejected  Novem- 
ber 28,  1862. 

Joseph  M.  Thomas  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  12,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864;  address  Wahoo,  Neb. 

Orsen  A.  Turner  enlisted  from  Spring,  October  15,  1861;  discharged  Novem- 
ber 24,  1865. 

Judson  W.  Tibbets  enlisted  from  Ponus,  October  16,  1861:  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864;  now  connected  with  the  Parmalee  Omnibus  Line;  address,  132 
Adams  street,  Chicago. 

William  N.  Tibbets  enlisted  from  Kingston,  October  23,  1861;  discharged 
August  28,  1862;  address,  Stockville,  Neb. 

Barnett  Vite  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  12, 1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
September  18.  1862. 

Gilbert  Williams  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  12,  1861. 

Smith  Wixon  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  September  16,  1861 ;  discharged  Decem- 
ber 9,  1864;  address  Garden  Plain,  111. 

John  Walsh  enlisted  from  Spring,  September  14,  1861;  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
September  27,  1862. 

John  N.  Woodward  enlisted  from  Flora,  October  9,  1861 ;  discharged  Jan- 
uary 8,  1863. 

Samuel  P.  Webb  enlisted  from  Morgan,  Ind.,  October  17,  1861;  discharged 
May  20,  1862. 

Perry  M.  Willis  enlisted  at  Galesburg,  October  19,  1861;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Thomas  Ward  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  September  14,  1861;  discharged  Octo- 
ber 22,  1864.  "Thomas  Ward,  Company  I,  Captain  Harper." 

William  S.  Wilson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  25, 1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865  as  Corporal. 

Allison  Wright  enlisted  from  Marion  October  23,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
First  Sergeant;  deserted  September  29,  1865. 

Edward  R.  Young  enlisted  from  Riverton,  Iowa,  September  20,  1861;  veteran; 
deserted  September  29,  1865. 

RECRUITS. 

Clark  C.  Austin  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  4,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865  as  Corporal. 

Robert  Atkinson  enlisted  from  Cherry  Valley,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Oak  Park,  111. 

Thomas  Anderson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  14,  1864;  discharged  Novem 
ber  22,  1865,  for  disability. 

Harmon  W.  Austin  enlisted  from  Spring,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  13,  1865. 

Sardius  L.  Adams  enlisted  from  Spring,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Benjamin  F.  Ayers  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  29,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  15,  1865. 

J.  Arligan. 
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Lucius  F.  Bristol  enlisted  from  Le  Roy,  January  4, 1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  Bugler;  address,  Shell  Rock,  Iowa. 

Herman  Boshe  enlisted  from  Lyons,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 

31,  1865. 

Thomas  J.  Brown  enlisted  from  Virgil,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Conrad  Bristle  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  now  a  resident  of  Argyle  Park,  111.,  where  he  is  successfully 
engaged  in  vegetable  gardening  for  Chicago  market. 

John  S.  Baxter  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  4,  1864;  mustered  out  July 
25,  1865. 

Austin  B.  Bailey  enlisted  from  Spring,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 13,  1865. 

Ebenezer  Butterfield  enlisted  from  Roscoe,  September  29,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  15,  1865. 

George  E.  Bates  enlisted  from  Roscoe,  September  29, 1864;  mustered  out  June 
15,  1865. 

Caleb  N.  Brown  enlisted  from  Spring,  October  3,  1864;  died  at  Louisville, 
Ky.,  March  19,  1865. 

Isaac  T.  Butcher  enlisted  from  Flora,  March  3,  1865;  died  at  Cairo,  March 
24,  1865. 

Edwin  H.  Branch  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  February  9,  1864;  killed  at  Pontotoc, 
Miss.,  July  12,  1864. 

Neil  Brown  enlisted  from  Bloomington,  February  2,  1865;  deserted  August 
9,  1865. 

Michael  Curtis  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  November  25,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

James  A.  Comstock  enlisted  from  Bonus,  November  25,  1861. 

William  Carpenter  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  18,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  residence,  Kansas  City,  Kan. 

Jacob  Casper  (or  Kasper)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  4,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Cline  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  16,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  C.  Chrystal  enlisted  from  Virgil,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  address,  Eagle  Point,  Wis. 

John  S.  Claflin  enlisted  from  Dunham,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

H.  Chroder  (or  Shroder)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  Curtis  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  8,  1864;  died  at  Louisville, 
Ky.,  January  10,  1865,  of  wounds. 

Robert  DeWolf  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  15,  1862. 

Cooper  Dunn  enlisted  from  Bloomington,  February  2,  1865;  mustered  out 
June  22, 1865. 

J.  Dobesch  (or  Du  Bois)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
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Peter  Duklin  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  January  1, 1864;  died  about  December,  1864. 

Joseph  Eriacher  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865,  as  blacksmith. 

George  Fox  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  Box  3114,  Joliet,  111. 

Michael  Farl  (or  Farland)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  15,  1864;  discharged 
July  1,  1865,  for  disability. 

Washington  I.  Fox  enlisted  from  Boone,  September  28,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  15, 1865;  address,  Capron,  111. 

Alexander  Field  enlisted  from  Clarion,  February  1,  1865;  deserted  March  27, 
1865. 

Peter  Franklin. 

William  Gill  enlisted  from  Berlin,  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  Gray  enlisted  from  Victoria,  February  1,  1864;  died  at  Eastport, 
Miss.,  February  10,  1865. 

Frank  C.  Hayes  enlisted  from  Homer,  December  1,  1862;  promoted  to  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Hart  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  Hersel  enlisted  from  Berlin,  February  1, 1865;  musted  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  D.  Hedglin  enlisted  from  Spring,  December  28,  1863;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865. 

Garvin  Hamilton  enlisted  at  Chicago.  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865;  address,  Dunseith,  Dak. 

John  D.  Hitchcock  enlisted  from  Lysauder,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  Hartshorn  enlisted  from  Wauconda,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out 
September  25,  1865. 

Martin  Hare  enlisted  frcm  Flora,  September  29,  1864;  mustered  out  June  15, 
1865. 

Frank  Heiselman  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  9,  1865;  mustered  out 
May  29,  1865. 

Samuel  House  enlisted  from  Wauconda,  March  3,  1865;  died  at  Eastport, 
Miss.,  May  29,  1865. 

Horatio  B.  Hesse  enlisted  from  Rockton,  January  5,  1864;  killed  at  Camp- 
bellsville,  Tenn.,  November  24,  1864. 

Isaiah  Hughes  enlisted  from  Berlin,  February  1, 1865;  deserted  September  29, 
1865. 

Jeremiah  A.  Jacobs  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  November  25,  1861;  discharged 
August  21,  1862,  for  disability. 

William  F.  Jackson  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  March  3, 1865;  deserted  September 
29,  1865. 

John  Keefe  enlisted  from  Le  Roy,  January  8,  1864;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865,  as  Corporal;  address,  Fairmont,  Neb. 

Jacob  Kashkushka  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 


324  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Erastus  B.  Little  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  January  5,   1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal;  address,  Kingston,  111. 

George  Sazag  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  January  2,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1864,  as  Bugler. 

Benedict  Lambseher  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  11,    1865;   mustered  out 
October  31.  1865. 

Eugene  S.  Lowe  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  10,  1864;  deserted  December  - 
29,  1865. 

H.  R.  E.  Longfleld  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  March  8,  1864;  deserted  December 
29,  1865. 

Frank  M.  Mordoff  enlisted  Belvidere,  November  25,  1861;  died  at  Cairo,  111., 
October  20,  1862. 

James  F.  Morrison  enlisted  at  Berlin,  February  1,  1865  ;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

"William  G.   Millen  enlisted  from  Berlin,  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Malson  enlisted  from  Bloomington,  February  2,  1685;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Maginnis  enlisted  from  Rockton,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  McGrath  enlisted  from  Worth,  January  21,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Frank  McCudden  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Alexander  Marver  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  11,   1864;  died  at  Nash- 
ville, January  29,  1865. 

George  Miner  enlisted  from  Flora,  September  29, 1864;  died  at  Jeffersonville, 
Ind.,  April  5,  1865. 

Stephen  Malory  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  April  1,  1864;  killed  at  Campbellsville, 
Tenn.,  November  24,  1864. 

Thomas  J.  Mclntyre  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  16,  1865  ;  deserted  Au- 
gust 5,  1865. 

Thomas  McBride  enlisted  from  La  Moille,  February  1,  1865;  deserted  March 
27, 1865. 

David  B.  Monroe  enlisted  from  Harlem,  January  4,  1864;  died  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

Jacob  D.  Olney  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  February  9,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
bee  31,  1865  as  Corporal. 

Robert  Peters  enlisted  at  Manchester,  November  8,  1861;  killed  at  Camp- 
bellsville, November  24,  1864. 

Thomas  Prindiville  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  April  1,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Daniel  Potter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

James  Pemberton  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Fritz  Preston  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 


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Albert  G.  Painter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  31,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Thomas  Quinlan  enlisted  at  Chicago.  January  14,  1864;  deserted  May,  4, 
1865. 

J.  D.  Rosekranz  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  January  2, 1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Garden  Prairie,  111. 

Willis  W.  Razor  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  E.  Raridan  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  W.  Ross  enlisted  from  Bloomington,  February  2,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Peter  E.  Rosekranz  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  December  30,  1863;  mus- 
tered out  October  31, 1865;  address,  Manchester,  Iowa. 

Edward  Reilly. 

Frederick  G.  Reusch  enlisted  April  4,  1865,  at  Chicago;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  address,  Hansen,  Wis. 

Lewis  Rickey  enlisted  from  St.  Ann,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Sanford  Robinson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
6.  1865. 

Andrew  Raymond  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  February  9,  1864;  died  at  Belvidere 
April  24,  1864. 

Dudley  P.  (or  S.)  Strong  enlisted  from  St.  Louis,  February  23. 1862;  veteran. 

Havilla  B.  Strong  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  December  28,  1863;  mustered 
out  October  31,1,1865,  as  company  Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

George  M.  Shattuck  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Charles  Shuler  enlisted  from  Chicago  February  23, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Russell  Sheppard  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  3,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Squire  Summers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  274  Morgan  street,  Chicago. 

George  Simkins  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Matthies  Skoblik  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  1,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31.  1865. 

Thomas  Strong  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  December  28,  1863;  died  at 
Gravelly  Springs,  February  5,  1865. 

Frank  Shafer  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  30,  1864;  died  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  August  1,  1864. 

William  Stebbins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  19,  1864;  died  at  Memphis, 
Tenn. 

Murry  A.  Shattuck  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  12, 1864;  deserted  Septem- 
ber 29,  1865. 

William  T.  Tibbetts  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  November  10,  1861;  address, 
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Albert  G.  Painter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  31,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Thomas  Quinlan  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  14,  1864;  deserted  May,  4, 
1865. 

J.  D.  Rosekranz  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  January  2, 1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Garden  Prairie,  111. 

Willis  W.  Razor  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  E.  Raridan  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

"William  W.  Ross  enlisted  from  Bloomington,  February  2,  1865;  mustered  • 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Peter  E.  Rosekranz  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  December  30,  1863;  mus- 
tered out  October  31, 1865;  address,  Manchester,  Iowa. 

Edward  Reilly. 

Frederick  G.  Reusch  enlisted  April  4,  1865,  at  Chicago;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  address,  Hansen,  Wis. 

Lewis  Rickey  enlisted  from  St.  Ann,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Sanford  Robinson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
6.  1865. 

Andrew  Raymond  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  February  9,  1864;  died  at  Belvidere 
April  24,  1864. 

Dudley  P.  (or  S.)  Strong  enlisted  from  St.  Louis,  February  23. 1862;  veteran. 

Havilla  B.  Strong  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  December  28,  1863;  mustered 
out  October  31^1865,  as  company  Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

George  M.  Shattuck  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  3,  1864;  mustered   out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Charles  Shuler  enlisted  from  Chicago  February  23, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Russell  Sheppard  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  3,  1864;  muslered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Squire  Summers  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  16,  1865;   mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  274  Morgan  street,  Chicago. 

George  Simkins  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Matthies  Skoblik  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  1,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31.  1865. 

Thomas  Strong  enlisted  from  Garden  Prairie,  December  28,  1863;  died  at 
Gravelly  Springs,  February  5,  1865. 

Frank   Shafer  enlisted   from  Spring,  January  30,  1864;   died  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  August  1,  1864. 

William  Stebbins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  19,  1864;   died  at  Memphis, 
Tenn. 

Murry  A.  Shattuck  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  12, 1864;  deserted  Septem- 
ber 29,  1865. 

William  T.  Tibbetts  enlisted  from  Belvidere,  November  10,  1861;  address, 
East  Saginaw,  Mich. 


326  HISTORY    OF    THE 

William  J.  Teas  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  16,  1862;  veteran;  promoted 
Sergeant;  killed  at  Campbellsville,  Tenn.,  November  24,  1865. 

William  Thompson  enlisted  May  18,  1863. 

Lagrange  Tiffany  enlisted  from  Le  Roy,  February  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Clarence,  Iowa. 

William  E.  Turner  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  March  28,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal;  now  residing  at  Harlem,  111. 

Charles  Tibbetts  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  January  2,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Frank  L.  Tracy  enlisted  from  Spring,  January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  absent,  sick. 

Henry  L.  Taylor  enlisted  from  Dover,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  present  residence,  Dover,  111. 

Joseph  M.  Thomas  enlisted  from  Cherry  Valley,  March  1, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Wahoo,  Neb. 

Alfred  H.  Tobleman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Altnon  C.  Turner  enlisted  from  Harlem,  January  4,  1864;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 15,  1865;  address  Grand  River,  Iowa. 

John  Tipping  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  5,  1864;  prisoner  of  war;  mustered 
out  July  8,  1865. 

Orson  A.Turner  enlisted  from  Spring  March  16, 1864;  died  at  Nashville, Tenn., 
December  25,  1864. 

James  Tipping  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  31,  1863;  deserted  December 
29,  1865. 

Henry  Vollmer  discharged  November  26,  1862. 

Alva  B.Van  Dyke  enlisted  from  Le  Roy,  January  4,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  company  Quartermaster-Sergeant;  address,  Liberty,  Kan. 

Solomon  R.  Ward  enlisted  from  Berlin,  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Joseph  Wells  enlisted  from  Berlin ,  February  1 , 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Nicholas  P.  Westman  enlisted  from  Niles  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Edward  White  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  address,  Modena,  Wis. 

Roby  M.  Wilde  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  April  1,  1864;  discharged  by  order  of 
Secretary  of  War,  July  25,  1864,  for  disability;  address  (1888),  472  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 

Samuel  D.  Whitney  enlisted  from  Spring,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Kingston,  111. 

Robert  Wilson  enlisted  at  Belvidere,  January  5,  1864;  discharged  April  18, 
1865,  for  disability;  address,  Belvidere,  111. 

COMPANY  K. 

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Company  K,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  recruited  in 
Princeton,    Bureau   county,   111.,  and    surrounding  country,    was 


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gathered  by  those  who  became  its  officers  (but  not  at  the  first 
entirely),  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  October  26,  1861. 

The  first  commissioned  officers  were  Captain  Solomon  A. 
Paddock,  First  Lieutenant  Charles  S.  Cameron,  Second  Lieuten- 
ant William  McMannis. 

This  company  was  an  exceptionally  fine  body  of  men  and 
their  record  during  the  whole  term  of  service  was  one  to  be  proud 
of.  In  the  early  field  service  of  the  regiment,  Company  K  was 
stationed  at  Patterson,  Mo.,  and  there  performed  excellent  patrol- 
ling service,  and  later  rejoined  the  regiment  in  the  latter  part  of 
May  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  and  in  the  fight  on  June  12,  1862,  this 
company,  being  in  the  advance,  suffered  the  most  having  twelve 
men  wounded.  From  this  time  on  until  their  final  muster  out 
Company  K  was  one  of  the  reliables,  always  well  managed, 
promptly  and  gallantly  performing  every  duty  devolving  upon 
them.  A  large  part  of  the  company  in  March,  1864,  became  vet- 
erans, and  under  a  new  set  of  officers  fully  maintained  the  splen- 
did reputation  they  had  so  nobly  won. 

They  mustered  originally  eighty-eight  men,  and  the  total 
number  borne  on  their  muster  roll  was  two  hundred  and  three. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  CAMERON. 

Charles  S.  Cameron  entered  the  service  as  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  K, 
Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  On  the  promotion  of  Captain  Paddock  he  was  commis- 
sioned Captain,  remaining  in  the  service  until  December  31,  1863,  when  he 
was  discharged. 

Among  the  most  distinguished  incidents  of  Captain  Cameron's  military 
career  may  be  noted  the  fight  at  the  Waddell  farm,  June  12, 1862,  where  the  Cap- 
tain, while  leading  his  "gallant  heroes  of  Company  K,"  was  unhorsed.  Again, 
at  the  battle  of  Moscow,  Tenn.,  December  4,  1863,  Captain  Cameron,  being  the 
senior  captain  on  duty,  was  in  command  of  the  regiment,  and  mpdea  gallant 
fight  on  the  enemy  across  Wolf  river,  who  were  finally  discomfited  and  driven 
back. 

After  leaving  the  service  Captain  Cameron  engaged  in  the  political  arena  in 
the  South  for  awhile,  after  which  he  returned  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  been  for 
many  years  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  prof ession  and  the  politics  of  the  day. 

His  present  address  is  Chicago,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  SPINNEY. 

Joseph  O.  H.  Spinney  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  14,  1861,  in  Company 
K.  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

January  1,  1864,  he  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  and  was  appointed  Sergeant,  and 


328  HISTORY   OF    THE 

later  was  promoted  First  Sergeant  of  his  company,  in  which  position  he  served 
well  and  faithfully  until  he  was  again  promoted  to-be  First  Lieutenant,  September 
23,  1864. 

On  the  promotion  of  Captain  Clark  to  a  majorship  Lieutenant  Spinney 
received  his  commission  as  captain,  remaining  with  the  company  until  the  final 
muster-out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Captain  Spinney  was  one  of  the  true  and  tried,  who  by  his  bravery  and  fine 
soldierly  qualities  won  his  way  upward,  and  also  gained  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  both  officers  and  men. 

His  genial,  hearty  speech  and  manner  made  him  a  general  favorite. 

His  address,  May,  1888,  is  Massena,  Iowa. 

SKETCH  OF   LIEUTENANT  PRICKETT. 

Oliver  T.  Prickett  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  in  the  spring  of  1865, 
bringing  with  him  quite  a  number  of  recruits,  which  wrere  absorbed  in  Company 
K,  of  which  Prickett  was  made  Second  Lieutenant  May  5,  and  was  promoted  First 
Lieutenant  May  10,  1865;  remained  with  the  regiment  until  the  final  muster-out 
at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  WOODWORTH. 

Frank  Woodworth  enlisted  at  Bloomingdale,  September  5,  1861,  and  joining 
Company  K  was  made  Corporal,  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864;  was 
made  First  Sergeant  and  served  in  that  position  until  May  10,  1865;  when  he  was 
commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and  was  with  the  company  and  regiment  in 
faithful,  good  soldierly  service  during  a  period  of  over  four  years.  In  all  the  en- 
gagements of  his  company  he  gallantly  bore  himself  so  as  to  win  the  respect 
of  all. 

His  present  address  is  Chicago,  111. 

JOHN  R.  WILDER 

enlisted  from  Truro,  111.,  October  18,  1861,  in  Company  K,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
and  served  with  his  company  faithfully  as  a  good  soldier  until  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service,  and  was  mustered  out  October  31,  1864. 

Comrade  Wilder  was  one  of  the  best  soldiers  in  the  Ninth,  and  with  his  com- 
rades of  Company  K,  was  always  to  be  relied  upon  to  do  bravely  and  well  all 
soldierly  duties. 

At  the  spirited  fight,  at  the  Waddell  farm,  where  Company  K,  had  twelve 
men  wounded,  J.  R.  Wilder  received  a  painful  though  not  dangerous  shot  from 
the  rebels,  but  was  soon  ready  for  duty  again,  and  remained  with  us  till  the  fall 
of  1864,  then  returning  to  Illinois.  He  has  of  late  years  made  his  home  in  Knox- 
ville,  where  he  is  still  successfully  engaged  as  a  merchant  in  that  city,  an  honored 
and  esteemed  citizen. 

VOLNEY  S.  WILKINSON 

enlisted  at  Buda,  111.,  October  28,  1861,  in  Company  K,  of  the  Ninth,  and  re-en- 
listed as  a  veteran,  January  1,  1864,  when  he  was  promoted  Sergeant  of  his 
company. 

He  was  in  all  the  battles  that  the  regiment  were  engaged  in  from  1861  to 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  329 

November  30,  1864,  when  at  the  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  he  received  a  severe 
wound  in  the  arm,  and  was  taken  prisoner  with  his  brother  John  C.,  who  refused 
to  leave  him.  He  was  taken  to  General  Forrest,  who  treated  him  very  kindly, 
and  gave  him  a  recommendation  to  General  Loring,  which  secured  a  parole  for 
both.  General  Loring  made  his  headquarters  at  the  house  of  N.  B.  Mathews, 
where  the  next  day  he  paroled  the  brothers. 

Volney  remained  at  the  plantation  two  months,  and  then  went  to  the  hospital 
at  Franklin,  where  the  surgeon  wanted  to  amputate  his  arm,  but  he  would  not 
consent  and  thereby  saved  his  arm,  then  went  to  the  hospital  at  Nashville,  re- 
ceiving here  a  furlough,  joining  the  regiment  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  in  June  1865, 
and  was  discharged  for  disability,  Septembers,  1865. 

His  present  address  is  Duluth,  Minn.  Where  he  has  been  engaged 
successfully  in  business  for  many  years. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  K. 

Sergeant  George  C.  Stanley  enlisted  from  Copley,  October  2,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1864,  as  First  Sergeant. 

Sergeant  John  Jameson  enlisted  at  Princeton,  September  20,  1861;  veteran; 
deserted  November  18, 1864. 

Sergeant  Francis  M.  Lamper  enlisted  from  Osceola,  September  26,  1861;  dis- 
charged July  22,  1862. 

Corporal  Peter  Halenback  enlisted  from  Copley,  September  19,  1861;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  discharged  June  1,1862. 

Corporal  Thomas  Crossley  enlisted  at  Princeton,  October  12,  1861-  address, 
Princeton,  111. 

Corporal  Edward  Cameron  enlisted  from  Indian  Town  September  SO,  1861; 
died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  24, 1864. 

Bugler  Amherst  W.  Blake  enlisted  from  Tiskilwa,  October  19,  1861;  dis- 
charged June  1,  1862. 

Bugler  John  Buss  enlisted  at  Princeton,  October  10,  1861;  discharged  July 
22;  1862;  mustered  out;  roll  says  "died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  June  1,  1865." 

Farrier  Anson  P.  Fish  enlisted  from  Dover,  October  19,  1861;  discharged 
July  22,  1862. 

EliphaletG.  Ball  enlisted  from  Munson,  October  24,  1861;  discharged  June 
1,  1862;  died  at  Chicago,  February,  1887.  Re-enlisted  in  Company  E,  May  30, 
1864.  (See  Company  E  for  record.) 

Isaac  Bennett  enlisted  from  Victoria  September  19,1861;  died  at  Patterson, 
Mo.,  May  11,  1862. 

Alexander  Bennett  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September  19,  1861;  discharged 
June  1,  1862. 

Willis  M.  Brott  enlisted  from  Victoria,  October  2,  1861;  veteran ;  promoted 
Bugler;  transferred  to  Second  United  States  Colored  Artillery;  died  at  Victoria, 
June  19,  1888. 

Alexander  R.  Brewster  enlisted  at  Princeton,  September  30,  1861;  discharged 
June  1,  1862. 

Thomas  Boyd  enlisted  from  Galva,  September  19,  1861;  discharged  Decem- 
ber, 1864. 


330  HISTORY    OF    THE 

William  E.  Borree  enlisted  from  Half  Moon,   Wis.,  September  19,  1861; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1864. 

Ferdinand  Bassett  enlisted  from  Hamilton,  September  20,  1861;  discharged 
September  25,  1862. 

William  R.  Belcher  enlisted  from  Truro,  September  24,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864. 

Henry  C.  Brown  enlisted  at  Princeton,  October  18,  1861. 

William  Boggs  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September  19,  1861;  discharged  June 
1,  1862. 

David  Boggs  enlisted  from  Victoria,  October  21,  1861. 

Fowler  Bryant  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  17,  1861. 

Louis  Bischoff  enlisted  October  25,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

Andrew  J.  Chalmers  enlisted  from  Selby,  September  20,  1861;  discharged 
December  1,  1864. 

Denis  Cahill  enlisted  from  Indian  Town,  October  4,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Crossley  enlisted  at  Princeton,  September  26,  1861. 

Charles 'Coon  enlisted  September  19,  1861. 

Joseph  B.  Chamberlain  enlisted  from  Indian  Town,  October  5,  1861;  dis- 
charged November  6,  1862. 

Samuel  Christian  enlisted  from  Indian  Town,  September  20,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865,  as  Bugler. 

James  H.  Dobbins  enlisted  at  Princeton  September  24,  1861. 

Peter  H.  Donnelly  enlisted  September  25,  1861;  died  at  Chicago  December  7, 
1861. 

Frank  U.  Doyle  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  17,  1861;  discharged  De- 
cember, 1864. 

Wallace  W.  Forshey  enlisted  from  Princton,  October  15,  1861;  discharged 
December,  1864. 

Erastus  S.  Foster  enlisted  from  Victoria,  October  12,  1861;  veteran;  died  at 
Anderson ville,   June  17,  1865;   grave  12,473. 

Thomas  A.  Foster  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  17,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Bugler;  address,  Bismarck,  Dak. 

Wesley  T.  Foster  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  19,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Bradford,  111. 

Francis  H.  Griswold  enlisted  from   Osceola,  October  5,  1861;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; died  at  Memphis,  July  21,  1862. 

Wesley  Hyke  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

Joseph  Helmer  enlisted  from  Leepertown,  September  10,  1861,  discharged 
September  25,  1862;  address  Breckenridge,  Mo. 

William  H   Hubbell  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September  19,  1861;  discharged 
October  28, 1862. 

Oscar  D.  Herrick  enlisted  from  Princeton,  September  30,  1861,  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864. 

Francis  M.  Herrick  enlisted  from  Princton,  October  5,  1861. 

John  S.  Hayden  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  First  Sergeant. 


NINTH   ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  331 

Christopher  Handley  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  15,  1861. 

Albert  H.  Hannah  enlisted  from  Geneseo,  October  24,  1861. 

Samuel  G.  Jarvis  enlisted  from  Victoria,  October  5,  1861. 

Caleb  Kimbler  enlisted  from  Truro,  October  8,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Caleb  Kimber  enlisted  from  Truro,  October  8,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  Kelly  enlisted  from  Milo,  October  15,  1861;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1864. 

Elisha  A.  Leech  enlisted  at  Princeton,  September  25,  1861;  deserted  October 
27,  1861. 

William  S.  Luce  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  17,  1861;  discharged 
December  1,  1864. 

JohnMcNulty  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  26,  1861;  discharged  June  1, 1862. 

Thomas  McMahon  enlisted  at  Princeton.  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Galva,  111. 

Richard  Mallory  enlisted  from  La  Moille,  September  27,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Philip  Moak  enlisted  at  Victoria,  October  13,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. < 

Isaac  Moon  enlisted  from  Bradford,  October  15,  1861;  discharged  December, 
1864. 

W.  W.  Murray  enlisted  from  Nebraska,  October  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Shell  Rock,  Iowa. 

Joseph  McKay  enlisted  October  24,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  L. 

William  B.  Olmstead  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September  19,  1861;  died  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  November  3,  1862. 

John  R.  Olmstead  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September  19,  1861;  discharged 
June  1,  1862;  address,  St.  Mary's,  Dak. 

Willard  Osgood  enlisted  from  Truro,  October  8,  1861;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1864;  address,  Tecumseh,  Neb. 

John  O'Keefe  enlisted  from  Indian  Town,  September  30,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864. 

Charles  B.  Paddock  enlisted  from  Princeton,  October  12,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  captured  at  Guntown,Miss..  June  10, 1864,  and  died  in  the  hands 
of  the  enemy. 

Martin  Powers  enlisted  from  Concord,  September  30,  1861;  discharged  Octo- 
ber 26,  1862. 

William  Roop  enlisted  from  Farmington,  October  6,  1861;  discharged  Decem- 
ber, 1864. 

James  M.  Stanley  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September  19,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  present  address,  Ft. 
Scott,  Kan. 

Guy  H.  Smith  enlisted  from  Bureau  county,  September  20,  1861;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1864. 

Whitney  F.  Strong  enlisted  from  Truro,  September  19,  1861;  died  at  Patter- 
son, Mo.,  August  9,  1862. 


332  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Stephen  F.  Sager  enlisted  from  Truro,  September  19,  1861;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1864. 

Samuel  Stafford  enlisted  from  Rio,  September  18,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Wagoner;  address,  Rio,  111. 

Wilson  S.  Stinson  enlisted  from  Concord,  October  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

James  Sherlock  enlisted  October  15, 1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865,  as  Corporal. 

Herman  D.  Sturmis  enlisted  from  Osceola,  October  15,  1861. 

Henry  D.  Tabor  enlisted  from  Hastings,  October  25, 1861;  veteran;  discharged 
September  28,  1865,  for  disability;  address  Walton,  Mich. 

Nelson  Ward  enlisted  from  Yorkton,  September  25,  1861;  mustered  out  May 
9,  1865;  prisoner  of  war. 

Jacob  Wayman  enlisted  from  Victoria,  September'  19,  1861;  discharged 
November  24,  1862. 

Bradley  A.  Wilmot  enlisted  from  Sparta,  September  20,  1861;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  address,  Tina,  Mo. 

Joseph  C.  West  enlisted  from  Concord,  September 26,  1861;  died  at  St.  Louis, 
November  15,  1862. 

Clark  West  enlisted  from  Buda,  October  7,  1861;  discharged  October  27, 
1861. 

John  R.  Wilder  enlisted  from  Truro,  October  18, 1861;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1864;  address,  Knoxville,  111. 

John  A.  Wifoat  enlisted  from  Munson,  September,  14,  1861;  discharged 
June  1,  1862. 

RECRUITS. 

George  W.  Anderson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  18,  1864;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865;  was  for  many  years  in  government  and  municipal  em- 
ploy. 

Jeremiah  Agarty  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  15,  1865;  died  at  Eastport, 
Miss.,  May  15,  1865. 

Lorenzo  Blackwood  enlisted  from  Altona,  January  23,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Isaac  Bruner  enlisted  at  Kewanee,  April  24,  1864;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Herman  Brown  enlisted  from  Flora,  January  18,  1865;  muster*  d  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Samuel  P.  Bowers  enlisted  from  Lake  View,  February  18,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

David  Battie  enlisted  from  Girard,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Allen  Bruster  enlisted  from  Sandy,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Christopher  C.  Bell  enlisted  from  Gillespie,  February  21,  1865;  absent,  sick, 
at  muster  out  of  regiment. 

Abel  Butler  enlisted  from  Funk's  Grove,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY    VOLUNTEERS.  333 

Miles  J.  Brooks  enlisted  from  Concord,  April  12,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

Franklin  Baker  enlisted  from  Carbondale,  March,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Benjamin  Batts  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  22,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

James  L.  Bannister  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  21,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Francis  Binz  enlisted  from  Chicago  April  12,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  engaged  in  business  in  Chicago  for  many  years;  now  residing  at  329  S. 
Morgan  street,  Chicago. 

William  M.  Boggs  enlisted  April  11,  1865,  from  Chicago,  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  has  been  for  many  years  in  the  employ  of  the  C.  R.  I.  &  P.  Ry; 
present  address,  2506  St.  Lawrence  avenue,  Chicago. 

George  Buck  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  10,  1865,  absent,  sick,  at  muster 
out  of  regiment. 

'  Albert  Bruster  enlisted  from  Indian  Creek,  February  15. 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

Alvah  D.  Bishop  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  deserted  August  6, 
1865. 

Charles  P.  Counselman  enlisted  from  Centre  October  28,  1861;  discharged 
June  1,  1862. 

Henry  E.  Colburn  enlisted  from  Walnut,  January  11,  1862. 

Hibbin  S.  Corbin  enlisted  from  La  Salle  county,  July  22,  1862. 

Chauncy  Creppen  enlisted  from  Sweetwater,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

JohnH.  Caldwell  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 81,  1865. 

John  H.Clinton  enlisted  from  Indian  Creek,  February  15, 1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Willis  Cheatham  enlisted  from  Rock  Creek,  February  15, 1865. 

Thomas  Cooley  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  18,1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Albert  A.  Decreet  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  16,  1862;  discharged  March 
1,  1865;  address,  Hastings,  Neb.,  box  1,001. 

Morris  Doody  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October  81, 
1865. 

Simeon  Davis  enlisted  from  Galva,  January  23,  1865;  deserted. 

William  Garl  enlisted  at  Princeton,  November  28,  1861;  discharged  April  3, 
1862. 

Augustus  Frizel  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  23,  1861 ;  discharged  June 
15,  1862. 

Samuel  H.  Fitch  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  31,  1861;  transferred  to  Tenth 
Cavalry  November  9, 1861. 

William  Farnsworth  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  15,  1862;  veteran;  mus- 
tered out  October  31,  1865,  as  Bugler;  address,  Hegewisch,  111. 

John  Fisher  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February   16,  1862. 


334:  HISTORY   OF   THE 

William  Fowler  enlisted  from  Galva,  January  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Josiah  Fowler  enlisted  from  Rock  Creek,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  81,  1865. 

Daniel  Farrell  enlisted  from  Galva,  January  23,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865;  address  Galva,  111. 

Stanton  Field  enlisted  from  Sweetwater,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Oliver  C.  Fulford  enlisted  from  Fancy  Creek,  February  14,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31, 1865. 

Joseph  Gonley  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Daniel  Gill  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Disney  Garrett  enlisted  from  Blue  Mound,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Thomas  Gullon  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  9,  1864;  deserted  June  30,  1864. 

Charles  Herman  enlisted  from  Cicero,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  Hayes  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  15,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

James  T.  Hull  enlisted  from  Barnett,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Edward  Hatfield  enlisted  from  Girard,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  L.  Hatfield  enlisted  from  Girard,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Alexander  B.  Hall  enlisted  from  Barnett,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
May  31,  1865. 

Charles  Johnson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  Chicago. 

William  Johnson. 

William  Kewley  enlisted  from  Galva,  January  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Lewis  Kuns  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Humphrey  C.  Ketcham  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  11,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  address,  Christie,  Wis. 

John  G.  Kibler  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Charles  Lynes  enlisted  from  Victoria,  November  25,  1861 ;  deserted  Decem- 
ber 15,  1861. 

John  L.  Leggitt  enlisted  from  Henry  county,  March  6,  1862;  discharged 
March  10,  1865;  address,  Lothrop,  Iowa. 

George  W.  Lancigwoat  enlisted  from  Cheney's  Grove,  February  15, 1865; 
mustered  out  October  31, 1865,  as  Blacksmith. 

John  Lamb  enlisted  from  Mosquito  Grove,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  335 

James  Layman  enlisted  from  Rock  Creek,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Francis  M.  Lamper  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  29,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

James  M.  Lee  enlisted  at  Indian  Creek.  February  15,  1865. 

Richard  H.  Lee  enlisted  from  Girard,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 16,  1865. 

Frank  Marsh  enlisted  January  11,  1862;  discharged;  address,  Plum  Creek, 
Neb. 

William  C.  Minier  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865,  as  Corporal.  Has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  State  for  many  years  as 
State  Game  Warden;  address,  163  S.  Clark  street,  Chicago. 

Henry  McKibben  enlisted  from  Bradford,  March  28,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Patrick  H.  McBride  enlisted  from  Rock  Creek,  February  15,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Lewis  M.  McBride  enlisted  from  Indian  Creek,  February  15,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

John  McBride  enlisted  from  Cartwright,  February  16,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Peter  Me  Andrew  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  9, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Martin  McLaughlin  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  18,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

DeWitt  C.  Miller  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  January  24, 1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Jesse  Massa  enlisted  from  Rock  Creek,  February  15,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  McKinney  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Jefferson  Martin  enlisted  from  Mosquito  Grove,  February  15,  1864;  deserted 
September  13,  1865. 

James  W.  Neale  enlisted  from  Victoria,  February  1,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal;  now  residing  at  Victoria,  111. 

William  Neal  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  15,  1864;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

James  K.  Pierce  enlisted  from  Indian  Creek,  February  15,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Peal  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  January  24,  1864;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  C.  Pullen  enlisted  from  Arkansas,  June  15,  1862;  mustered  out  June 
9,  1865. 

John  Porter  enlisted  from  Indian  Creek,  February  14,  1865;  deserted  April 
14,  1865. 

William  Ruckel  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  20,.  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Henry  Ritter  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  11, 1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 


336  t HISTORY    OF   THE 

Albert  H.  Smith  enlisted  from  Altona,  November  25,  1861;  discharged  July 
22,  1862. 

Harvey  P.  Strong  enlisted  from  Victoria,  January  19,  1862. 

William  M.  Stevens  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Samuel  L.  Shannon  enlisted  from  Victoria,  February  1,  1864;  mustered  out 
June  22,  1865;  address,  Victoria,  111. 

George  Stephens  enlisted  from  Sweetwater,  February  14, 1864;  died  at  Mound 
City,  May  7,  1865. 

Wiley  C.  Sellers  enlisted  from  Barnett,  February  15,  1865;  died  at  Eastport, 
April  5,  1865. 

Henry  Simpson  enlisted  from  Miles,  January  25, 1865;  deserted  September  13, 
1865. 

Richard  Toomey  enlisted  from  Lemont,  November  11,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Hugh  Talty  enlisted  from  Lemont,  December  16, 1861 ;  transferred  to  Twenty- 
third  Illinois  Infantry  February  22,  1862. 

John  H.  Thorp  enlisted  from  Lemont,  March  6,  1862;  discharged  March  10, 
1865;  address,  Dana,  111. 

Jesse  Turner  enlisted  from  Buckeye,  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Josiah  Turner  enlisted  from  Rock  Creek,  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

George  Turner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

H.  Thompson. 

Judson  M.  Waldo  enlisted  from  Walnut,  January  11,  1862;  died  at  Anderson- 
ville  prison,  October  12,  1864;  grave  10756. 

Mark  Walsh  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  18,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Albert  Walsh  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  15,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Simon  Worthing  enlisted  from  Pilot,  April  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Warren  Walker  enlisted  from  Rhoade's  Point,  February  22,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Soxith  Bend,  Kan. 

Charles  Wilson  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  10,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  C.  Wilkinson  enlisted  at  Princeton,  March  28,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Christopher  Wagoner  enlisted  from  Cicero,  February  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

COMPANY  L. 

Company  L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers,  was  recruited 
from  various  parts  of  the  State  and  the  West,  mostly  from  Chi- 
cago, and  was  mustered  into  the  service  November  11, 1861,  with 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  337 

Louis  F.  Booth,  Captain;  Charles  T.  Scammon,  First  Lieutenant, 
and  William  E.  Bailey,  Second  Lieutenant. 

The  members  of  this  company  coming,  as  they  did,  from  widely 
separate  sections,  their  acquaintance  and  sympathies  were  not  so 
close  as  that  of  many  others,  but  for  all  that  the  members  of 
Company  L  soon  got  to  know  each  other  well,  and  as  a  company 
performed  all  duties  thoroughly  and  well,  and  gained  the  title  of 
the  "  Fighting  Company  L.  " 

Under  the  lead  of  their  gallant  and  dashing  Captain  Booth  for 
a  period  ^of  three  years,  they  did  as  much  hard  service  as  any 
company  in  the  Ninth.  They  were  placed  on  detached  service  at 
Patterson,  Mo.,  but  soon  rejoined  the  regiment  at  Reeve's  Station, 
and  were  constantly  with  the  regiment  in  all  its  severe  and  ardu- 
ous campaigns,  and  at  Shoal  Creek,  Tenn.,  November  19,  1864, 
Company  L,  under  command  of  the  brave  and  gallant  Captain 
Carpenter  beat  of  a  large  body  of  rebels,  inflicting  a  loss  heavy 
loss  on  a  force  very  largely  superior  in  numbers. 

The  company  to  a  large  extent  re-enlisted  in  the  Veteran 
organization  in  March,  1864,  and  under  a  part  new  officers  main- 
tained themselves  as  a  brave  and  efficient  company. 

The  number  at  original  muster  was  eighty-one,  and  the  whole 
number  borne  on  the  rolls  during  their  four  years'  service  was  two 
hundred  and  seven. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  BOOTH. 

Louis  F.  Booth  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Chicago,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  the  service  as  Captain  of  Company  L,  November  11,  1861. 

Captain  Booth  was  a  man  much  in  love  with  the  profession  he  had  chosen, 
and  of  pleasing  address,  he  made  friends  of  all. 

In  the  long  time  with  which  he  remained  with  the  Ninth  he  was  ever  active,  a 
good  soldier,  a  fine  officer  and  a  man  popular  with  all. 

In  the  winter  of  1862-63,  at  an  election  held  by  the  commissioned  officers  of 
the  Ninth,  Captain  Booth  received  the  unanimous  vote  for  a  Majorship,  at  that 
time  vacant  in  the  regiment,  but  the  rule  of  seniority  prevailed,  and  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Colonel  placed  another  gentleman  in  this  position. 

At  the  end  of  his  three  years'  service  Captain  Booth  was  mustered  out. 
Returning  to  Chicago,  he  was  actively  engaged  in  business  for  a  number  of  years, 
then  removed  to  New  York  City. 

There  has  been  a  report  of  the  death  of  Captain  Booth,  but  it  has  never  fully 
been  confirmed. 

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338  HISTORY    OF   THE 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  CARPENTER. 

Captain  John  H.  Carpenter  was  born  January  23, 1840,  in  the  city  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Chicago,  in  1843,  and  attended  Dearborn  and 
other  public  schools  for  a  small  portion  of  each  year  up  to  1857,  when  he  entered 
the  preparatory  school  of  Kenyon  College,  Ohio,  and  one  year  thereafter  entered 
college. 

In  the  early  summer  of  1860  he  had  some  trouble  with  the  faculty,  and  left 
the  institution,  after  which  he  attended  the  Chicago  University,  but,  as  the  excite- 
ment about  the  presidential  election  ran  high,  he  left  college  for  good,  and  went 
to  New  Orleans  in  the  fall  of  1860,  where  he  worked  during  the  winter  of 
1860-61. 

During  all  this  time  the  war  fever  and  secession  ran  high.  Recruiting  for 
the  rebel  army  commenced,  and  Carpenter  assisted  in  raising  two  companies,  and 
was  offered  the  position  of  Third  Engineer  on  the  rebel  cruiser  "  Sumter,"  by 
Commodore  Simms.  The  first  engineer  was  M.  O'Brien.  Up  to  the  battle  of  Bull 
Run  he  had  supposed  serious  trouble  would  be  averted,  but  after  that  the  indica- 
tions pointed  so  strongly  to  a  struggle  that  he  made  up  his  mind  to  go  North;  so 
he  started  for  home,  August  15th,  with  the  full  determination  of  going  into  the 
army,  and  staying  until  the  last  rebel  was  whipped . 

He  had  great  difficulty  in  passing  Memphis,  Tenn.,  but  succeeded  in  getting  a 
"pass"  from  the  rebel  General  Polk.  From  Columbus,  Ky.,  to  Cairo,  he,  i» 
company  with  two  comrades  worked  their  way  up  the  river  in  a  skiff,  and  was 
fired  on  by  the  Nineteenth  Illinois  Infantry  from  the  Missouri  shore,  but  arrived 
safely  in  Chicago,  September  6th,  and  on  the  19th  enlisted  in  Company  F;  was 
transferred  to  Company  K,  and  again  to  Company  L;  was  Acting  Sergeant,  in 
charge  of  sick  horses  in  Camp  Douglas,  under  Lieutenant  Perkins;  was  appointed 
Corporal  in  his  company,  and  soon  afterwards  was  promoted  Sergeant-Major 
of  the  regiment.  He  was  commissioned  Adjutant  with  the  rank  of  First  Lieu- 
tenant, October  10,  1862,  and  held  that  position  until  September  29,  1864.  He 
was  placed  in  command  of  Company  L  in  the  summer  of  1864,  and  was  commis- 
sioned Captain  of  the  same  March  27,  1865,  and  was  one  of  our  brave,  gallant, 
fighting  officers,  and  one  on  whose  good  judgment  his  superior  cffkeiscould 
always  rely.  . 

During  the  Shoal  Creek  campaign  and  at  Campbellsville,  where  he  was 
wounded,  he  gallantly  led  his  company  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  and  won  the 
commendation  of  his  superior  officers  for  efficiency  and  bravery  in  action.  He 
never  missed  a  day's  duty  while  in  the  service. 

Captain  Carpenter  was  mustered  out  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31, 1865;  return- 
ing to  his  home  in  Chicago,  attended  law  school,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
January  23,  1867,  and  a  few  years  later  elected  to  the  city  council,  and  served  a& 
Alderman  for  three  years,  with  credit  to  himself  and  the  constituency  he  repre- 
sented. 

He  is  still  a  resident  of  Chicago,  where  he  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  many 
who  know  his  sterling  qualities  of  head,  and  the  kindness  of  heart  that  he  pos- 
sesses . 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  BAILEY. 
Willia"m  E.  Bailey  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  Second  Lieutenant  of 


JDHN  H,  CARPENTER. 

Captain  Conqpany  L. 


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Company  L  November  11,  1861,  and  served  with  the  regiment  until  the  9th  of 
February,  1863. 

Lieutenant  Bailey  was  a  dashing  cavalry  officer,  and  distinguished  himself 
mainly  by  falling  in  love  with  a  very  handsome  young  rebel  lady,  whom  he  mar- 
ried, and  by  whose  persuasion  he  resigned  his  commission  in  the  Union  army;  he 
settled  on  the  "old  plantation,"  where  he  was  between  two  fires,  as  he  was 
required  by  General  Prentiss  commanding  to  take  the  oath  of  allegiance  if  he 
came  in  our  lines,  and  if  he  did  so,  the  rebels  said  they  would  destroy  all  his  prop- 
erty. 

His  life  there  was  not  a  pleasant  one,  and  he  came  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  but 
returned  to  Arkansas  after  the  close  of  the  war. 

In  later  years  his  health  failed  and  he  went  to  California,  where  he  died  in 
1887. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  GALLING. 

Benjamin  D.  Gallino  enlisted  in  Company  L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1861,  from  Rapid  City,  served  faithfully  with  his  company  and  regiment 
till  January  1,  1864,  when  he  re-enlisted,  and  was  appointed  Sergeant,  and  again 
promoted  to  be  First  Sergeant  of  his  company.  He  was  commissioned  Second 
Lieutenant  June  20,  1864,  and  was  promoted  First  Lieutenant,  May  4th,  follow- 
ing, and  was  with  his  company  till  July  14,  1865,  but  was  not  discharged  from 
the  service  till  November,  1865. 

He  commanded  at  different  times  three  companies — D,  M  and  L.  During  the 
Shoal  Creek  campaign  he  was  in  command  of  Company  M,  and  at  the  battle  of 
Nashville  commanded  forty  dismounted  men  in  the  charge  on  the  forts  which 
the  cavalry  captured,  and  the  next  day,  with  his  company  mounted,  was  on  the 
left  flank,  and  pursued  the  enemy  till  they  crossed  the  Tennessee  River.  He  was 
a  gallant,  brave  and  faithful  officer.  His  address  now,  1888,  is  Pueblo,  Colo. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  GILLISPIE. 

John  N.  Gillispie  joined  Company  C,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  10, 
1861;  transferred  to  and  appointed  Corporal  of  Company  L;  was  again  promoted 
to  be  First  Sergeant,  and  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  April  15,  1863. 
He  served  with  his  company  faithfully  till  June  20,  1864,  when  he  resigned. 

Lieutenant  Gillispie  was  one  of  the  reliables,  and  had  gained  the  good  will 
of  his  comrades  by  his  good  qualities  of  heart  and  head. 

His  present  address  is  Piano,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  CROSS. 

George  B.  Cross  enlisted  in  Company  L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  October  15, 
1861,  at  Chicago. 

He  was  promoted  company  Quartermaster-Sergeant,  and  commissioned  Sec- 
ond Lieutenant,  February  9,  1863,  and  again  promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant  of 
his  company — April  15,  1863. 

Lieutenant  Cross  was  a  brave  soldier,  and  but  for  the  fact  that  he  was 
strongly  addicted  to  the  use  of  liquor,  he  might  have  been  a  successful  man,  as  it 
was  he  was  dismissed  from  the  service,  May  4,  1864. 


340  HISTORY   OF   THE 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  HARKNESS. 

Edwin  Harkness  joined  Company  L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  regiment;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran,  and  was  made  Corporal  January 
1,  1864;  was  promoted  to  First  Sergeant,  and  October  10,  1865,  was  commissioned 
to  be  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  L. 

Lieutenant  Harkness  was  a  reliable  and  good  soldier;  was  with  the  regiment 
constantly  for  over  four  years,  and  being  of  strong  build  and  constitution,  was 
never  sick  a  day;  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Guerrilla  Hayes  near  the  Tennessee 
River,  January  12,  1865,  and  after  being  robbed  by  his  captors,  was  allowed  to 
depart  joining  the  regiment  at  Gravelly  Springs,  the  next  day,  remaining  on 
duty  with  his  company  till  October  31,  1865.  His  address,  May,  1888,  is  Elm- 
wood,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  SUMMERS. 

Samuel  S.  Summers  enlisted  from  Monmouth,  111.,  November  1,  1861;  re- 
enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1,  1864;  was  appointed  Sergeant  and  later,  March 
28,  was  commissioned  to  be  Second  Lieutenant,  and  was  again  promoted,  October 
10,  1865,  to  a  first  lieutenancy,  but  having  tendered  his  resignation  in  August, 
the  same  was  accepted  August  29,  1865. 

JOSHUA  BELL 

was  born  in  Lemont,  Cook  county,  111.,  August  15,  1844,  and  with  his  parents 
removed  to  Chicago  the  fall  of  that  year.  He  received  a  grammar  school  educa- 
tion, and  graduated  from  the  high  school  into  Company  L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry, October  15,  1861.  He  was  small  for  his  age,  and  barely  passed  muster  on 
the  ground  "that  he  would  do  for  a  Bugler."  When  his  company  was  full  he 
was  appointed  Saddler-Sergeant  of  Company  L.  He  says:  "  I  did  not  capture  any 
court  houses  or  Generals,  and  think  I  was  a  hard  case,"  as  I  was  one  of  the  first  to 
be  arrested  for  foraging  after  leaving  Pilot  Knob,  but  dodged  the  cuaid  house  as 
I  had  no  official  notice  of  the  order,  and  beat  the  Sergeant-Major  out  of  the  hog 
I  shot." 

Soon  after  arriving  at  Helena  he  was  taken  sick  in  consequence  of  the  hard- 
ships and  lack  of  water  on  the  march  to  that  place,  and  was  discharged  for  dis- 
ability, September  20,  1862. 

After  leaving  the  Ninth  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  sick  for  nearly  a  year, 
and  January  7,  1864,  enlisted  in  the  "Chicago  Mercantile  Battery,"  and  served 
in  the  Department  of  the  Gulf  until  July  10,  1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  as 
a  veteran,  having  taken  part  in  the  Red  River  expedition  under  General  Banks, 
and  other  minor  movements. 

After  he  returned  to  Chicago  he  was  married,  1866,  to  Miss  Ellen  Colvin,  and 
has  a  promising  family  of  six  children — three  sons  and  three  daughters 

He  has  had  his  full  share  of  the  ups  and  downs  of  life.  After  twelve  years 
of  service  in  political  life  in  various  capacities  he  obtained  the  position  in  1887  of 
Superintendent  of  the  harness  contract  at  the  Illinois  State  Prison,  Joliet,  111. 

Comrade  Bell,  in  all  these  years  of  toil,  maintains  the  same  cheerful  and  happy 
demeanor.  He  has  many  friends  and  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who  know 
his  sterling  qualities  of  head,  and  the  goodness  of  his  heart.  His  address  1888, 
Joliet,  111. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  341 

SKETCH  OF  ALEXANDER  AUSTIN. 

Alexander  Austin  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Company  L,  from 
Chicago,  111.,  April  12,  1865,  and  served  faithfully  with  the  regiment  till  the  31st 
of  October,  1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  as 
Corporal  of  Company  L. 

Comrade  Austin,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  returned  to  Illinois,  and  engaged  in 
the  grain  business  at  Rockford  and  Cherry  Valley,  and  later  came  to  Chicago, 
and  has  bsen  engaged  in  the  same  business  for  many  years. 

His  home  is  now  in  Oak  Park,  111.,  where  he  is  known  as  a  good  citizen  and 
a  thoroughgoing  business  man. 

SKETCH  OF  IRA  B.  WOOD. 

Ira  B.  Wood  enlisted  in  Company  L,  October  15,  1861,  and  was  wounded  at 
Waddell  farm,  June  27,  1862,  and  was  thrown  from  his  horse  and  supposed  to 
have  been  killed,  but  came  out  all  right;  was  again  wounded  at  Guntown,  Miss., 
June  10,  1864,  and  was  taken  prisoner  by  one  of  the  bushwhackers,  but  soon 
turned  the  tables  on  him,  and  carried  his  captor  in  triumph  into  camp;  was  finally 
discharged  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service  at  Edgefield,  Term.,  December 
9,  1864.  His  present  address  is  Albany,  Neb. 

SKETCH  OF  GEORGE  W.  OLMSTED. 

George  W.  Olmsted  enlisted  in  Company  L,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1861,  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  November  llth,  as  Corporal,  and 
served  faithfully  with  his  company.  In  the  first  severe  fight  the  regiment  was  in, 
June  27,  1862,  at  Stewart's  Plantation,  while  gallantly  charging  the  enemy  with 
Company  L,  he  had  his  horse  shot  from  under  him  and  only  escaped  capture  by 
the  enemy  by  secreting  himself  in  the  canebrake,  after  our  horses  had  left  the 
field. 

He  continued  on  duty,  having  been  promoted  to  a  sergeantcy,  until  Novem- 
ber 12,  1864,  when,  his  term  of  enlistment  having  expired,  he  was  mustered  out. 
At  the  battle  of  Hurricane  Creek,  July,  1864,  he  received  a  severe  wound  in  the 
hand,  loosing  two  fingers  by  amputation. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  service  he  returned  to  Illinois,  and  has  been  for 
many  years  a  successful  business  man  at  Prophetstown,  111.,  where  he  was  widely 
known  and  highly  respected,  and  which  is  his  present  address,  June,  1888. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  L. 

Sergeant  George  D.  Warren  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  20,  1861. 

Bugler  Seth  Payne  enlisted  October  17,  1861;  address,  Audubon,  Iowa. 

Bugler  James  H.  Denny  enlisted  October  1,  1861;  died  at  Hopewell,  Mo., 
February  28, 1862,  of  in  juries  received  on  railroad. 

Wallace  W.  Andrew  enlisted  from  Henry  county,  November  1, 1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  address,  Kewanee,  111. 

Andrew  Anderson  enlisted  October  1,  1861;  dropped  April  30,  1862. 

John  Ashton  enlisted  October  15,  1861. 

Franklin  B.  Allison  enlisted  October  15,  1861 ;  deserted  August  10,  1862. 

Thomas  Bracken  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 


342  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Charles  Barton  enlisted  November  1, 1861;  died  at  Pocahontas,  May  13,  1862, 

Louis  Bischoff  enlisted  November  11,  1861. 

Charles  N.  Bond  enlisted  November  15, 1861;  discharged  November  18, 1861. 

Edward  Clark  enlisted  October  15, 1861;  discharged  November  20,  1861. 

Albert  Clark  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  discharged  November  11,  1864,  as 
First  Sergeant. 

Adelbert  C.  Culbert  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Homer  M.  Crandall  enlisted  from  Portland,  October  15,  1861;  discharged 
June  29,  1862. 

Philip  Cliggitt  enlisted  from  Oswego,  October  15,  1861;  died  on  hospital 
boat  October  5,  1862. 

John  Campbell  enlisted  from  Newport,  Mich.,  November  1, 1861;  discharged 
September  20,  1862;  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  P.  C.  &  St.  L.  Ry.  for  over 
twenty  years;  now  residing  at  265  Campbell  avenue,  Chicago. 

Arthur  Collins  enlisted  October  1, 1861.  * 

Daniel  Dodd  enlisted  October  1,  1861;  deserted  April  20,  1862. 

Peter  H.  Donnelly  re-transferred  to  Company  K. 

Edward  De  Reu  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  deserted  April  17, 1863. 

Robert  Edwards  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 

James  Edmunds  enlisted  from  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  October  15, 1861;  promoted 
Regimental  Q.  M.  Sergeant;  discharged  October  26,  1864. 

John  Fitz  Gibbons  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  discharged  March  15, 1862,  for 
disability. 

Daniel  Griffen,  enlisted  October  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  1, 
1865. 

David  Griffen  enlisted  October  15,  1865;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Augustus  Gilner  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  H. 

Frank  Gay  enlisted  from  Galesburg,  November  1,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

F.  Gilchrist  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  discharged  December  9,  1864. 

Spencer  Green  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  discharged  November  20,  1861. 

Patrick  Hunt  enlisted  September  16, 1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Theodore  W.  Haines  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  discharged  July  23,  1863,  for 
disability.  ^ 

Oliver  Hauley  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31, 

1865. 

John  Wesley  Hyke  enlisted  November  11,  1861;  rejected  December  12, 1861. 

William  Allison  Harr,  enlisted  from  Charleston,  November  1,  1861;  dis- 
charged July  23,  1862,  for  disability. 

Hugh  Johnson  enlisted  October  1,  1861;  deserted  January  10,  1862. 

Michael  Kelley  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  discharged  December  9,  1864; 
address,  Chicago,  111. 

John  Kavanaugh  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  discharged,  1864;  address, 
Tecumseh,  Neb. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  343 

John  Lyons  enlisted  September  15,  1861. 

Alonzo  P.  Lane  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant;  veteran;  pro- 
moted First  Sergeant;  killed  at  Franklin,  November  30,  1864. 

Hiram  Latson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  28,  1861. 

William  F.  Latson  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  15,  1861;  died  at  Camp 
Douglas,  February  24.  1862. 

Robert  L.  Mooney  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  died  at  Montevallo, 
Ala.,  September  19,  1865. 

John  Mulligan  enlisted  October  15,  1861. 

Samuel  Miner  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  rejected  December  20,  1861. 

Alexander  McKenzie  enlisted  October  15,  1861. 

Henry  Ellis  McCoy  enlisted  November  11,  1861;  discharged  November  20, 
1861. 

JohnMaloney  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  rejected  November  20,  1861. 

Joseph  McKay  enlisted  November  11,1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  Nugent  enlisted  October  15,  1861 . 

Ole  Borneman  Nelson  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865,  as  Sergeant. 

John  Reilly  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  discharged  July  23,  1862,  for  disa- 
bility. 

Crawford  Robb  enlisted  from  Cameron,  November  1,  1861. 

Michael  Rourk  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  1,  1861;  deserted  February 
14,  1862. 

Arthur  M.  Roberts  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  discharged  January  22,  1863, 
for  disability. 

Isaac  Rogers  enlisted  at  Geneseo,  October  28,  1861;  died  at  Augusta,  July  6, 
1862. 

Isaac  Sherwood  enlisted  September  15,  1861. 

Clarence  E.  Severance  enlisted  from  Cameron,  October  1,  1861. 

Robert  Sleight  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  company  Quar- 
termaster-Sergeant; deserted  August  8,  1865. 

Marcellus  L.  Segur  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  promoted  Saddler-Sergeant; 
veteran;  deserted  August  15,  1865. 

John  W.  Smith  enlisted  November  11,  1861;  discharged  April  10,  1862,  for 
-disability. 

William  Sheppard  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  1, 1861;  discharged  April  1, 
1862,  for  disability. 

James  W.  Tracy  enlisted  September  15,  1861. 

Charles  H.  Van  Brunt  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  15,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Hamilton  Wells  enlisted  October  15,  1861;  veteran;  transferred  to  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps,  April  26,  1864. 

Hans  Wold  enlisted  October  15,  1861 . 

Hanley  Dexter  Willis  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  promoted  Sergeant;  dis- 
charged December  9,  1864. 

Henry  C.  Woodbury  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  discharged  June  29,  1862, 
for  disability. 


344  HISTORY    OF   THE 

RECRUITS. 

Charles  F.  Allyn  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  17,  1865;  deserted  July  19,1865. 

Elijah  Bollard  enlisted  from  Elmwood,  January  28,  1862;  veteran;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Merritt  Ball  (or  Hale)  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Caleb  Bach  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  23, 1865;  mustered  out  October  81, 
1865. 

Joseph  Billille  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October  81, 
1865. 

William  Boyd  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

Patrick  J.  Bradley  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  13, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 81,  1865. 

Hiram  Beasley  enlisted  from  Sandy,  February  25,  1865;  musteied  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Edwin  Brown  enlisted  from  Virgil,  March  22,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,1885. 

George  Bruner  enlisted  August  29,  1863;  mustered  out  June  2,  1865. 

James  Brady  enlisted  from  Proviso,  September  16,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31, 1865. 

Nathan  L.  Brewer— deserted  March  20,  1864. 

Henry  J.  Banyard  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  22,   1865;  deserted  July  12, 
1865. 

James  Brundage  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  deserted  July  12, 
1865. 

James  Belts  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October  17, 
1865. 

William  Clovis  enlisted  from  Cameron,  November  20,  1861;  veteran;  de- 
serted August  18,  1865. 

Thomas  Carly  enlisted  February  18,  1862;  veteran;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Richard  Cronin  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  15,  1862;  veteran;  promoted 
Corporal;  mustered  out  October  81, 1865,  as  Sergeant. 

David   Callaghan  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  9,   1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Cole  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  21,   1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  H.  Canfield  enlisted  from  Buckeye  February  14,  1865;  mustered  out 
June  2,  1865. 

William  H.  Clayton  enlisted  from  Cold  Brook,  March  31, 1864;  mustered  out 
May  17,   1865. 

Cicero  Dalton  enlisted  from  Elmwood,  December  12,   1861;    mustered  out 
March  17,  1865;  address  Elmwood,  111. 

Robert  A.  Dawson  enlisted  from  Lawn   Ridge,   October  30,  1862;  killed  at 
Tupelo,  Miss.,  July  15,  1864. 

JosiahB.  Davis  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  as  Sergeant. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  345 

John  C.  Davidson  enlisted  from  Monmouth,  January  5,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Ozias  Decoster,  Jr.,  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Samuel  Delap enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

John  Duclase  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  Dauphin  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  22,  1865;  deserted  July  12, 
1865. 

James  Farrell  enlisted  November  28,  1861;  discharged  April  3,  1864,  for  dis- 
ability. 

Samuel  A.  Finney  enlisted  from  Cameron,  October  3,  1862. 

Edwin  R.  Foster  enlisted  from  Monmouth,  October  20,  1862. 

William  R.  File  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

James  N.  Fitch  enlisted  from  Texas,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865.  Resides  at  Cobden,  HI. 

Charles  L.  French  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  18,  1865;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 27,  1865. 

Daniel  A.  Gifford  enlisted  from  Buffalo,  March  17,  1865;  promoted  Com- 
pany Quartermaster-Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865; 

Albert  A.  Gifford  enlisted  from  Buffalo,  March  17,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Samuel  R.  Guthrue  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  31,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  blacksmith. 

William  Gasner  enlisted  from  Seward,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Gastfleld  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Richard  Gordon  enlisted  from  Peoria,  March  21,  1865;  absent,  sick,  at 
mustered  out  of  regiment. 

John  Green  enlisted  from  Elba,  January  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Jerome  Gilbert  discharged  July  3,  1864,  for  disability. 

Maxon  Graham  enlisted  from  Phoenix,  March  17,  1865;  deserted  September 
1,  1865. 

William  H.  Hubbell  enlisted  from  Current  River,  Mo.,  April  20, 1862;  trans- 
ferred from  Company  B. 

Clay  Haley  enlisted  from  Cameron,  October  3,  1862;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Andrew  Huntington  enlisted  from  Henderson,  February  3,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

John  Helmstaader  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  21,  1861 ;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Henry  H.  Howard  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 


346  HISTORY    OF   THE 

John  R.  Henson  enlisted  from  Indian   Creek,  February  14,  1865;    mustered 
out  October  31, 1865. 

George  Hanner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  Higgins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Henry  Hoyt  enlisted  from  Virgil,  March  22,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Patrick  Hanrahan  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  died  at  Mont- 
gomery, August  27,  1865. 

Christopher  Hammer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  11.  1865;  deserted  Octo- 
ber 2,  1865. 

John  Haltmeyer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  13,  1865;  deserted  October  2, 
1865. 

Lafayette  H.  Irving  enlisted  November  15,  1861. 

Thomas  P.  Jarman  enlisted  from  Glenwood,  February  7,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Jones  enlisted  from  Peoria,  March  21,  1865;  deserted  July  12,  1865. 

Francis  P.  Kingsley,  discharged  February  7,  1862. 

Charles  Resting  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Oscar  Koethe  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo 
ber31,  1865. 

William  Koethe  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Charles  Koethe  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;    deserted  August 
2,  1865. 

Jacob  Kohl  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  24,  1865;   died  at  Mound  City, 
Mo.,  May  17,  1865. 

James  Kesner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  22,  1865;  deserted  July  12,  1865. 

Elias  A.  Livingston  enlisted  December  5,  1°61. 

John  Labare  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

Thomas  Lanning  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31, 1865. 

Peter  Laroche  enlisted  from  St.  Anne,  March  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Lattis  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  13,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Jacob  H.  Lightsey  enlisted  from  Groveland,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Ambrose  Losekin  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

John  Luckman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  H.  Middleham  enlisted  at  Rock  Island,  December  16, 1861;  mustered 
out  January  4,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  347 

John  F.  McKenna  enlisted  December  24,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  Corporal; 
deserted  April  25,  1864. 

Moses  D.  Morey  enlisted  from  Cameron,  December  1,  1861;  died  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  September  23,  1862. 

Henry  Miner  enlisted  from  Cameron,  August  3,  1862;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865;  address,  Galesburg,  111., 

William  Mills  enlisted  from  Monmouth,  February  29,  1864;  promoted  Ser- 
geant; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  McGinnis  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  promoted  Saddler- 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Philip  Massoth  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Henry  McGee  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Frederick  Myers  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Milton  Miller  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  22,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

John  Matthewson  enlisted  from  Elmwood,  February  1,  1864;  mustered  out 
May  17,  1865. 

Jacob  Miner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  17, 1865;  mustered  out  Septem- 
ber 19,  1865. 

Robert  O'Neil  enlisted  November  27,  1861;  discharged  for  disability  in  1862; 
re-enlisted  March  16, 1863;  mustered  out  October  31, 1865;  residence  Philadelphia, 
Penn. 

Little  Berry  Parrish  enlisted  from  Floyd,  December  18,  1863;  absent,  sick,  at 
muster-out  of  regiment. 

William  Plain  enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31.  1865. 

Ferdinand  Posselt  enlisted  from  Chicago,  October  8,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

William  H.  Price  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  8,  1865;  deserted  October  14, 
1865. 

Charles  Rose  enlisted  September  10,  1861;  transferred  to  Company  H. 

Charles  Rooney  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  30, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Frederick  Rennecks  enlisted  from  Chicago,  April  3, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  Rich  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865;  address.  Aurora,  111. 

Enoch  Robbins  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Elvis  C.  Roberts  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  8,  1863;  deserted  June  9, 
1864. 

Anthony  Riley  enlisted  from  Elmwood,  December  28, 1862;  missing  in  action, 
Guntown,  June  11,  1864. 

JohnH.  She! ton  enlisted  November  20,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 


348  HISTORY    OF    THE 

William  H.  Shelton,  enlisted  November  20,  1861;  mustered  out  December  9, 
1864. 

Charles  A.  Snow  enlisted  December  12,  1861. 

John  Suggs  enlisted  from  Monmouth,  October  9,  1862;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Benjamin  Suttee  enlisted  from  Shanghai,  November  25,  1862:  died  in  Ander- 
sonville  prison,  March  4,  1864;  grave  11808. 

Job.  A.  Shurtleff  enlisted  from  Colona  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Corporal. 

John  F.  Smith  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  5,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  Sage  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  28,  1865,  mustered  out,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Frank  Sempter,  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  Shreider  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  17,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Isaac  Sherwood  enlisted  from  Salt  Creek,  March  20,  1863;  deserted  December 
9,  1864. 

John  Vail  (or  Vaal)  enlisted  from  Seward,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Louis  Vix  enlisted  at  Chicago  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  R.  Van  Houghten  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  8,  1864;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

George  E.  Waterhouse  enlisted  from  Elmwood,  December  10,  1861;  dis- 
charged July  25,  1862. 

William  M.  Watkins  enlisted  December  12,  1861;  died  at  Cairo,  October  2, 
1862. 

Michael  Weir  enlisted  at  Chicago  March  9,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Solomon  R.  Ward  enlisted  from  Berlin,  February  1,  1865;  deserted  en  route 
to  regiment. 

COMPANY  M. 

Company  M,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers  was  recruited 
almost  entirely  at  Onarga,  Iroquois  county,  111.,  by  E.  R.  Knight, 
Jacob  C.  Shear  and  Jacob  Riner,  with  several  other  patriotic 
comrades  of  the  proposed  company.  An  election  was  held  and 
E.  R.  Knight  was  selected  Captain,  J.  C.  Shear,  First  Lieutenant 
and  Jacob  Riner,  Second  Lieutenant,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  November  30,  1861. 

The  material  of  Company  M,  gathered  as  it  was  almost  in 
a  neighborhood,  was  not  excelled  by  any,  and  among  the  first  to 
suffer  in  engagements  with  the  enemy.  July  27,  1862,  was  Cap- 
tain Knight,  who  was  severely  wounded  and  five  more  from  Com- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  349 

pany  M  received  the  compliments  of  the  enemy  in  the  shape  of 
cold  lead. 

This  company  was  with  the  regiment  in  all  the  prominent 
engagements  during  the  four  years'  service,  and  were  always 
noted  for  their  fidelity  to  the  various  calls  for  duty  that  were  made 
upon  them.  In  March,  1864,  many  from  this  company  re-enlisted 
as  Veterans,  and  under  a  new  set  of  officers  taken  from  the  ranks 
of  the  company  the  spendid  record  was  fully  maintained. 

The  number  at  muster-in  of  this  company,  eighty-two;  whole 
number  borne  on  the  rolls  of  the  company,  two  hundred  and  fif- 
teen. 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  KNIGHT. 

Eliphalet  R.  Knight  recruited  the  major  part  of  Company  M,  of  the  Ninth, 
in  Iroquis  county,  mainly  in  Onarga,  and  mustered  in  as  Captain  of  the  com- 
pany, November  30,  1861,  and  remained  in  the  service  until  November  30, 
1864;  when,  his  term  of  service  having  expired,  he  mustered  out. 

Captain  Knight  was  with  the  regiment  during  the  Missouri  march,  and  in 
the  Arkansas  campaigns.  A  man  of  much  intelligence,  commanding  in  presence, 
a  brave,  good  soldier,  and  a  fine  officer. 

While  gallantly  leading  his  company  in  the  fight  at  "  Stewart's  Plantation," 
June  27,  1862,  he  received  a  shot  through  the  lung,  which  laid  him  up  for  a  long 
time  at  his  home  in  the  North.  He  was  with  the  regiment  in  many  of  the  expedi- 
tions and  engagements  in  Tennessee  and  Mississippi  during  1863,  and  until  the 
Ninth  veteranized.  About  that  time,  January,  1864,  he  was  placed  on  duty  at 
Fort  Pickering,  near  Memphis,  and  later  was  in  charge  of  troops  passing  up  and 
down  the  river, 

After  the  war  Captain  Knight  made  his  residence  in  the  South,  where  carried 
on  a  large  mercantile  business  successfully  for  many  years,  and  where  he  died . 

SKETCH  OF  CAPTAIN  AVERT. 

John  H.  Avery  enlisted  in  Company  M,  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861, 
and  on  the  muster-in  of  the  company  was  made  Sergeant. 

October  18,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  and  on  the  resig- 
nation of  Lieutenant  Shear,  June  20,  1864,  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant, 
and  November  30,  1864,  was  promoted  Captain  of  Company  M,  with  whom  he 
had  served  so  long. 

During  all  these  years  the  young  soldier  had  been  making  a  record,  and  was 
one  of  the  most  dashing  and  brave  among  the  officers  of  the  Ninth. 

In  the  Guntown  expedition  in  June,  1864,  Captain  Avery  wTas  one  of  the 
trusted  officers  of  the  Ninth,  who  did  much  to  save  the  command  from  total 
annihilation,  and  was  one  of  those  who  received  the  special  thanks  of  General 
Grierson. 

He  served  as  Adjutant  upon  the  staff  of  Colonel  Coon  for  a  longtime  in  1864- 
65,  and  was  very  active  and  brave  in  all  the  duties  incident  to  his  position. 


350  HISTORY   OF   THE 

In  the  Shoal  Creek  campaign  in  1864,  and  at  Nashville  as  Adjutant  for  Colonel 
Coon,  he  was  conspicuous  for  soldierly  qualities. 

He  rejoined  the  regiment  in  the  fall  of  1865,  and  was  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Since  the  war  Captain  Avery  has  been  engaged  in  various  business  enter- 
prises at  the  South,  and  is  located  at  the  present  time,  1888,  at  Forrest  City,  Ark 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  SHEAR. 

Jacob  C.  Shear  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  Company  M,  and  did  active 
service  in  filling  the  company  up  to  the  required  number;  the  squadron  was  the 
last  to  be  mustered  into  the  service  with  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  J.  C. 
Shear  was  elected  First  Lieutenant,  and  mustered  in  with  the  company. 

To  those  of  the  comrades  who  knew  him  personally  (and  who  did  not?)  it  is 
not  necessary  to  say  one  word  in  his  praise.  He  was  always  genial  and  pleasant, 
and  though  sometimes  troubled  with  the  cares  of  his  position,  he  managed  to 
make  things  pretty  easy  all  around. 

Captain  Knight,  after  his  wound  in  the  summer  of  1862,  did  not  spend  much 
time  with  the  regiment,  and  Lieutenant  Shear  was  in  command  of  Company  M 
most  of  the  time,  till  he  resigned,  June  20,  1864. 

When  the  regiment  veteranized  in  the  spring  of  1864,  the  boys  of  Company 
M  again  showed  their  appreciation  of  their  commander  by  electing  him  to  the 
captaincy,  but  he  did  not  accept. 

Since  the  close  of  the  war  Lieutenant  Shear  has  been  located  in  Iroquois 
county,  his  old  home,  where  he  has  been  a  successful  stock  farmer.  His  present 
address  is  Thawville,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  ASAY. 

William  Asay  was  born  in  Mercer  county,  N.  J.,  September  20,  1837,  and 
came  to  Onarga,  111.,  in  1860;  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Septem- 
ber 20,  1861  and  mustered  in  Company  M  November  30,  1861;  was  soon  there- 
after detailed  as  uurse  in  the  hospital,  but,  these  duties  being  distasteful  to  the 
young  soldier,  he  asked  to  be  relieved,  and  Captain  Knight  sent  another  man  in 
his  place. 

He  then  returned  to  his  company,  and  was  constantly  on  duty,  and  was  ever 
faithful  in  the  discharge  of  all  duties.  When  the  members  of  his  company  re  en- 
listed as  veterans,  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  sign  the  new  rolls,  and  was  appointed 
Sergeant,  and  mustered  in  again,  March  16,  1864. 

Sergeant  Asay  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  September  15,  1865, and 
was  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  31,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Asay  was  a  thoroughly  brave  and  good  soldier,  quiet  and  unpre- 
tentious, but  always  ready  and  competent  for  whatever  duty  he  was  called  upon 
to  perform.  He  won  the  esteem  of  all  his  comrades. 

His  present  address,  1888,  is  Atlantic,  Iowa. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  COOK. 

Asa  P.  Cook  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  September  10,  1861,  at  Onarga,  111.,  and 
was  mustered  into  Company  M,  November  30;  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  January  1, 
1864;  was  promoted  Sergeant,  and  then  Second  Lieutenant,  May  8,  1865,  and 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  351 

again  promoted  to  be  First  Lieutenant  September  15th,  and  mustered  out  with  the 
regiment  October  31, 1865,  at  Selma,  Ala. 

Lieutenant  Cook  was  one  of  the  soldiers  that  remained  with  the  regiment  from 
first  till  last,  and  was  in  all  the  engagements  of  his  company;  a  faithful,  good  sol- 
dier. His  address  unknown. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  RINER. 

Jacob  Riner  joined  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  as  Second  Lieutenant  of  Com- 
pany M,  November  30,  1861,  and  remained  with  the  regiment  till  March  27,  1862, 
when,  his  health  failing,  he  resigned,  and  has  since  died. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  MAJOR. 

Samuel  Major  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  September  30,  1861,  and  was  mustered 
into  the  service  as  First  Sergeant  of  Company  M  November  30,  1861;  re-enlisted 
as  a  Veteran  January  1,  1864,  and  was  promoted  to  be  Second  Lientenant  June 
20,  1864;  serving  with  the  Ninth  in  all  its  engagements  till  he  left  the  service, 
December  28,  1864. 

His  present  address,  1888,  Buckley,  111. 

SKETCH  OF  LIEUTENANT  DILLON. 

William  C.  Dillon  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861,  in  Company 
M,  of  the  Ninth,  and  was  immediately  promoted  Corporal,  re-enlisting  as  a  vet- 
eran, March  27,  1864,  and  was  promoted  Sergeant,  and  was  commissioned  Lieu- 
tenant of  his  company,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  July  8,  1865,  as  pris- 
oner of  war. 

Lieutenant  Dillon  served  well  and  faithfully  as  a  good  soldier  during  the 
whole  period  of  his  connection  with  the  regiment,  receiving  his  commission  as 
Lieutenant  for  soldierly  qualities  displayed. 

Since  the  war  he  has  made  his  home  in  the  "West,  and  his  present  address, 
1888,  is  Hallowell,  Kan. 

SKETCH  OF  SETH  F.  HANCHETT. 

SethF.  Hanchett  was  born  near  Mayville,  Chautauqua  county,  N.  Y.,  April 
30,  1842.  He  worked  on  a  farm  and  received  a  good  common-school  education, 
and  in  the  summer  of  1856,  when  fourteen  years  of  age,  he  concluded  to  try  his 
fortune  at  the  West.  He  arrived  in  Chicago  in  August  of  that  year,  and  then 
fully  realizing  the  importance  of  a  good  education,  attended  school  for  one  year 
at  Maren^o,  111.  Returning  to  Chicago,  he  was  employed  by  the  North  Chicago 
City  Railway  Company  to  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany M,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  promoted  to  Company  Quartermaster- 
Sergeant,  and  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Southwest  until  November,  1862,  when 
he  was  seized  with  the  Southern  fever  and  sent  to  the  hospital  at  St.  Louis.  His 
case  being  considered  hopeless,  he  was  discharged  from  the  service,  but,  after  a 
siege  of  ten  months'  sickness,  his  strong  constitution  triumphed  and  he  recovered, 
and  during  the  latter  part  of  1863  returned  to  his  old  home  and  joined  the  Fif- 
teenth New  York  Cavalry.  He  served  under  Generals  Franz  Sigel  and  Hunter, 
and  in  1864  was  in  Custer's  division  under  General  Sheridan,  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley. 


352  HISTORY   OF   THE 

He  served  in  all  the  engagements  before  Petersburg,  ending  with  the  battle 
of  Five  Oaks.  In  this  last  engagement,  while  charging  the  rebel  lines,  he  was 
struck  by  the  fragment  of  a  shell  and  maimed  for  life,  losing  his  left  arm.  In 
this  third,  last  and  triumphant  charge  the  rebel  lines  were  broken  and  the  day 
saved  to  the  Union  forces. 

In  June,  1865,  he  returned  to  Chicago,  and  was  engaged  for  one  year  in  the 
commission  business,  after  which  he  was  made  Superintendent  of  the  Soldiers' 
Home,  but  resigned  in  1867  to  accept  the  position  of  Deputy  Sheriff  under  Gen- 
eral John  L.  Beveridge. 

He  was  First  Bailiff  in  the  County  Court  under  Judges  Bradwell  and  Wal- 
lace, and  served  as  Deputy  under  different  administrations  until  November,  1876, 
when  Charles  Kern  was  elected  Sheriff.  About  one  year  after,  he  was  elected 
Clerk  of  the  Probate  Court,  and  in  the  fall  of  1880  was  elected  to  the  more 
responsible  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cook  county. 

He  was  married  June  27,  1867,  to  Miss  Lizzie  L.  Atkins,  daughter  of  Robert 
J.  Atkins,  Esq.  They  have  three  children — Frank  R.,  Seth  F.  and  Bessie  I. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
the  Union  Veteran  Club,  and  has  been  Treasurer  of  the  Union  Veteran  League 
since  its  organization. 

Mr.  Hanchett  has  for  a  short  time  been  out  of  official  position.  He  has  pur- 
chased a  large  and  very  fine  stock  farm  in  Iowa,  where  he  proposes  to  take  a  well- 
merited  rest  from  official  cares  and  the  duties  of  an  active,  busy  life  that  have 
attended  him  for  many  years. 

BENJAMIN  F.  PRICE 

enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  in  Company  M,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  August  1,  1862, 
and  was  in  all  the  battles  and  engagements  in  which  his  company  took  part  till 
Jnue  10,  1864,  when  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  he  received  so  severe  a  wound  that  he 
suffered  the  loss  of  his  left  arm,  being  obliged  to  have  it  amputated  at  the 
shoulder. 

Comrade  Price  was  one  of  our  bravest  soldiers,  prompt,  brave  and  faithful; 
he  could  always  be  relied  upon.  After  the  return  of  the  regiment  from  that  un- 
fortunate Guntown  expedition,  he  was  sent  to  the  regimental  hospital  at 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  but  was  not  mustered  out  till  June  16,  1865. 

After  his  return  home  in  1865,  Comrade  Price  was  elected  Town  Collector 
and  was  re-elected  each  year  till  1882,  when  he  was  nominated  by  acclamation  in 
a  convention  of  over  one  hundred  delegates,  and  was  elected  County  Treasurer 
for  a  term  of  four  years,  and,  not  being  eligible  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  to  a 
re-election, his  friends  presented  his  name  as  a  candidate  for  County  Clerk,  and  he 
was  again  nominated  by  acclamation,  and  was  elected  to  the  office,  which  he  still 
holds,  June,  1888. 

Comrade  Price  is  an  out-and-out  Republican,  a  good  citizen,  and  a  man 
popular  and  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  know  him. 

His  address  is  Watseka,  111. 

JOHN  B.  LOWE, 

Sergeant  of  Company  M,  enlisted  August  1,  1862,  joining  the  regiment  at 
Helena,  Ark.,  and  was  on  duty  with  the  Ninth  in  all  the  engagements  of  his  com- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  353 

pany  till  November  19,  1864,  when  he,  with  Captain  Mock's  battalion,  captured 
Chalmers'  headquarters  train  at  Shoal  Creek,  Ala.,  was  taken  prisoner  that  day  by 
a  company  under  Major  Vills  of  Chalmers'  staff.  He  was  taken  to  Meridian, 
Miss.,  thence  to  Castle  Morgan,  Cahaba,  where  he  remained  with  others  (making 
two  ineffective  efforts  to  escape)  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  sent  to 
Vicksburg  for  exchange,  a  ceremony  that  was  never  performed;  was  finally 
mustered  out  at  Springfield,  111.,  July  8,  1863. 

He  then  returned  to  his  home  at  Onarga,  111.,  and  engaged  in  the  printing 
business,  and  soon  thereafter  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Grand  Prairie  Review 
at  Onarga.  In  1869,  removed  to Moline,  111.,  and  established  the  Moline  Review 
but  returned  to  Onarga  in  1870,  and  in  1871  founded  the  Onarga  Review,  and  from 
1876  to  1880  edited  and  published  seven  papers  for  as  many  different  towns,  the 
mechanical  work  being  done  in  the  Onarga, office.  During  apart  of  this  time  was 
postmaster  at  Onarga.  In  1880  he  became  a  resident  of  Eureka  Springs,  Ark., 
with  the  hope  of  regaining  his  health  (chronic-diarrhoea  having  been  a  result  of 
his  prison  experience).  While  there  he  was  founder  of  the  Echo,  the  first  paper 
started  at  this  noted  watering  place,  and  received  an  injury,  which  for  years  com- 
pelled him  to  give  up  his  chosen  profession. 

Returning  to  Illinois  in  1881,  he  became  a  merchant,  and  was  the  recipient  of 
an  official  position  until  March,  1888.  He  purchased  the  Onarga  Leader,  and 
converted  it  into  a  standard  Republican  paper,  and  is  still  its  able  editor. 

At  the  organization  of  the  State  militia,  he  raised  a  company  of  seventy,  and 
was  elected  Captain  of  Company  E,  of  Ninth  Battalion.  Captain  Lowe  was  a 
charter  member  of  W.  A.  Babcock  Post,  416,  and  in  1887  was  its  Commander. 

He  was  been  in  Chicago,  111.,  October  10,  1843,  his  father  being  the  second 
and  fourth  sheriff  of  Cook  county. 

Captain  Lowe  is  a  highly  respected  and  influential  citizen  of  Iroquois  County. 

His  address,  Onarga,  111. 

FREDERICK  C.  FEIGEL 

enlisted  in  Company  M,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  November  15, 1851,  at  Chicago,  111. 

He  was  a  good  soldier,  always  prompt  and  ready  for  duty,  and  brave  in  the 
performance  of  whatever  he  was  called  upon  to  do.  He  served  with  the  Ninth 
for  a  long  time  as  orderly  at  headquarters.,  and  in  June,  1864,  when  he  was  with 
Captain  Mock  in  the  hard  fight  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  June  10,  1864,  he  was  so  un- 
fortunate as  to  be  captured  by  the  enemy,  and  was  sent  by  them  to  Andersonville 
prison,  where  he  was  kept  confined  and  nearly  starved  to  death  till  December 
10,  1864,  when  he  was  sent  North,  broken  in  health,  a  mere  skeleton.  Arriving 
in  Chicago,  he  was  taken  in  and  kindly  cared  for  by  his  old  friend,  Sergeant-rMa- 
jor  Fitzpatrick,  who  nursed  him  back  to  life  and  hope,  and  he  was  finally  mus- 
tered out,  February  16,  1865,  as  prisoner  of  war. 

After  recovering  his  health,  Comrade  Feigel  went  West,  where  he  has  been 
for  many  years  engaged  successfully  in  large  mining  and  real  estate  operations. 

His  present  address  being  Rapid  City,  Dak.,  and  he  is  one  of  the  prominent, 
wealthy  and  leading  men  in  that  country. 

SKETCH  OF  ROBERT  H.  SHERMAN. 

Robert  H.  Sherman  was  born  November  10,  1839,  in  Sterling,  Windham 
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354  HISTOKY   OF   THE 

county,  Conn.,  and  his  father  dying  when  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  he  was  obliged 
to  work  hard  to  help  support  his  mother  and  three  younger  children. 

In  1857  he  emigrated  to  Illinois,  and  soon  after  commenced  farming. 

He  enlisted  At  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862,  in  Company  M,  of  the  Ninth, 
and  remained  with  the  service,  and  was  engaged  in  nearly  every  fight  of  the  com- 
pany until  February  22,  1864,  and  was  promoted  Corporal. 

A  faithful,  brave  and  good  soldier.  February  22,  1864,  he 'was  severely 
wounded  at  Okolona,  Miss. ;  in  one  of  Forrest's  fierce  assaults  he  was  obliged  to 
fall  back  and  was  sent  to  the  hospital  at  Gayosa  Block,  Memphis,  and  his  wound 
unfitting  iiim  entirely  for  army  service,  he  made  application  for  his  discharge, 
which  he  received  February  22,  1865. 

As  soon  as  his  health  was  sufficiently  recovered  he  commenced  to  read  law  in 
the  office  of  the  late  Hon.  W.  W.  O'Brien,  at  Peoria,  111.,  and  practiced  law  ten 
years,  when,  his  health  failing,  he  gave  up  his  law  business. 

His  first  important  case  was  the  procuring  the  release  of  a  large  distiller}' 
which  had  been  seized  by  the  government  six  mouths  before.  He  then  removed  to 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  a  few  years,  and  again 
took  up  the  practice  of  law  in  bankrupt  cases  only,  and  was  very  successful  in 
those  cases  till  the  repeal  of  the  bankrupt  law. 

Comrade  Sherman  then  gave  up  the  law  entirely  and  engaged  in  his  old  time 
occupation  of  farming  in  Indiana,  where  with  a  good  wife  and  three  fine  boys  he 
has  taken  life  easy,  and  is  a  highly  respected  citizen  of  Chalmers,  Ind.,  which  is 
his  present  address. 

MUSTER  OUT  ROSTER  OF  THE  COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS  OF  THE 
NINTH  ILLINOIS  VETERAN  CAVALRY,  AT  SELMA,  ALA.,  OCTO- 
BER 31.  1865. 

Col.  Joseph  W.  Harper,  Belvidere,  111. — present  address,  Hamilton,  Mo.  ; 
Lt.  Col.  Anthony  R.  Mock,  Cambridge,  111. — present  address,  Cambridge,  111.; 
Major  William  McMannis,  Princeton,  111. — present  address,  Baird,  Tex.;  Major 
L.  L.  Shattuck,  Belvidere,  111. — present  address,  Titusville,  Penn.;  Major  Atherton 
Clark,  Princeton,  111. — present  address,  Princeton,  111.;  Surgeon  George  B. 
Christy,  Franklin  Grove,  111. — present  address.  Dunlap,  Iowa;  Adjt.  William  A. 
Power,  Hudsonville,  N.  Y. — present  address,  Power,  Dak.;  Q.  M.  D.  L.  Angle, 
LaFayette,  Ind. — present  address  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  1st  Lieut.  Edward  A.  Daven- 
port, Cambridge,  111. — present  address,  Chicago,  111. ;  Asst.  Surgeon  Frank  A. 
Holliday,  Carlinville,  111. — present  address,  Metropolis  City,  111. 

COMPANY  A. — Capt.  Christopher  G.  Dack,  Rock  Island,  111. — present  address, 
Rock  Island,  111.;  2d  Lieut.  George  P.  Webster,  Rock  Island,  111. — present  ad- 
dress, Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

COMPANY  B. — Capt.  Thomas  J.  McNair,  Geneseo,  111. — present  address, 
Nunda,  Neb. ;  1st  Lieut.  Jerry  C.  Kilmer,  Geneseo,  111. — present  address,  Rock 
Island,  111.;  2d  Lieut.  John  T.  Showalter,  Geneseo,  111. — present  address,  Well- 
ington, Kan. 

COMPANY  C. — Capt.  Smith  A.  Davison,  Geneseo,  111. — died  July  2,  1873;  1st 
Lieut.  Stephen  Petteys,  Geneseo,  111. — present  address,  Traer,  Kan.;  2d  Lieut. 
Fred.  W.  Harding,  Geneseo,  111. — present  address,  Mason,  Iowa. 

COMPANY  D.— Capt.  Patrick  Kelly,  Toledo,  Ohio— died  Septembers,  1887; 


B,  F,  PRICE, 

Company   M. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALEY    VOLUNTEERS.  355 

1st  Lieut.  James  H.  Hazlett,  Virden,  111. — present  address,  Edgar,  Neb.;  2d 
Lieut.  Benjamin  Ratz,  Toledo,  Ohio — present  address,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

COMPANY  E. — Capt.  Samuel  Purviance,  Logansport,  Ind. — present  address., 
Logansport,  Ind.;  1st  Lieut.  Eugene  C.  "Wilton,  Marengo,  111.— present  address, 
Clay  Centre,  Kan.;  3d  Lieut.  Charles  M.  Haner,  Logansport,  Ind. — present  ad- 
dress, Pekin,  111. 

COMPANY  F. — 1st  Lieut.  Christopher  H.  Jergens,  Chicago,  111. — present  ad- 
dress unknown;  2d  Lieut.  Henry  F.  Hill,  Chicago,  111. — present  address,  Mem- 
phis, Tenn. 

COMPANY  G. —  Capt.  Harrison  C.  Vore,  Belvidere,  111. —  present  address, 
What  Cheer,  Iowa;  1st  Lieut.  George  B.  Reed,  Valparaiso,  Ind. — present  address, 
Jordan,  Minn.;  2d  Lieut.  Henry  Rinker,  Chillicothe,  Mo. — present  address, 
Alpha,  Mo. 

COMPANY  H. — Capt.  Frank  Sowerby,  Philadelphia,  Penn. — present  address, 
San  Antonio,  Tex.;  3d  Lieut.  James  Murray,  Kewanee,  111. — present  address, 
Galva,  111. 

COMPANY  1. — Capt.  Harvey  M.  Jenner,  Belvidere,  111. — present  address,  Chi- 
cago, 111.;  1st  Lieut.  Othman  A.  Abbott,  Belvidere,  111. — present  address,  Grand 
Island,  Neb.;  2d  Lieut.  F.  P.  Robinson,  Belvidere,  111. — present  address  un- 
known. 

COMPANY  K. — Capt.  Joseph  O.  H.  Spinney,  Princeton,  111. — present  address, 
Massena,  Iowa.;  1st  Lieut.  Oliver  T.  Prickett,  Carbondale,  111. — present  address 
unknown;  2d  Lieut.  Frank  Woodward,  Princeton,  111. — present  address,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

COMPANY  L. —  Capt.  John  H.  Carpenter,  Chicago,  111. —  present  address, 
Chicago,  111. 

COMPANY  M. — Capt.  J.  H.  Avery,  Onarga,.  111. — present  address,  Forest  City, 
Ark.;  1st  Lieut.  Asa  Cook,  Onarga,  111. — present  address  unknown;  2d  Lieut. 
William  Asay,  Onarga,  111. — present  address,  Griswold,  Iowa. 

The  number  of  commissions  issued  to  the  Ninth  Regiment, 
Illinois  Cavalry,  during  its  term  of  service,  from  September,  1861, 
to  November,  1805,  was  242,  as  follows :  Field  and  staff,  46 ; 
Company  A,  13  ;  Company  B,  13  ;  Company  C,  14 ;  Company  D, 
11;  Company  E,  17;  Company  F,  13;  Company  G,  11;  Com- 
pany II,  15  ;  Company  I,  14;  Company  K,  16  ;  Company  L,  12  ; 
Company  M,  18 ;  Company  non-commissioned  staff,  29. 

ROSTER  OF  COMPANY  M. 

Sergeant  Joseph  N.  Lowe  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  1,  1861; 
veteran;  mustered  out  December  10,  1864;  resides  at  Maxinkuckee,  Ind. 

Sergeant  George  Tolbert  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861; 
died  at  Reeves  St  .tion,  Mo.,  March  31,  1862. 

Corporal  Robert  M.  Worthington  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10, 
1861. 

Corporal  Frederick  Birdsley  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861; 
mustered  out  February  28,  1865. 


356  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Corporal  J.  W.  Follett  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10, 1861;  died  at 
Chicago,  February  8.  1862. 

Corporal  Daniel  P.  Clark  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861; 
veteran ;  mustered  out  August  15,  1865. 

Corporal  James  A.  Montgomery  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10, 
1861;  mustered  out  January  3,  1865;  resides  at  Watseka,  111. 

Corporal  William  B.  Murdough  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10, 
1861 ;  veteran;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Corporal  Asa  W.  Wilson  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861; 
died  near  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  June  26,  1862. 

J.  Edward  Prentiss enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  1,1 861; promoted  Bugler 
and  discharged  for  disability  September  29,  1862;  now  residing  at  Westerly,  R.  I. 

James  C.  Fellows  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  15,  1861;  promoted 
Farrier;  discharged  December  10,  1864. 

Mather  Abbott  enlisted  at  Chicago  September  19,  1861;  killed  at  Jackson- 
port,  Ark.,  June  27,  1862. 

William  H.  Brown  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
March  5,  1862;  disability. 

Barney  Burns  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  February  12,  1864,  of  wounds. 

George  H.  Barrick  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  June  9,  1865;  prisoner  of  war. 

Frank  Blakely  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  October  1,  1861;  vetetan;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Orville  D.  Broad  enlisted  at  Chicago,  November  10,  1861;  veteran;  mustered 
out  July  8,  1865;  prisoner  of  war;  was  captured  on  Shoal  Creek,  November  19, 
1864;  confined  in  Cahaba  prison  and  paroled  in  March,  1865,  when  mustered 
out  of  the  service  returned  to  Chicago.  He  has  been  for  many  years  in  business 
at  the  Stock  Yards,  Chicago;  his  present  home  and  address  is  4201  Indiana 
avenue,  Chicago. 

Riley  Chene worth  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died 
at  Reeves  Station,  Mo.,  March  22,  1862. 

John  W.  Coffin  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  July  8,  1865;  resides  at  Chicago,  111. 

Ephram  Cast  enlisted  November  1,  1861;  rejected  December  8,  1861. 
John  Craig  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mustend 
out  October  31,  1865;  residence  Brownville,  Kan. 

Newton  Dillon  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  October  19,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  died  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,  November  24,  1864;  of  wounds. 

William  Denning  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111,,  November  20,  1861;  mustered 
out  December  10,  1864. 

James  Donahue  enlisted  from  Chicago,  111.,  September  7,  1861;  transferred 
to  Company  F. 

James  B.  Freeman  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  rejected 
December  8,  1861. 

Nelson  Guiles  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran;  mue- 
tered  out  July  8,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  35Y 

George  Gable  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111 . ,  September  10,  1861 ;  rejected  De- 
cember 8,  1861. 

Michael  Gillen  from  Chicago,  re-transferred  to  Company  F. 

William  F.  Gibbons  enlisted  from  Chicago,  September  21,  1861;  rejected 
December  8,  1861. 

Henry  Holmes  enlisted  from  Onarga,  September  10, 1861;  mustered  out  April 
5,  1865;  residence  Onarga,  111. 

Charles  Hendricks  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861. 

Curtis  L.  Knight  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  promoted  Ser- 
geant-Major,  January  1,  1862;  residence,  Forrest  City,  Ark. 

Samuel  Riser  enlisted  from  Onarga,  October  20,  1861;  veteran;  discharged 
April  10,  1865;  disability. 

Edward  D.  Kent  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  1,  1861;  discharged 
June  11,  1862,  for  disability. 

Edward  N.  Letts  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Cavalry  Lewis  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
December  10,  1864. 

Thomas  Lewis  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
April  24,  1865. 

Jacob  C.  Lippencott  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  30,  1861. 

Patrick  Langston  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  dropped 
April  30,  1862. 

Owen  McMahon  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
September  29,  1862. 

Lucian  Mendal  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  from  Onarga;  died  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  October  13,  1864. 

Leonard  J.  Mascal  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered 
out  March  11,  1865;  now  resident  at  Onarga,  111. 

Walter  McMullin  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  1,  1861. 

Richard  McCluchen  enlisted  at  Chicago,  September  13,  1865.  (See  Com- 
pany F.) 

Daniel  Naile  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  November  2,  1861;  mustered  out  July 
8,  1865. 

John  Osborn  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  mustered  out 
December,  10,  1864. 

Joseph  Overall  enlisted^,!  Onarga,  111.,  September  10, 1861;  veteran ;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

David  H.  Putnam  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  April  10,  1864. 

William  H.  Powell  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  1.  1861. 

Thomas  G.  Robinson  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  from  Onarga,  111.;  pro- 
moted Sergeant,  mustered  out  January  3,  1865. 

Nelson  J.  Robinson  enlisted  November  1,  1861,  from  Onarga,  111.;  drowned 
in  Black  River,  Arkansas,  near  Jacksonport,  June  22,  1862,  was  promoted  Ser- 


William  Robinson  enlisted  September  10,  1861,  from  Onarga,  111.;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  December  10, 1864. 


358  HISTORY    OF   THE 

William  Riner  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  20,  1861;  mustered  out 
March  11,  1865. 

Clark  Sliackley  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  July  11,  1865;  prisoner  of  war. 

Andrew  J.  Sellers  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  drowned 
in  Black  River,  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  June  1,  1862. 

Frederick  Sindon  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  discharged 
September  9,  1862,  of  wounda. 

William  Selvey  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died  at  Lit- 
tle Black  River;  mustered  out  May  2,  1862. 

Charles  Shapley  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  October  19,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1*65. 

Martin  Sutton  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died  in  An- 
dersouville  prison,  April  13.  1864;  grave  5515. 

Jacob  Stevens  enlisted  from  Chicago,  November  1,  1861;  veteran;  promoted 
Bugler;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865;  returned  to  Chicago  and  has  been  honor- 
ably connected  with  the  fire  department  for  many  years;  his  residence, 31 33  Wahl 
street,  Chicago. 

Almason  Smith  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  1,  1861;  mustered  out 
January  3,  1865. 

Jeremiah  Sullivan  enlisted  from  Chicago,  November  15,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Lemuel  Simms  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  20,  1861. 

Manuel  Simms  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  20,  1861. 

Edward  Thistler  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,1861;  promoted 
Corporal;  was  captured  by  the  enemy  in  August,  1863;  was  prisoner  at  Ander- 
sonville;  mustered  out  November  10,  1864. 

George  J.  Van  Wess  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  September  10,  1861;  died 
at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  October  8,  1862. 

Joel  Vaughn  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  12,  1861;  dropped  April 
30,  1862. 

Joseph  Vaughn  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  November  12,  1861;  dropped 
April  30,  1862. 

Samuel  S.  Worthington  enlisted  from  Loda,  111.,  October  25,  1861;  mustered 
out  December  2,  1864. 

RECRUITS. 

Alexander  Henry  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  December  1,  1861;  died  at 
Onarga,  111.,  March  8,  1862. 

William  Braddock  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  11,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  mnstered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Isaac  Brenner  enlisted  at  Chicago,  October  7,  1861;  veteran;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31.  1865. 

Frederick  Bohle  enlisted  from  Chicago,  January  1, 1862;  discharged  October 
12, 1862;  disability. 

James  Buford  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  16,  1862;  discharged  February  5, 
1863;  disability. 

Anson  H.  Barnes  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALKY   VOLUNTEERS.  359 

Samuel  E.  Brewer  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865. 

Jacob  E.  Brown  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  discharged  April 
21.  1864,  for  disability;  resides  at  Chatswortk,  111. 

William  H.  Brown  enlisted  from  Stockton,  March  20,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

James  T.  Boyles  enlisted  from  Clear  Creek,  March  11,  1864;  mustered   out 
October  31,  1865. 

Horace  M.  Bulsford  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  June  8,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Talket  Boman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Thomas  A.  Butler  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Michael  Burns  enlisted  from  Fenton,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  F.  Bills  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  March  5,  1864;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865;  resides  at  Onarga,  111. 

Henry  A.  Biglow  enlisted  from  Clinton,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 13,  1865;  resides  at  Seattle,  Washington  Ty.,  Kings  county. 

John  Bunting  enlisted  from  Perryton,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  June  7, 
1865. 

Charles  Braddish  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20,  1865;  deserted  July  19,  1865. 

Thomas  N.  Crow  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865. 

George  B.  Crawford  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  promoted 
hospital  steward. 

Geo.  H.  Cooper  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  killed  at  Oxford, 
Miss.,  August  13,  1864. 

George  D.  Canady  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  25,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

David  Crimmius  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  March  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Aaron  Culver  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  2,  1865;  mustered  out,  October 
31,  1865. 

John  H.  Clark  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  deserted  July  4,  1865. 

William  Daniels  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  February  1,  1862;  died  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  March  1,  1862. 

Barnard  Dunn  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  October  1, 1862;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out,  October  1,  1865. 

Henry  Dean  enlisted  from  Coral,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out,  October 
31,  1865. 

Conrad  Deiter   enlisted  from  Chicago,  February  25,  1865  ;  mustered  out, 
October  31,  1865. 

Frank  Fuller  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1, 1862;  promoted  Sergeant; 
mustered  out  July  8,  1865. 

James  Feely  enlisted  from  Ornaga,  April  1,  1862. 


360  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Charles  Foster  enlisted  from  Middleton,  April  24,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865,  as  blacksmith. 

Patrick  Flemming  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Alonzo  Frisby  enlisted  from  Apple  River,  February  24,  1865;  died  at  Ander- 
sonville,  September  8,  1864;  grave  8186. 

Adelbert  W.  Fuller  enlisted  from  Fulton,  111.,  October  3,  1864;  discharged 
October  31,  1865;  resides  at  Waterman,  111. 

Henry  Farnham  enlisted  from  Harlem,  111.,  February  23,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  13,  1865. 

William  Greer  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
January  16,  1865. 

Alfred  N.  Gabel  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
1865;  now  a  resident  of  Ridgeville,  111. 

Franklin  W.  Graves  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1, 1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865. 

Alexander  Grant  enlisted  from  Edgington,  March?,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Clause  Haft  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  December  1,  1861. 

Warren  Hastings  enlisted  from  Chicago,  December  15,  1861;  veteran;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

D.  W.  Hunt  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  rejected  September 
15,  1862. 

Thomas  Hahn  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

David  B.  Howard  enlisted  February  1,  1863,  from  Onarga,  111.;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  now  living  at  Lincoln,  Neb. 

William  T.  Harris  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Anton  Hoell  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Leonard  Hoover  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  Hostater  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Julius  Hoover  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  died  July  14,  1865,  at 
luka,  Miss. 

William  H.  Hannan  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  6,  1865;  deserted  October 
27,  1865. 

Joseph  W.  Jones  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

Rowlin  R.  Kitt  enlisted  from  Pocahontas,  Ark.,  May  2,  1862,  and  was  dis- 
charged from  the  service  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November  21,  1862,  for  disability,  he 
having  served  with  credit  until  sickness  compelled  him  to  go  North.  Of  late 
years  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Utica,  Mo.,  where  he  has  built  up  a  fine  practice 
in  the  profession  of  the  law,  and  is  widely  known  as  a  leading  man  in  his  pro- 
fession. 

Samuel  Kennedy  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 81,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALKY   VOLUNTEERS.  361 

Richard  H.  Kelly  enlisted  at  Chicago,  tMarch  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31, 1865. 

Curtis  L.  Knight  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  December  3,  1863;  discharged 
July  24,  1864;  disability. 

Alfred  C.  Leason  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  7,  1862;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  July  8,  1865;  veteran. 

Silas  C.  Lockwood  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111  ,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865. 

William  Lewis  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16, 1865. 

Amos  P.  Little  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Michael  Lorcher  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  Jure  16, 
1865. 

Hudson  Martin  enlisted  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  June  25,  .1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865. 

James  McMullen  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

Henry  J.  Mario  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

Joseph  Miller  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

Lucian  P.  Mead  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865;  residence,  Watseka,  111. 

Joseph  W.  Morey  discharged  March  7,  1862. 

Benjamin  F.  Moore  enlisted  from  Nunda,  February  23,  1865;  promoted 
Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31.  1865. 

James  McGough  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  1,  1865;  promoted  Corporal; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Christopher  Montgomery  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  January  4,  1864;  pro- 
moted Corporal;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Owen  McMahon  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  March  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

John  J.  Maurer  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Andrew  Miller  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Pendergast  McGuire  enlisted  from  Kewanee.  111.,  September  16,  1861;  mus- 
tered out  April  24,  1865. 

Thomas  J.  Moore  enlisted  from  Chicago;  veteran;  promoted  Saddler-Ser- 
geant and  then  First  Sergeant;  mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

Hugh  McCroy  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  January  4,  1864;  deserted  August 
5,  1865. 

John  H.  Norvall  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  January  4,  1864;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

George  W.  Norvall  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  January  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
July  13,  1865,  as  paroled  prisoner  of  war. 

William  Owen  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

Robert  A.  Pope  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865,  as  Sergeant;  resides  at  Hope,  Dak. 

Henry  Phelps  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out  July 


362  HISTORY    OF    THE 

8,  1865;  resides  at  Joplin,  Mo.,  where  he  is  a  highly  respected  citizen;  is  now, 
1888,  Commander  O.  P.  Morton  Post,  14;  captured  November  19,  1864,  and  con- 
fined in  Cahaba  prison. 

William  Peters  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865;  residence  Hubbell,  Neb. 

William  H.  Price  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862. 

John  Robinson  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  killed  near  Fish 
Creek,  Miss.,  June  11,  1864. 

James  Robinson  enlisted  at  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out  June 
16,  1865;  resides  at  Onarga,  111. 

William  Reynolds  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1855. 

James  Reed  enlisted  from  Lysander,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
81,  1865. 

Conrad  Reidle  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Michel  Reidle  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  Reed  enlisted  from  Clinton,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out  October 
13,  1865. 

Justus  Scheme  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out  July 
8,  1865. 

Robert  M.  Sutton  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1865;  residence,  Del  Rey,  111. 

Fredrick  Sindon  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  March  20,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Fredrick  Schultz  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Neal  Sheets  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  Southwell  enlifted  from  Chicago,  February  25,  1865;  murtered  out 

October  31,  1865. 

Marcus  Shick  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  16,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  Shoerdait  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  14,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Jacob  Slick  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  11,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

William  Sewers  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Cyrus  Siders  enlisted  at  Colona,  111.,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Phillip  Smithiner  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  31,  1865;  mustered  out  Oc- 
tober 31,  1865. 

John  A.  Selzer  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Matthias  Schmitz  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  6,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  363 

John  Schlauter  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Shoaf stall  enlisted  from  Phrenix,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865;  residence,  Beatrice,  Neb. 

William  N.  Skeels  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  January  1,  1863;  died  at  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  December  24,  1864. 

Lester  Thayer  enlisted  from  Onarga,  111.,  August  1,  1862;  promoted  Sergeant; 
died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  1,  1862. 

John  L.  Thomas  enlisted  at  Chicago,  April  3,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Adam  Triesman  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  4,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Utterstrum  enlisted  at  Chicago,  December  3,  1861 . 

Cornelius  Vermule  enlisted  from  Onargo,  111.,  December  11,  1861;  veteran; 
mustered  out  October  31,  1865. 

John  A.  Walter  enlisted  at  Chicago,  January  7,  1862. 

Edward  Wilson  enlisted  from  Onargo,  111.,  August  1,  1852;  mustered  out 
June  16,  1862. 

Jerome  L.  Winchester  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  20, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865,  as  Blacksmith. 

William  Wren  enlisted  from  Thompson,  March  28,  1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Barnard  Wild  enlisted  from  Shaumburgh,  March  8, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Albert  Williams  enlisted  at  Chicago,  February  25, 1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Charles  Willits  enlisted  from  Perryton,  March  7,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

William  F.  Walters  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  16,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Newton  Wells  enlisted  from  Colona,  111.,  March  31, 1865;mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

Lyman  T.  Woods  enlisted  from  Chicago  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865;  residence,  Blue  Mound,  Kan. 

Simeon  Wood  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  27,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Jacob  Wickerle  enlisted  at  Chicago,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

John  Wilsonholn  enlisted  from  Cordova,  111.,  March,  1865;  mustered  out 
October  31,  1865. 

Albert  J.  Woodward  enlisted  from  Apple  River,  March  24,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 

Jacob  Wolf  enlisted  from  Niles,  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  October  31, 
1865. 

Hamilton  White  enlisted  from  Chicago,  March  28, 1865;  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 31,  1865. 

George  W.  Wilson  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865. 


364  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS. 

William  J.  Woodside  enlisted  from  Black  Hawk,  March  28,  1865;  mustered 
out  October  31,  1865;  residence,  Grundy  Center,  Iowa. 

Percival  M.  Waite  enlisted  from  Clinton,  October  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
October  13,  1865;  now  living  at  Sugar  Grove,  111. 

Josiah  Wright  enlisted  from  Spring,  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 29,  1865. 

Edward  J.  Williams  enlisted  from  Marion  county,  February  87,  1865;  de- 
serted August  11,  1865.* 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  word  "deserted"  appears  against 
the  names  of  a  number  of  the  former  members  of  this  regiment. 
It  will  also  be  observed  that  it  applies  mostly  to  those  that  en- 
listed during  the  latter  part  of  1864  and  in  the  spring  and  sum- 
mer of  1865,  and  largely  from  the  recruits  ;  very  few  of  the  old 
soldiers  are  so  designated. 

It  may  be  said,  in  behalf  of  some  of  those  to  whom  the  odium 
of  the  word  attaches,  that  they  felt  that  the  war  was  over,  and 
they  took  this  short  way  of  cutting  military  red  tape  and  the 
delays  thereof,  and  simply  went  home,  and  while  it  can  not  be 
considered  otherwise  than  as  disgraceful,  the  stigma  is  not  so 
great  as  if  they  had  deserted  in  the  face  of  the  enemy. 

*  NOTE.— There  were  mustered  into  the  regiment  286  recruits  who  were  not  assigned  to 
companies,  whose  names  do  not  appear  in  this  book. 


CHAPTEK  XXIV. 

THE  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY — THEIR  DEPARTURE  FOR  ST.  Louis  —  HIS- 
TORY OP  THE  REGIMENT — ITS  ORGANIZATION,  EQUIPMENT  AND  CHARAC- 
TER —  SKETCHES  OF  OFFICERS. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  February  17. 1862~\ 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  Regiment,  Colonel  Brackett  commanding,  which 
has  been  quartered  at  Camp  Douglas  as  a  whole  since  the  1st  of  November  last, 
commences  leaving  this  city  for  St.  Louis  to-day  (Monday),  in  pursuance  of  imper- 
ative marching  orders  received  on  Saturday  morning.  The  departure  of  this 
regiment,  necessarily  occupying  the  larger  part  of  two  days,  will  not  probably  be 
completed  before  Tuesday  night.  Owing  to  the  large  number  of  horses,  and  a 
vast  amount  of  stores,  over  one  hundred  and  thirty  cars  will  be  required,  a  de- 
mand upon  transportation  not  easily  answered.  The  St.  Louis,  Alton  &  Chicago 
Railroad  Company,  however,  are  using  their  utmost  energies  to  meet  this  call, 
which  was  made  unexpectedly,  and  probably  Tuesday  night  will  see  the  regi- 
ment, which  has  become  familiar  to  the  public  from  its  frequent  parades,  finally 
departed,  and  leaving  Camp  Douglas  almost  entirely  deserted  of  troops. 

ORGANIZATION,    ETC. 

Brackett's  cavalry  regiment  commenced  organizing  during  the  last  of  Au- 
gust, 1861,  and  the  first  troops  came  into  camp  on  the  15th  of  the  following  Sep- 
tember. The  work  of  recruiting  was  carried  on  vigorously  and  rapidly  under 
the  auspices  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Paddock  and  other  officers,  and  on  the  1st  of 
November,  1861,  the  regiment  mustered  in  for  pay.  It  is  pre-eminently  an  Illi- 
nois regiment,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  localities  of  each  company: 

Company  A,  Rock  Island,  111.;  Company  B,  Geneseo,  111.;  Company  C, 
Geneseo,  111.;  Company  D.Chicago,  111.;  Company  E,  Lake  County,  Ind.;  Com- 
pany F,  Chicago,  111.;  Company  G,  Porter  county,  Ind.;  Company  H,  Kewanee, 
111.;  Company  I,  Belvidere,  111.;  Company  K,  Princeton,  111.;  Company  L, 
Chicago,  111.;  Company  M,  Onarga,  111.  The  regiment  now  numbers  1,065 men, 
all  told. 

EQUIPMENTS,    ETC. 

The  camp  equipage  of  the  regiment  consists  of  two  hundred  and  eighty  excell- 
ent tents,  costing  $29,000.  The  arms  which  have  not  been  procured  will  consist 
foreach  man  of  one  Colt's  revolver,  one  Sharp's  carbine,  and  one  regulation  saber, 
the  aggregate  costing  in  the  neighborhood  of  $75,000.  Of  horse  equipments, 
there  have  been  purchased  1,148,  costing  $38  each,  in  all  $43,320. 

The  clothing  cost  $50,000.  During  their  stay  in  camp,  the  monthly  bills  for 
forage  and  food  have  been  $7,500;  for  rations  per  day,  $139.10,  or  $4,173  per 
month;  in  all,  for  subsistence  about  $12,000, 

365 


366  HISTORY    OF    THE 

HORSES. 

The  horses  purchased  for  this  regiment  number  1,175  and  cost  $129,250. 
They  are  decidedly  a  splendid  lot  of  animals,  and  are  now  in  excellent  condition, 
showing  good  keeping  and  skillful  care.  During  the  stay  in  camp,  especial  at- 
tention has  been  paid  to  training  and  drilling  the  horses,  and  they  are  now 
thoroughly  versed  in  cavalry  movements .  They  are  of  good  size,  in  excellent 
flesh,  and  uniform  in  color,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  classification  : 
Companies  A,  B,  E,  G,  K  and  M  have  bay  horses  Company  C,  light  sorrels; 
Company  L,  chestnut  sorrels;  Company  D,  brown  ;  Companies  F  and  I,  black; 
Company  H,  gray. 

In  fact  it  is  doubtful  whether  any  regiment  has  left  us  more  thoroughly 
equipped  with  the  single  exception  of  arms  in  every  particular.  In  the  accom- 
plishment of  this  desideratum,  the  regiment  has  had  the  benefit  of  Colonel  Brack- 
ett's  long  experience  in  cavalry  service,  seconded  by  the  excellent  judgment  and 
sound  business  qualifications  of  Quartermaster  Price.  It  is  not  alone  in  the  ma- 
terirl  of  war  that  this  regiment  is  thoroughly  prepared.  The  officers  are  men  of 
experience  and  ability;  the  men  completely  fitted  themselves  in  the  cavalry  drill, 
and  have  spent  their  camp  life  to  good  purposes,  as  their  frequent  appearances  in 
our  streets  have  indicated.  Their  excellent  behavior  in  camp  and  their  gen- 
uine soldierly  appearance  have  won  for  them  deservedly  the  appellation  of  the 
crack  regiment  of  Camp  Douglas.  We  are  sure  they  will  extend  that  reputation 
in  the  future. 

The  following  is  the  roster  of  the  regiment,  revised  and  corrected  : 


Colonel,  Albert  G.  Brackett  (Captain  Second  United  States  Cavalry)  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel, Solomon  A.  Paddock  ;  Major,  Rosell  M.  Hough  (Aid-de-camp  to  Ma- 
jor-General Hunter);  Major,  Hiram  F.  Sickles;  Major,  Hector  J.  Humphrey: 
Adjutant,  Thomas  W.  Stevenson  ;  Quartermaster,  Samuel  H.  Price  ;  Surgeon, 
James  "W.  Brackett;  Assistant  Surgeon,  Charles  Brackett;  Chaplain,  O.  Winsor 
Briggs;  Sergeant-Major,  Geo.  A.  Price;  Quartermaster- Sergeant,  Edward  A. 
Davenport;  Commissary-Sergeant,  William  E.  Walker. 

FIRST   BATTALION   OFFICERS. 

Adjutant,  Charles  M.  Waterbury;  Quartermaster,  Joseph  W.  Brackett;  Ser- 
geant Major,  Henry  Lattz  ;  Quartermaster-Sergeant,  Charles  A.  Snow;  Commis- 
sary-Sergeant, Charles  B.  Paddock. 

SECOND  BATTALION  OFFICERS. 

Adjutant,  Samuel  Rock  wood;  Quartermaster,  Thomas  E.  Morrison ;  Sergeant- 
Major,  James  Smith;  Quarter-master-Sergeant,  Malcom  J.  Bliss;  Commissary  Ser- 
geant, Royal  Neskins;  Hospital  Steward,  Seldon  Miner. 

THIRD   BATTALION   OFFICERS. 

Adjusted,  Frank  Cantello.  Quartermaster,  Frank  Sheffield;  Sergeant- 
Major,  Curtis  L.  Knight;  Quartermaster;  Sergeant, William  G.  Mortz.  Commissary 
Sergeant,  Charles  McDuffie. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  367 

%  TROOP   OFFICERS. 

Troop  A,  Captain  Harry  B.  Burgh;  First  Lieutenant,  William.  C.  Blackburn, 
Second  Lieutenant;  William.  W.  Benton.  Troop  B,  Captain  Thaddeus  W.  O. 
Braffett;  First  Lieutenant,  Ransom  Harrington;  Second  Lieutenant,  Arthur  M. 
Kinzie  (Aid-de-camp  to  Major  General  Hunter).  Troop  C,  Captain,  John  8. 
Buckles;  First  Lieutenant,  Charles  W.  Blakemore;  Second  Lieutenant,  Francis  H. 
McArthur.  Troop.  D,  Captain,  William  J.  Wallis;  First  Lieutenant,  L.  Cowen; 
Second  Lieutenant,  John  H.  McMahon.  Troop  E,  Captain,  IraR.  Gilford;  First 
Lieutenant,  Richard  D.  Ellsworth;  Second  Lieutenant,  Benjamin  O.  Wilkinson. 
Troop  F,  Captain.Bernard,  F.  Stampoffski;First  Lieutenant,  Marland  L.  Perkins; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Erastus  G.  Butler.  Troop  G,  Captain,  Henry  M.  Buel;  First 
Lieutenant,  John  E.  Warner;  Second  Lieutenant,  A.  F.  Brown.  Troop  H, 
Captain  Linus  D.  Bishop;  First  Lieutenant,  Edwin  W.  Luce;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Walter  B.  Anderson.  Troop  I,  Captain,  William  M.  Chidister;  First  Lieutenant, 
Joseph  W.  Harper,  Second  Lieutenant,  Leander  L.  Shattuck.  Troop  K, 
'Captain,  Charles  S.  Cameron;  First  Lieutenant,  Joseph  H.  Knox;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, William  McMannis.  Troop  L,  Captain,  Louis  F.  Booth;  First  Lieutenant, 
Charles  F.  Scammon;  Second  Lieutenant,  William  E.  Bailey.  Troop  M,  Cap- 
tain EliphaletR.  Knight;  First  Lieutenant,  Jacob  C.  Shear;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Jacob  Riner. 

The  regiment  is  peculiarly  fortunate  in  its  officers.  .The  very  name  of  Brack- 
ett  is  invested  with  historic  interest.  The  Colonel  is  pre-eminently  a  soldier, 
bronzed  with  warfare,  though  comparatively  young  in  years;  under  his  command 
a  splendid  future  is  in  prospect,  and  wherever  deeds  of  daring  are  to  be  accom- 
plished and  wherever  the  fight  waxes  hottest,  there  we  shall  expect  to  hear  of  the 
Ninth  Cavalry.  And,  on  the  other  hand,  the  officers  are  to  be  congratulated 
upon  the  general  character,  physical  strength,  genuine  martial  appearance  and 
excellent  drill  of  their  command;  qualities  that  must  tell  in  the  future,  and  in 
the  present  give  to  this  command  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  finest  cav- 
alry regiments  in  the  United  States. 

[From  Andrea^  History  of  Chicago,  1885.] 

The  Ninth  Cavalry  was  organized  at  Camp  Douglas,  Chicago,  in  September, 
1861,  by  Colonel  Albert  G.  Brackett,  of  Rock  Island,  111.,  and  was  mustered  into 
service  on  November  30th.  Among  its  field  officers  from  Chicago  were  Major 
Rosell  M.  Hough,  formerly  aid  to  General  Hunter,  with  whom  he  had  served  in 
Missouri,  and  later,  Colonel  of  the  Sixty-Seventh  Infantry;  Major  William  J.  Wal- 
lis; Adjutant  John  H.  Carpenter;  and  Quartermaster  Samuel  H.  Price. 

Company  F  was  recruited  in  Chicago  by  Captain  Bernard  F.  Stampoffski, 
an  old  and  well  known  citizen,  who  had  formerly  served  in  the  Florida  war  for 
for  eight  months,  and  as  a  member  of  Company  F,  Second  United  States  Dra- 
goons; was  engaged  in  the  battles  of  Palo  Alto  and  Resaca  de  la  Palma,  in  May, 
1846.  Lieutenant  Erastus  G.  Butler,  of  the  same  company  served  in  Company  E, 
Third  United  States  Artillery  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  was  at  the  battles  of  Mon- 
terey and  Buena  Vista.  The  officers  of  this  company  were  exclusively  Chicago- 
ans  during  its  whole  term  of  service.  Captain  Charles  S.  Cameron,  of  Company 
K,  abandoned  a  large  and  lucrative  law  business  to  enter  the  army.  First  Lieu- 


368  HISTORY    OF    THE 

tenant  Joseph  H.  Knox,  Company  K,  son  of  Hon.  Joseph  Knox,  was  a  graduate 
of  Williams  College,  and  had  just  been  admitted  to  the  bar  when  he  joined  the 
regiment.  He  served  with  the  Ninth  until  April  5,  1862,  when  he  resigned.  First 
Lieutenant  Charles  T.  Scammon,  son  of  Hon.  J.  Y.  Scammon,  had  just  graduated 
from  Chicago  University,  when  he  joined  the  Ninth  Cavalry,  and  waselected  Lieu- 
tenant of  Company  L,  serving  in  that  capacity  until  promoted  Captain  of  Com- 
pany H,  January  15,  1863.  During  this  time  he  also  served  on  the  staff  of  Gen- 
eral Steele  in  Arkansas.  Lieutenant  Arthur  M.  Kinzie  served  with  Company  B 
until  the  expiration  of  his  term,  September  30,  1864. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  left  Chicago  on  February  17,  1862,  and  moved  to 
Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  and  thence  to  Pilot  Knob,  where  it  commenced  its 
long  campaign  in  Missouri  and  Arkansas,  as  a  part  of  the  Third  Brigade  of  Gen- 
eral Frank  Steele's  division.  With  that  command  it  joined  General  Curtis' army 
at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  on  May  23d,  and  during  June  participated  in  two  serious 
skirmishes  in  the  vicinity  of  the  camp  losing  twelve  wounded  and  one  missing 
at  WaddelPs  plantation,  on  June  12th;  and  on  June  27th,  at  Stewart's  plantation, 
two  killed  and  thirty-five  wounded,  Colonel  Brackett  being  among  the  latter.  On 
June 26th, the  Ninth  with  Steele's  division  commenced  the  march  to  Helena,  Ark., 
arriving  July  14th .  The  troops  suffered  extremely  during  the  march  from  lack  of 
water  and  rations,  five  men  of  the  Ninth  dying  from  the  hardships  and  privations 
endured.  At  Helena  the  regiment  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade,  Fourth 
Division  (Hovey's),  of  Steele's  Arkansas  army. 

Two  twelve-pounder  mountain  howitzers  were  assigned  the  regiment  on  Sep- 
tember 15th,  which,  under  command  of  Lieutenant  E.  G.  Butler,  did  good  service 
during  the  expedition  of  General  Washburn  into  Mississippi,  of  which  the  regi- 
ment formed  a  part. 

On  January  9,  1863,  it  embarked  with  General  Gorman  at  Helena,  and  pro- 
ceeded up  the  White  River  to  Duval's  Bluff,  which  was  found  evacuated,  and  the 
expedition  returned  to  Helena,  arriving  January  23d.  On  April  7th,  the  Ninth 
moved  to  Memphis,  and  thence,  on  April  12,  to  Germantown,  Tenn.,  where, 
with  Colonel  McCrellis'  brigade,  it  was  employed  in  scouting  and  skirmishing  in 
Southern  Tennessee  and  Northern  Mississippi  through  the  entire  sumn  er,  being 
engaged  at  Coldwateron  July  28th;  at  Granada,  August  18th;  Salem,  October  8th, 
and  at  Wyatt,  October  13th.  In  November  the  regiment  marched  from  La  Grange 
to  Collierville,  Tenn.,  where  it  was  assigned  toGrierson's  cavalry  division,  and  on 
December  4th,  took  an  honorable  and  conspicuous  part  in  the  battle  at  Moscow, 
Tenn.,  On  February  llth  it  marched  with  Generals  Grierson  and  Smith  into 
Mississippi,  and  was  engaged  on  February  20th,  at  West  Point,  February  21st  at 
Okolona,  and  on  the  23d  at  Mount  Ivy,  The  following  day  it  went  into  camp  at 
Germantown,  Tenn.,  where,  on  March  16th,  it  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  organiza- 
tion. On  the  17th  it  marched  to  Memphis  and  immediately  returned  to  Illinois 
on  veteran  furlough. 

On  April  29th,  the  regiment  returned  to  Memphis,  and  in  June  a  detachment, 
with  Grierson's  cavalry,  accompanied  General  Sturgison  his  disastrous  expedition 
to  Guntown,  Miss.,  acting  as  rear  guard  on  the  retreat  of  his  forces.  During  the 
expedition  the  Ninth  lost  five  killed,  twenty-three  wounded  twelve  capture  d,  out 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  engaged.  It  also  formed  a  part  of  the  force  of  General 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  369 

Griersonin  his  expedition  with  General  A.  J.  Smith  to  Tupelo,  Miss.  The  Ninth 
forming  the  cavalry  advance,  had  a  severe  engagement  at  Pontotoc,  Miss.,  and  was 
engaged  July  14th  and  15th,  at  Tupelo  and  Old  Town  Creek ,  Miss.  During  August 
it  accompanied  General  A.  J.  Smith's  expedition  to  the  Tallahatchie,  meeting  the 
enemy  on  August  llth,  at  Oxford,  and  August  13th,  at  Hurricane  Creek,  in  the  latter 
engagement  losing  four  killed  and  several  wounded.  On  September  4th,  it  returned 
to  camp  at  Memphis,  and  remained  until  September  30th,  under  Captain  Black- 
burn, Company  A.  It  then  moved  with  General  Hatch's  division  to  Clifton,  Tern., 
where  it  crossed  the  Tennessee,  and  thence  returned  to  near  Florence,  Ala.,  to 
meet  the  advance  of  Hood's  army.  On  November  9th  the  regiment  drove  the 
enemy  from  a  ford  on  Shoal  Creek,  where  it  was  ordered  to  cross  on  the  llth, 
and  strike  the  enemy  in  the  rear.  At  the  same  time  the  brigade  was  to  dislodge 
the  enemy  and  cross  at  a  lower  ford.  The  command  failed  to  dislodge  the  Con- 
federates, who  held  the  lower  ford  in  force,  but  the  Ninth  by  a  sudden  and  unex- 
pected attack  on  their  rear,  caused  them  to  retire  from  their  position  sufficiently 
to  allow  the  regiment  to  pass  through  their  lines  to  the  Creek,  which  they  re 
crossed  and  joined  the  brigade.  On  November  19th  the  brigade  was  ordered  to 
advance  from  Shoal  Creek  to  Bailey  Springs.  It  crossed  the  creek  and  advanced 
a  short  distance,  when  it  encountered  General  Bufoid's  Confederate  cavalry, 
which  attacked  and  nearly  surrounded  it.  The  command,  however,  succeeded 
in  re-crossing  at  another  ford  and  on  the  following  day  the  retreat  towards  Nash- 
ville commenced.  The  Ninth  was  engaged  November  24th  at  Campbellsville, 
Tenn.,  in  protecting  the  army  train,  and  participated  in  the  battles  at  Franklin 
and  in  front  of  Nashville.  It  then  joined  in  the  pursuit  of  Hood's  army  to  the 
Tennessee  River,  and,  at  its  discontinuance,  moved  toEastport,  Miss.,  and  finally 
to  Gravelly  Springs,  near  Florence,  Ala.,  where  it  remained  in  camp  at  that 
point  until  June  23d,  when  it  moved  to  luka,  Miss.,  thence,  on  July  4th,  toDecatur, 
Ala.,  and  thence  to  Montgomery,  Selma,  and  to  Gainsville,  Ala.,  arriving  at  the 
latter  place  August  20th. 

On  October  31,  1865,  it  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  Selma,  Ala.,  and 
ordered  to  Springfield,  111.,  for  final  payment,  arriving  on  November  10th. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  marched  twenty  thousand  miles,  and  was  never 
employed  in  garrison  duty  after  leaving  Chicago  in  February,  1862. 

HISTORY  OF  NINTH  CAVALRY. 

[From  tlie  Adjutant-General's  Report  of  Illinois.'] 

The  Ninth  Regiment  of  Cavalry  was  organized  at  Camp  Douglas,  near  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  in  the  autumn  of  1861,  by  Colonel  Albert  G.  Brackett,  and  was  fully 
mustered  into  the  United  States  service  by  November  30th. 

On  the  16th  of  February,  1862,  it  started  from  Chicago  and  proceeded  by 
rail  to  Benton  Barracks,  near  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  thence  to  Pilot  Knob.  From 
there  it  marched  to  Reeve's  Station,  on  the  Big  Black  River,  and  was  assigned 
to  the  Third  Brigade  of  General  Steele's  division,  serving  in  the  District  of 
Southeast  Missouri. 

From   Reeve's   Station  it  marched  to  Jacksonport,   Ark.,   where   Colonel 
Brackett  was  left  in  command,  the   other  portion  of  the  division  moving  on  to 
Batesville,   where  it  joined  the  Army  of  the  Soutlyvest,  under  command  of 
Major-General  S.  R.  Curtis. 
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370  HISTORY    OF    THE 

On  the  21st  of  May,  Private  P.  W.  Pringle,  of  Company  G,  was  murdered 
in  cold  blood  by  l^he  rebels  and  his  body  left  lying  in  a  swamp  near  Jacksonport. 
On  the  24th  the  regiment  crossed  Black  River  and  encamped  in  the  woods. 

May  28th,  five  companies,  under  Lieutentant-Colonel  Hiram  F.  Sickles,  had  a 
skirmish  with  the  Confederates  at  Cache  River  Bridge,  routing  them  with  con- 
siderable loss.  In  this  affair  Battalion-Adjutant  Blackburn  and  Private  Tift 
were  wounded. 

Captain  Blakemore  had  a  skirmish  on  the  same  day  on  the  Augusta  road 
with  portions  of  three  companies  of  the  Ninth  against  a  Confederate  force,  in 
which  two  Confederate  soldiers  were  captured,  one  of  whom  was  very  severely 

wounded. 

Upon  the  approach  of  the  Confederate  gunboat  Maurepas,  Captain  Joseph 

Fry,  the  Ninth  fell  back  two  miles  and  a  half,  when  the  vessel  shelled  its  late 
camp  with  sixty-four  pounders.  This  was  on  the  2d  of  June.  As  soon  as 
the  boat  retired  the  regiment  went  back  to  its  former  camp. 

The  Confedate  soldiers  on  the  12th  of  June  attempted  to  capture  a  valuable 
train  near  the  Waddell  farm,  five  miles  from  Jacksonport,  but  were  utterly  de- 
feated and  driven  off  by  Colonel  Brackett  with  two  companies  of  Missouri  cav- 
alry and  four  companies  of  the  Ninth,  with  a  loss  of  twenty  eight  killed, 
wounded  and  missing.  Our  loss  was  thirteen  wounded  and  missing. 

Captain  Marland  L.  Perkins  with  his  company  made  a  reconnoissance  toward 
Augusta,  down  the  right  bank  of  White  River,  in  June,  and  had  two  skirmishes 
with  the  enemy  in  which  a  Confederate  soldier  was  killed,  and  he  had  (me  horse 
killed  and  two  wounded.  He  returned  to  camp  June  23d. 

Again  on  the  27th  of  June,  1862,  a  large  force  of  the  enemy  attacked  a  gov- 
ernment train  near  Stewart's  plantation;  it  was  beaten  off  with  severe  loss,  and 
the  valuable  train  saved.  On  our  side  two  were  killed  and  thirty  one  wounded, 
among  the  latter  being  Colonel  Brackett,  Major  Wallis,  Battalion-Adjutant 
Blackburn  and  Captain  Knight.  Five  of  the  enemy's  dead  were  seen  on  the 
ground 

This  was  the  day  after  the  regiment  had  started  on  the  march  for  Helena, 
with  the  whole  of  General  Curtis'  army.  During  the  march  five  men  of  the 
regiment  died  from  hardships,  it  being  almost  impossible  to  obtain  water.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  famous  marches  of  the  Civil  War. 

At  Helena  the  regiment  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade,  Colonel  Cyrus 
Bassey,  of  General  A.  P.  Hovey's  division,  District  of  Southeastern  Arkansas, 
commanded  by  General  Steele. 

The  regiment  received  two  small  twelve-pounder  howitzers  on  the  15th  of  Sep- 
tember, which,  being  placed  under  command  of  Lieutenant  E.  G.  Butler,  with 
details  from  various  companies,  rendered  excellent  service. 

At  the  fight  at  La  Grange,  Ark.,  two  companies  of  the  regiment,  with 
soldiers  of  other  regiments,  under  Captain  Marland  L.  Perkins,  with  the  two 
howitzers  just  referred  to,  behaved  very  gallantly  against  a  considerable  force  of 
the  enemy;  he  losing  over  fifty  men,  while  our  loss  was  inconsiderable.  This 
was  on  the  8th  of  November.  The  command  also  repulsed  a  charge  of  two 
regiments  of  Texans. 

During  the  night  of  October  llth  a  part  of  the  regiment  captured  a  rebel 
picket  of  twelve  men  near*Helena,  Ark. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  371* 

Brigadier-General  C.  C.  Washburn  led  an  expedition,  composed  of  paits  of 
several  cavalry  regiments,  from  Helena  across  the  Mississippi  River  into  (he  State 
of  Mississippi,  during  part  of  November  and  December,  1862.  He  Lad  a  skirm- 
ish with  the  enemy  at  Okolona,  on  the  6th  of  November  and  at  Coffeeville  on  the 
7th,  in  both  of  which  he  was  successful  and  accomplished  the  main  object  of  his 
expedition,  which  was  to  give  the  leaders  of  the  rebel  forces  an  idea  that  his 
troops  were  the  advance  guard  of  a  large  Union  army  sent  to  cut  off  the  retreat  of 
General  Price  and  his  rebels  from  their  position.  Price  believed  it  and  left 
accordingly.  In  Wa^hburn's  command  Major  Harry  B.  Burgh  had  one  hundred 
and  fifty  men  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

January  9,  1863,  the  Ninth  marched  with  General  Gorman's  command  from 
Helena  to  Duvall's  Bluff  and  returned.  On  the  the  7th  of  April,  it  moved  up  the 
Mississippi  River  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and  on  the  12th  to  Germantown,  where 
it  was  assigned  to  McCrillis'  brigade  of  Cavalry  of  the  Sixteeeth  Army  Corps. 
It  was  engaged  with  the  enemy  at  Coldwater,  Miss.,  July  28th,  and  at  Grenada 
August  18th,  and  moved  to  La  Grange,  Tenn.,  August  26th;  made  an  attack  upon 
the  enemy  at  Salem,  Miss.,  October  8lh,  and  drove  him  from  his  position;  met  the 
enemy  at  Wyatt,  Miss.,  October  13th,  and  after  fighting  all  day  the  rebels  fell 
back  and  retreated  during  the  night. 

November ^th,  moved  from  La  Grange  to  Corinth,  and  returned  soon  after- 
ward; marched  to  Colliersville,  and  was  assigned  to  the  Second  Brigade  Caval- 
ry Division  of  the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps;  was  engaged  with  the  enemy  at 
Saulsbury,  Tenn.,  and  on  the  4th  the  division,  under  command  of  General  Grier- 
son,  was  engaged  at  Moscow,  Tenn.  In  this  fight  the  Ninth  took  a  conspicuous 
part. 

In  January,  1864,  the  regiment  was  in  the  Second  Brigade,  commanded  by 
Colonel  Albert  G.  Brackett,  of  Grierson's  Division,  Sixteenth  Corps,  Aimy  of 
Tennessee,  at  Colliersville,  and  detachment  under  Major  Ira  R.  Gifford  had  a 
brisk  skirmish  with  a  portion  of  Forrest's  command,  which  had  made  an  attack 
upon  the  Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad,  in  which  several  of  the  enemy  were 
killed  and  wounded. 

February  11,  1864,  the  regiment  moved  out  by  order  of  General  Sherman 
against  the  enemy,  with  the  Union  force  organi/.ed  under  General  William  Sooy 
Smith,  Chief  of  Cavalry  of  the  Division  of  the  Mississippi,  with  a  view  to  over- 
throw the  rebel  cavalry  under  General  Forrest.  He  pushed  across  the  country 
as  rapidly  as  possible,  crossed  the  Tallahatchie  River  at  New  Albany  without 
opposition  and  moved  on  to  Okolona,  on  the  Mobile  &  Ohio  Railway,  meantime 
having  been  engaged  with  the  enemy  at  West  Point  on  the  20th  of  February,  aft 
Okolanathe  21st  and  at  Mount  Ivy  on  the  23d.  While  a  portion  of  the  command 
was  sent  to  threaten  Columbus,  the  main  body  moved  on,  destroying  an  immense 
amount  of  corn,  cotton,  and  other  stores  of  great  value  to  the  Confederates. 
The  regiment  returned  to  arid  encamptd  at  Germantown  on  the  24th  of  Febru- 
ary. Although  the  chief  object  of  the  expedition  was  not  accomplished,  the 
cavalry  had  inflicted  heavy  injuries  upon  the  Confederates. 

On  the  16th  of  March  the  regiment  was  mustered  as  a  veteran  organization, 
and  the  following  day  marched  to  Memphis,  whence  the  men  returned  to  Illinois, 
on  the  usual  furlough  granted  to  veterans. 

April  27th,  the  men  of  the  regiment  returned  to  Memphis  from  furlough,  and 


372  HISTORY    OF    THE 

a  short  time  thereafter  a  portion  of  them  accompanied  General  Sturgis  on  his 
expedition  against  the  enemy.  At.  Guntown,  Miss.,  on  the  10th  of  June,  our 
forces  met  with  a  severe  check  and  were  obliged  to  give  way.  The  Ninth  formed 
a  portion  of  the  rear  guard,  losing  five  killed,  twenty-three  wounded  and  twelve 
captured  out  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  men. 

Upon  the  failure  of  this  expedition  another,  under  General  Andrew  J.  Smith, 
was  fitted  out  and  marched  from  Saulsbury  to  Pontotoc,  where  a  fight  occurred 
on  the  llth  of  July,  and  meeting  the  enemy  in  force  near  Tupelo,  another  action 
took  place,  the  Confederates  being  driven  from  the  field,  leaving  a  large  number 
of  dead  and  wounded  comrades.  The  next  day,  July  15th,  a  severe  cavalry  fight 
occurred  at  Old  Town  Creek,  where  the  Ninth  acquitted  itself  with  credit,  and 
afterwards  returned  to  Memphis. 

In  August  the  regiment  marched  by  way  of  Holly  Springs  to  Abbeville,  Miss., 
where  it  had  a  skirmish  with  the  enemy,  and  on  the  llth  had  another  brush  at 
Oxford.  A  severe  fight  took  place  at  Hurricane  Creek,  the  Ninth  taking  an  hon- 
orable share,  losing  four  killed  and  several  wounded.  It  returned  to  its  station 
at  Memphis  September  4th. 

With  Captain  William  C.  Blackburn  in  command  the  regiment  moved  out 
again  on  the  30th  of  September,  and,  after  crossing  the  Tennessee  River  at  Clif- 
ton, marched  by  way  of  Waynesboro,  Lawrenceburg,  Florence,  Ala.,  Waterloo, 
Hamburg  and  Savannah  to  Clifton,  pursuing  the  rebels  under  General  Wheeler. 
The  command  returned  again  to  Florence,  and  there  met  the  advance  of  General 
Hood's  army.  The  division  to  which  the  Ninth  was  attached  did  some  hard 
fighting  at  Shoal  Creek,  Ala.,  on  the  9th  of  November.  On  the  19lh  of  the  same 
month  crossed  the  river  and  two  days  afterward  attacked  the  enemy  near  Law- 
renceburg, Tenn.,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  being  in  the  advance.  Two  divis 
ions  of  the  enemy  coming  up  compelled  it  to  re-cross  the  river,  and  in  so  doing, 
one  battalion  becoming  detached  passed  through  the  rebel  line,  and  was  com- 
pelled to  remain  in  rear  of  the  enemy  until,  under  cover  of  the  darkness,  it  re- 
crossed  the  stream  and  joined  its  friends. 

For  several  days  after  this  the  regiment  skirmished  with  the  enemy's  advance 
aai  a'  Cimobells/ille,  Tenn., on  the  24th  of  November  was  hotly  engaged.  Here 
it  kept  its  ground,  holding  back  many  times  its  own  number  of  rebels,  until  its 
ammunition  was  entirely  exhausted,  when  the  men  fought  the  Confederates  hand 
to  hand,  clubbing  their  carbines  and  doing  much  to  retard  their  march. 

The  Ninth  took  part  in  the  fierce  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  on  the  30th  of 
November,  1864,  and  did  what  was  in  its  power  toward  crippling  the  Confederate 
army  under  General  Hood.  This  battle  was  pronounced  by  Secretary  Stanton 
as  the  bloodiest  of  the  war,  in  proportion  to  the  numbers  engaged. 

At  the  great  battles  of  Nashville,  on  the  15th  and  16th  of  December,  the 
regiment  belonged  to  the  Second  Brigade  of  the  Fifth  Division  of  the  Cavalry 
Corps,  and  sustained  its  well-earned  reputation  for  valor.  It  participated  in  a 
well  directed  charge  upon  a  redoubt  occupied  by  the  enemy,  which  it  carried  and 
at  the  same  time  captured  four  pieces  of  artillery  and  took  one  hundred  and 
fifty  prisoners,  sharing  in  the  final  rout  of  the  enemy. 

Soon  the  army  of  General  Hood  was  in  full  retreat,  and  the  Ninth  partici- 
pated in  the  chase  which  resulted  in  its  destruction,  skirmishing  with  portions  of 
it  atBrentwood,  on  the  Franklin  pike,  near  Franklin,  at  Ruihciloiti's  Creek  and 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  373 

Ross'  farm.  The  roads  had  now  become  impassible,  the  rivers  were  filled  to  the 
tops  of  the  banks,  and  the  enemy  could  not  be  followed  any  farther.  The  dis- 
pirited foe  was  d  riven  across  the  Tennessee  River  on  the  night  of  the  27th  of  Decem- 
ber, and  it  being  impossible  to  supply  our  army  the  campaign  closed  with  the 
closing  of  the  year.  General  Thomas,  in  his  order  respecting  these  military 
movements,  said:  "Although  short  the  campaign  has  been  brilliant  in  its  achiev 
ments,  and  unsurpassed  in  its  results  by  ai  y  other  of  this  war,  ard  is  one  of 
which  all  who  participated  therein  may  be  justly  proud."  The  command  moved 
to  Huntsville,  Florence,  Eastport,  and  Gravelly  Springs.  There  not  being  a 
sufficient  number  of  horses  to  mount  all  of  the  cavalry,  Hatch's  division  was 
deprived  of  its  animals,  which  were  turned  over  to  the  other  division  prepara- 
tory to  their  march  farther  south,  and  in  consequence  the  Ninth  was  dismounted 
and  left  at  Eastport  on  the  9th  of  February,  1865.  As  horses  could  be  obtained 
the  regiment  was  again  supplied  ard  marched  to  luka,  Miss.,  on  the  23d  of  June, 
and  thence  to  Decatur,  Ala. ,  July  4th .  From  there  it  went  to  Montgomery, 
Selma  and  Gainesville,  and  was  finally  mustered  out  of  service  at  Selma,  Ala., 
on  the  31st  of  October,  1865,  and  ordered  to  Springfield,  111.,  where  the  men 
received  final  payment  and  discharge. 

The  organization  as  a  whole  had  done  good  service,  and  always  bore  a  fine 
reputation.  Through  swamps  and  across  rivers  it  had  followed  the  enemy,  amid 
the  heat  of  summer  and  the  snows  of  winter,  and  was  entitled  to  the  thanks  of 
the  State,  as  well  as  the  gratitude  of  the  Federal  Government.  To  have  partici- 
pated in  the  Arkansas  and  Nashville  campaigns,  and  received  the  thanks  of  Gen- 
erals Curtis  and  Thomas,  was  something  to  be  proud  of  ai;d  reflected  honor  upon 
Illinois. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 
PRISON  LIFE — SOMETHING  ABOUT  ANDEKSONVILLE  PKISON. 

AT  Andersonville  prison,  Ga.,  while  our  poor  soldiers  were  be- 
ing nearly  starved  to  death  and  were  dying  at  the  rate  of  an 
average  of  over  fifty  a  day,  and  while  hope  had  fled  from  nearly  all 
those  who  remained  under  the  inhuman  and  brutal  treatment  of 
the  fiends  in  human  form,  Wirtz  and  Lieutenant  Davis  (a  nephew 
of  Jefferson  Davis),  who  was  almost  as  brutal  as  Wirtz  himself; 
at  times  when  our  poor  fellows  would  give  way  to  dark  despair, 
and  were  envious  of  those  who  were  released  through  the  awful 
gates  of  death  from  this  hell  on  earth,  it  is  said  that  they  sometimes 
gave  way  to  the  jollity  of  anguish  and  despair;  such  songs  as  the  fol- 
lowing I  have  been  told  by  those  who  participated  in  the  singing, 
were  often  heard: 

There's  a  mist  on  the  glass  congealing, 
Tis  the  icy  breath  of  death, 
Here's  a  health  to  the  dead  already, 
Hurrah  for  the  next  man  that  dies. 
Then  stand  to  your  glasses  steady, 
This  world  is  a  world  of  sighs, 
Here's  a  health  to  the  dead  already, 
Hurrah  for  the  next  man  that  dies. 

The  Union  dead  at  Andersonville  from  March  to  November, 
1864,  was  a  little  under  twelve  thousand  in  eight  months. 

SKETCH  OF  PRISON  LIFE. 
[By  Charles  C.  White,  Sergeant  of  Company  D.~] 

About  August  15,  1863,  the  Ninth,  with  other  troops  of  the  command,  set 
out  on  what  was  known  as  the  "  Grenada,  Raid,"  one  object  of  which  was  to  cap- 
ture and  run  back  to  Memphis  over  the  Tennessee  &  Mississippi  Railroad  a  large 
quantity  of  rolling  stock  known  to  be  collected  at  Grenada,  Miss.,  for  safe  keep- 
ing and  use  by  the  enemy  where  needed.  After  forced  marches  and  a  number  of 
skirmishes  we  reached  the  objective  point  just  at  night  of  the  19th,  as  nearly 
as  I  can  now  remember,  only  to  find  that  the  rebels,  apparently  aware  of  our  pur- 
pose, had  fired  the  railroad  bridge  over  the  Yallabusha  River,  thus  rendering  it 

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NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  375 

impossible  for  us  to  secure  the  plunder,  which  was  accordingly  destroyed  where 
it  stood.  I  shall  never  forget  the  conflagration  that  ensued,  and  the  pandemo- 
nium occasioned  by  the  screeching  of  locomotive  whifitles,  every  one  of  which 
was  opened  by  the  boys  as  soon  as  they  could  get  up  steam  enough  for  a  noise. 
Hundreds  of  burning  cars  of  all  kinds  made  a  fire  such  as  every  living  man 
remembers  who  saw  it. 

The  fire,  the  darkness  of  the  night,  the  unearthly  screech  of  the  whistles, 
and  the  terror  of  the  citizens,  who  expected  the  destruction  of  their  homes,  com- 
bined to  make  the  scene  a  mem&rable  one. 

The  work  of  destruction  completed,  and  no  further  b'usiness  appearing,  our 
command  set  out  on  its  return  from  Memphis  and  adjacent  points  on  the  Mem- 
phis &  Charleston  Railroad  from  whence  it  started.  On  the  third  day  of  the 
return  march,  it  being  the  22d  day  of  March,  1863,  occurred  an  event  full  of  inter- 
est to  the  few  who  participated  in  it,  the  narrative  of  which,  with  its  result,  is  the 
purpose  of  this  sketch. 

On  the  forenoon  of  this  day  came  an  order  for  the  detailing  of  two  men  from 
each  company  for  forage  duty,  their  efforts  to  be  directed  to  the  securing  of  horses 
for  dismounted  men  whose  horses  had  given  out  on  the  march. 

Captain  Cowen  directed  the  writer  to  make  the  detail  from  Company  D,  and 
obtaining  leave  from  him  to  go  as  one,  he  detailed  Corporal  Schaffer  as  the  other. 
We  set  out  under  command  of  Lieutenant  Shattuck,  of  Company  I,  upon  what 
proved  a  most  disastrous  expedition  to  those  engaged  in  it,  resulting  in  the  death 
of  Corporal  Schaffer,  a  most  excellent  soldier,  the  capture  of  A.  B.  Welsh,  of 
Company  A;  E.  M.  Thisler,  of  Company  M,  and  myself.  The  remainder  of  the 
party,  after  being  chased  over  a  considerable  portion  of  Northern  Mississippi, 
finally,  and  by  the  skin  of  their  teeth,  succeeded  in  getting  through  to  our  lines, 
sans  horses,  sans  clothes,  sans  everything  in  fact,  but  their  bodies.  Literally 
they  "  went  out  for  wool  and  came  back  shorn."  The  survivors  of  that  party 
who  may  see  these  lines,  will,  I  think,  agree  that  the  latter  is  a  pretty  exact  state- 
ment of  the  fact. 

The  circumstances  leading  to  this  result  were  about  as  follows:  After  con- 
siderable time  spent  in  chasing  some  young  horses  over  a  plantation  some  dis- 
tance to  the  left  of  our  marching  column,  and  with  small  results,  we  started 
for  other  conquests,  but  were  discovered  and  pursued  by  a  body  of  the  enemy's 
cavalry  that  was  hovering  on  our  flank. 

Lieutenant  Shattuck  saw  the  danger  and  attempted  escape  by  way  of  a  road 
leading  in  the  direction  we  wished  to  go,  but  unfortunately,  to  the  Cold  Water 
River  at  a  point  where  the  bridge  had  been  washed  away  and  the  water  too  deep 
for  fording,  arrived  at  the  river  and  hoping  that  our  pursuers  were  distanced  or 
eluded,  several  of  the  men,  to  avoid  wetting  clothes,  haversacks,  etc.,  stripped 
and  swam  the  stream  with  their  horses.  At  this  critical  juncture,  while  some  of 
the  men  and  horses  were  yet  in  the  river,  firing  began  upon  us  Irom  the  rear. 
That  there  was  a  lively  effort  on  our  part  to  get  to  cover,  goes  without  saying. 
It  was  here  that  Corporal  Schaffer  was  mortally  wounded,  and  a  number  of  our 
horses  killed.  That  more  of  the  boys  were  not  hit  while  getting  out  of  the  water, 
seems  unaccountable,  as  I  distinctly  remember  some  of  them  ran  up  the  river 
bank  amid  a  shower  of  buckshot  and  bullets.  Several  were  obliged  to  abandon 


376  HISTORY    OF    THE 

their  clothes  and  arms  and  continue  the  retreat  without  them.  As  can  easily  be 
imagined  we  were,  by  this  time,  somewhat  disorganized  and  scattered.  Being 
among  the  first  to  cross  the  river,  I  got  cover  behind  the  nearest  tree  but  uncom- 
fortably close  to  the  river  and  in  easy  range  of  the  guns  on  the  other  side.  I  had, 
however,  a  fair  view  of  the  field  and  used  my  carbine  to  some  advantage.  Some 
time  after  firing  had  ceased  and  as  soon  as  I  deemed  it  safe  to  do  so  I  slipped 
away  from  the  shelter  of  my  friendly  tree  in  search  of  the  comrades,  but  found 
only  A.  B.  Welsh,  of  Company  A.  The  others,  as  we  afterwards  learned,  con- 
cluding that  we  were  either  killed  or  had  taken  care  of  ourselves,  divided  up  their 
stock  of  clothing  between  them  and  continued  the  retreat.  After  considerable 
adventurous  wandering  and  artful  dodging  of  dogs  and  bushwhackers,  they 
finally  reached  camp  in  a  badly  battered  condition.  From  what  was  told  me  I 
judge  that  the  aggregate  stock  of  clothing  owned  and  worn  by  that  crowd  on  that 
occasion  was  really  small,  and  much  damaged,  that  it  was  somewhat  decollete  in 
style,  and  that  some  of  it  did  not  fit  the  wearer  ''just  like  the  paper  on  the  wall," 
that  there  were  not  pantaloons  enough  to  go  round  and  some  were  obliged  to 
clothe  their  lower  limbs  with  badly  fitting  under  garments.  For  these  and  other 
reasons  they  avoided  public  thoroughfares  and  sought  the  privacy  of  the  by-ways 
and  bushes. 

Finding  ourselves  alone  and  left  to  take  care  or  ourselves,  Welsh  and  the 
writer  sought  the  road  and  soon  came  face  to  face  with  a  squad  of  the  enemy 
coming  from  the  other  direction  who  had  been  attracted  by  the  firing.  Retreat 
seeming  out  of  the  question  we  surrendered  as  prisoners  and  were  hurried  off  to 
Panola,  Miss.,  thence  in  a  day  or  two  to  Grenada,  where  we  had  a  view  of  the 
landscape  under  rather  different  conditions  than  those  to  which  I  have  referred. 
The  still  smoking  ruins  visible  on  every  side,  and  to  which  our  attention  was 
rather  discourteously  invited,  seemed  to  be  an  annoyance  to  the  citizens  of  the 
place,  and  we  overheard  remarks  that  caused  us  to  fear  that  possibly  we  were 
disliked  by  them  because  of  our  supposed  part  in  the  destruction. 

Their  denunciations  of  "  Yankees  "  in  general,  and  of  the  two  present  in  par- 
ticular, took  a  wide  range,  and  were  from  "lively  to  severe."  Some  even  bor- 
dered upon  the  profane,  and  altogether  they  were  of  a  nature  to  make  us  feel 
uncomfortable.  However,  our  guards  stowed  us  carefully  away  in  the  second 
story  of  a  brick  business  house  that  escaped  the  conflagration,  where  a  few  days 
later  we  were  comforted  by  the  sudden  appearance  of  our  fat  and  genial  friend, 
Ed.  Thisler,  of  Company  M,  to  whom  we  gave  a  most  enthusiastic  welcome. 
Though  somewhat  embarrassed  by  circumstances,  Thisler  was  himself,  and  soon 
composed  his  mind  into  rest,  so  as  not  to  lose  any  of  his  flesh.  He  was  of  the 
party  that  got  away  with  Shattuck,  became  separated  from  it  in  a  quest  for  food 
(Ed.  was  always  hungry),  was  gobbled  and  sent  to  join  us.  This  is  perhaps  a 
suitable  place  for  the  writer  to  pay  a  tribute  to  the  cheerfulness,  patience,  and 
quick-wittedness  of  E.  M.  Thisler.  In  him  the  fire  of  good  cheer  and  companion- 
ship never  went  out.  He  never  became  discouraged,  and  was  always  ready  with 
some  new  scheme  or  device  to  break  the  monotony  and  to  mitigate  the  unpleas- 
ant and  uncomfortable  conditions  of  our  prison  life. 

After  a  week  or  two  spent  in  our  "upper  chamber"  at  Grenada,  we  were 
inarched  across  the  country  one  hundred  miles  east  to  West  Point,  on  the  Mobile 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  377 

&  Ohio  Railroad,  and  sent  to  Atlanta  via  Meridian,  Selma  and  Montgomery.  It 
was  our  good  fortune  on  this  march  to  fall  inio  the  hands  of  Captain  McMahon, 
of  a  Mississippi  regiment,  a  cousin  of  our  Lieutenant  McMahon,  of  Company  D. 
He  was  genial,  had  a  failing  for  the  native  peach  brandy,  was  mellow  under  its 
influence  and  treated  us  with  special  consideration  because  of  our  relations  to  his 
cousin. 

After  a  sojourn  of  about  two  weeks  in  the  Atlanta  "bull  pen,"  as  it  was 
called,  the  representation  of  the  Ninth,  together  with  a  large  number  of  other 
prisoners  that  had  been  gathered  there,  were  shipped  by  rail  via  Augusta,  Colum- 
bia, Charlotte,  Weldon  and  Petersburg  to  Richmond,  where  we  were  confined  for 
a  short  time  in  the  famous  Libby  prison.  We  were  kept  here,  however,  only 
long  enough  to  be  searched  and  robbed  of  any  valuables  that  bad  escaped  the 
notice  of  the  other  spoilers  in  whose  custody  we  had  been.  Up  to  this  time  there 
might  have  been  some  excuse  for  the  forcible  exchanges  that  took  place  between 
us  and  our  captors,  as  they  were  in  need  of  the  plunder.  We  acknowledged  the 
force  and  application  of  the  Jacksonian  doctrine  that  "to  the  victor  belong  the 
spoils,"  but  the  robbery  officially  perpetrated  upon  us  at  Libby  by  and  with  the 
consent  of  Major  Turner,  the  prison  commandant,  was  without  excuse  and  con- 
temptibly mean.  In  order  to  induce  prisoners  to  voluntarily  give  up  concealed 
money  and  valuables  that  a  search  might  not  disclose,  they  promised  the  return' 
of  them  when  we  should  be  paroled  or  exchanged,  but  said  that  everything  with- 
held and  discovered  by  search  would  be  confiscated,  and  no  restitution  made. 

Upon  such  representations  many  surrendered  money,  watches,  rings,  etc., 
that  up  to  this  time  they  had  successfully  concealed.  In  no  single  case,  so  far  as 
I  was  ever  able  to  learn,  did  these  thieves  return  a  dollar  or  an  article  secured  in 
this  way.  Similar  methods  were  pursued  by  this  chivalrous  officer  when  coffee 
and  meat  were  sent  by  our  Sanitary  Commission  under  the  sacredness  and  implied 
integrity  of  a  flag  of  truce,  for  the  relief  of  the  starving  prisoners  on  Belle  Isle  in 
the  winter  of  1863-64.  It  is  to  the  everlasting  disgrace  of  the  Confederate  authori- 
ties at  Richmond,  and  of  Major  Turner  in  particular,  that  this  agreement  for  the 
application  of  their  supplies  was  violated  by  their  confiscation  in  part,  at  least  to 
the  use  of  the  Southern  army. 

After  a  brief  stay  at  Libby,  we  were  transferred  to  Belle  Isle  and  our  real 
imprisonment  began.  So  much  has  been  said  and  written  descriptive  of  this  by 
other  prisoners  of  war,  that  little  need  be  said  here.  Belle  Isle  is,  as  its  name 
implies,  abeautiful  island.  It  is  situated  in  the  James  River  opposite  the  northern 
side  of  the  city  of  Richmond.  The  central  and  upper  portion  is  a  beautifully 
wooded  hill  while  the  lower  end  spreads  out  into  a  smooth,  grassy,  and  in  places 
sandy  plain  studded  at  its  edge  by  handsome  trees. 

The  prison  camp  was  on  this  flat  portion  and  at  the  extreme  southern  point. 
It  consisted  of  about  three  acres — possibly  a  little  more — enclosed  by  an  earth 
embankment,  and  covered  with  tents.  After  the  battle  of  Chiokamauga,  ard  un- 
til March,  1864,  over  ten  thousand  men  were  confined  within  the  embankment, 
and  when  they  laid  clown  for  the  night,  the  ground  in  the  tents  and  between  them 
was  entirely  covered.  For  a  time  prisoners  were  allowed  during  the  day  access 
to  the  river  to  bathe  and  obtain  water  for  drinking  and  cooking  purposes.  When, 
however,  the  number  was  increased  by  the  arrival  of  the  Chickamauga  prisoners, 


378  HISTORY   OF    THE 

this  privilege  was  taken  away,  and  water  could  only  be  obtained  from  barrels 
sunk  into  the  sand  to  the  level  of  the  river  inside  the  embankment.  That  the 
sanitary  condition  of  the  camp  was  wretched,  and  the  mortality  among  the  pris- 
oners was  frightful,  need  not  be  told.  Insufficient  food  and  of  bad  quality  soon 
induced  the  diseases  that  carried  hundreds  to  Ihe"  Yankee  giavejarel,"  en  the 
north  side  of  the  camp,  and  bestowed  upon  many  of  the  survivors  the  heritage  of 
a  "broken"  constitution.  Thisler's  cheerfulness  and  fertility  of  resource  stood 
him  in  good  place  here.  He  was  a  natural  "rustler  "  and  strictly  first-class  for- 
ager. Here  his  talents  sought  a  new  field,  and  he  became  a  noted  "  trader  on  Main 
street,"  that  is,  he  bought  articles  of  food  of  the  guards  in  the  night  at  an  enor- 
mously high  price,  and  sold  them  next  day  at  a  profit,  for  notwithstanding  the 
lying  and  searching  on  the  part  of  Turner  and  his  subordinates,  a  good  deal  of 
money  found  its  way  onto  the  island. 

The  currency  was  both  greenback  and  Confederate  scrip,  and  the  stardard 
rate  of  exchange  during  that  winter,  even  with  our  guards,  was  ten  of  the  latter 
for  one  of  the  former. 

As  this  clandestine  commerce  with  the  guards  could  only  be  carried  on  in  the 
night,  the  industry  of  counterfeiting  greenbacks  was  for  a  time  quite  a  flourishing 
one,  and  many  a  confiding  "Johnny"  parted  with  his  dozen  alleged  apple  pies 
for  a  worthless  piece  of  paper  representing  a  five  dollar  greenback.  Thisler  was 
a  "  trader  "  from  away  back,  and  by  this  means  did  he  preserve  the  rotundity  of 
his  person,  which  was  and  still  is,  so  prominent  a  feature  of  his  make-up.  Welsh, 
naturally  slim,  soon  became  more  and  more  so,  and  the  necessity  for  an  extra 
hitch  in  his  waistband  became  a  frequent  one.  But  thanks  to  Thisler's  thrift  and 
the  fact  that  "Andy"  was  something  of  a  rustler  himself.  He  got  through 
fairly  well,  though  not  without  some  permanent  injury  to  his  health. 

Some  time  early  in  the  winter  an  arrangement  was  made  between  the  Com- 
missioners for  the  exchange  of  prisoners,  by  which  a  quantity  of  clothing  was 
sent  by  Uncle  Sam  to  his  destitute  boys  on  Belle  Isle,  and  a  committee  of  our 
officers,  who  were  prisoners  in  Libby,  was  appointed  to  its  -distribution  and  to 
make  the  proper  records.  This  duty  was  very  elaborately  and  thoroughly  done, 
and  the  writer  was  so  far  fortunate  as  to  be  selected  as  one  of  the  secretaries  for 
the  committee,  which  consisted  of  General  Neal  Dow,  Colonels  Von  Schroeder, 
Boyd  and  White. 

The  work  was  done  outside  the  camp,  the  members  of  the  committee  coming 
over  every  morning  and  going  back  at  night. 

The  change  from  constant  confinement  in  Libby  was  such  an  agreeable  one 
to  them  that  they  were  not  in  haste  to  finish  the  work,  and  it  was  late  in  the 
winter  when  it  was  finally  completed.  The  secretaries  were  allowed  to  remain 
outside  the  embankment  all  this  time  in  a  tent  provided  for  them,  and  so  escaped 
many  of  the  hardships  of  life  inside. 

About  the  middle  of  February,  1864,  a  removal  of  the  prisoners  from  Belle 
Isle  to  Andersonville  was  begun,  and  a  William  Welsh,  of  Company  A,  of  our  regi- 
ment, who  was  a  fellow-prisoner  with  us,  was  taken,  I  do  not  remember  when  nor 
where,  went  out  in  the  first  five  hundred  lot,  supposing  they  were  to  be  paroled. 
In  vain  I  urged  him  not  to  go,  assuring  him  that,  from  information  I  was  able  to 
obtain,  they  were  to  be  sent  south.  He  was  determined,  however,  saying  that 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  379 

his  condition  could  not  be  worse.  He  went  and  has  never,  to  my  knowledge, 
been  heard  from  since.  Doubtless  his  bones  lie  at  Andersonville  with  those  of 
thousands  of  other  patriots,  while  some  of  the  responsible  instruments  of  their 
death  are  making  laws  for  the  Government  of  this  country. 

On  March  7,  1864,  a  lot  of  five  hundred  were  paroled,  Thisler,  Welsh  and 
myself  being  of  the  number.  We  went  by  flag  of  truce  boat  to  City  Point,  and 
were  there  transferred  to  the  steamer  City  of  New  York,  over  which  floated  the 
flag  now  more  dear  to  us  than  ever  before,  and  taken  to  Annapolis,  Md.,  thence 
to  Parole  Camp  at  St.  Louis,  where  we  were  exchanged  May  7th,  and  immediately 
rejoined  the  regiment  at  Memphis  in  time  to  participate  in  the  campaigns  and 
fighting  of  that  summer,  under  General  A.  J.  Smith. 

RECOLLECTIONS  OF  ANDERSONVILLE  AND  OTHER  PRISONS. 

[By  William  Ririker,  Corporal  of  Company  O,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.'] 

In  a  skirmish  at  the  burning  of  a  bridge  on  Wolf  River  I  was  ruptured  and 
otherwise  injured  by  my  horse  falling  on  me  while  crossing  a  culvert,  and  being 
unable  to  ride,  I  was  left  at  La  Fayette,  Tenn.,  on  the  Memphis  &  Charleston 
Railroad . 

On  the  4th  of  December,  1863,  a  detachment  of  the  rebel  General  Forrest's 
cavalry  captured  this  place,  and  I  was  among  the  prisoners.  I  was  the  only  one 
of  my  company  captured.  Four  of  Company  H,  and  John  Diets,  Sergeant  of 
Company  A,  were  captured  at  the  same  time;  only  one  other  of  Company  G  was 
in  any  of  the  prisons  where  I  was  confined,  and  that  was  James  Perry,  of  Wheeler, 
Ind.  We  were  taken  first  to  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  thence  to  Oxford.  I  was  un- 
able to  walk  and  was  allowed  a  horse  the  first  afternoon.  There  were  about  fifty 
prisoners  in  all.  We  were  put  aboard  the  cars  at  Oxford,  and  taken  to  Brandon, 
where  we  were  kept  two  days.  Here  the  rebels  marched  us  around  the  town  and 
showed  us  the  damage  done  by  our  cavalry  a  while  before.  Some  of  the  prisoners 
would  curse  the  guards,  and  quarrel  with  them,  and  were  punished;  those  who 
kept  still  were  not  molested  at  this  place. 

Dan  O'Mara,  an  Irishman  of  Company  E,  had  been  paroled  a  short  time 
before,  and  when  recaptured  wore  a  pair  of  very  nice  boots.  These  the  rebs  took 
from  him,  and  gave  him  an  old  pair  of  shoes.  Dan  threw  the  shoes  as  far  as  he 
could  and  went  bare  footed,  and  so  remained  until  he  died  in  Andersonville.  I 
traded  my  boots  to  one  of  the  guards  for  a  pair  of  old  shoes  and  five  dollars  in 
Confederate  money.  This  money  I  used  in  Cahaba  to  buy  peanuts  with. 

We  were  kept  two  days,  and  then  taken  to  Cahaba  and  quartered  in  nn  old 
tobacco  warehouse.  During  the  three  months  we  were  here  we  had  enough  of 
corn  meal,  but  very  little  meat.  The  rebs  slaughtered  about  rive  thousand  hogs, 
and  gave  us  the  upper  parts  of  the  heads  and  other  offal .  The  prisoners  were 
required  to  go  out  and  work  on  fortifications,  and  were  given  extra  rations  for  so 
doing.  This  I  refused  to  do  when  called  on,  and  I  never  was  compelled  to  do 
any  such  work  while  in  prison,  nor  was  I  ever  punished. 

I  escaped  from  Cahaba  three  times,  but  was  recaptured  each  time  in  from 
one  to  six  days.  Once  when  we  went  out  through  the  tunnel  four  of  us  secured 
horses  of  negroes  and  rode  all  night.  At  daylight  we  came  to  a  sign  bo  ird  at  cross 
road,  and  found  that  we  were  back  within  four  miles  of  the  prison;  we  turned 


380  HISTORY    OF    THE 

our  horses  loose,  and  went  into  the  swamp  and  hid  in  a  hay  stack, but  we  were  found 
by  the  hounds  in  the  evening.  Only  one  man  of  our  regiment  died  at  Cahaba 
while  I  was  there.  His  name  I  do  not  now  remember,  but  he  belonged  to  Com- 
pany E. 

About  the  last  of  March  we  were  taken  from  Cahaba  to  Andersonville;  there 
were  about  four  hundred  in  all.  We  were  taken  part  way  in  a  steamboat,  I  think 
as  far  as  Montgomery,  thence  by  railroad.  The  officers  and  guards  told  us  we 
were  to  be  exchanged;  this  was  done  to  prevent  our  trying  to  escape  on  the  way. 
My  partner  while  in  prison  was  Ferdinand  Miller,  of  Paducah,  Ky.  He  be- 
longed to  the  First  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  one  of  Sherman's  body  guards,  and 
had  been  captured  at  Collierville,  Tenn.  "While  at  Cahaba  each  man  was  given 
a  blanket;  these  were  taken  away  when  we  left.  My  partner  and  I  managed  to 
keep  ours  by  taking  off  our  clothing  and  wrapping  the  blankets  around  us  under 
our  shirts. 

After  reaching  Andersonville,  we  sold  our  blankets  for  ten  dollars  in  green- 
backs; with  this  Miller  started  a  chuck  luck  bank. 

In  Andersonville  the  prisoners  were  badly  treated,  in  many  cases  the  guards 
were  brutal.  A  log  was  placed  across  the  creek  near  where  it  enter*  d  the  prison, 
this  log  along  the  stakes  of  the  dead  line.  The  prisoners  would  crawl  out  on  this 
log,  and  reach  out  under  the  dead  line  in  order  to  get  water  farther  up  the  stream. 
For  this  the  guards  would  shoot  them,  claiming  that  they  had  violated  the  rules 
by  crossing  the  dead  line.  We  were  sometimes  given  nothing  but  corn  meal. 
This  some  of  the  men  would  eat  raw  causing  them  to  have  fever.  They  would 
then  go  to  the  creek,  and  lie  in  the  water  during  the  heat  of  the  day,  at  night  they 
would  crawl  out  on  the  bank  and  die.  If  a  man  gave  up  hope  of  getting  out  of 
prison  he  was  sure  to  die. 

One  boy  of  Company  II  grew  despondent,  and  said  it  was  no  use  trying  to 
keep  up  any  longer.  He  went  to  the  creek,  washed  himself,  came  back  to  his 
quarters  and  laid  down.  I  was  digging  out  a  pine  stump  near  his  quarters,  and 
I  talked  to  him  trying  to  cheer  him, but  it  was  no  use.in  a  few  minutes  he  was  dead. 

If  the  prisoners  would  get  together  in  groups  to  talk  or  for  any  purpose,  the 
guards  would  make  this  an  excuse  and  would  fire  into  the  crowd,  always  wound- 
ing and  sometimes  killing  some  of  the  men. 

James  Perry,  of  Company  G,  died  here  of  scurvy  some  time  in  August, 
1864.  « 

About  the  1st  of  September,  1864,  they  commenced  moving  the  prisoners 
from  Andersonville  to  Charleston,  S.  C.  I  went  about  the  10th  of  the  month. 
My  partner,  Ferdinand  Miller,  was  too  sick  to  go.  Poor  fellow,  he  died  about  a 
week  after  I  left  him. 

At  Charleston  we  were  placed  around  the  court  house,  the  rebels  thereby, 
hoping  to  prevent  the  Union  forces  from  shelling  the  city;  failing  in  this  they 
moved  us  to  the  fair  grounds. 

We  were  kept  here  about  a  month  or  six  weeks,  and  then  taken  to  Florence. 
This  prison  was  like  Andersonville,  and  the  fare  and  treatment  was  worse  than 
any  I  saw  anywhere  else. 

Thus  far  my  health  had  been  good,  and  I  had  stood  the  rough  fare  of  the 
prisons  without  any  signs  of  weakening,  but  while  going  from  Andersonville  to 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  381 

Charleston  eighty  of  us  were  put  in  a  tight  box  car,  and  the  doors  closed.  We 
almost  smothered,  as  the  night  was  sultry.  I  was  overcome  with  the  heat,  and 
did  not  feel  well  after  this.  When  we  reached  Florence  the  weather  was  grow- 
ing cold,  and  the  frosts  were  very  heavy  every  morning.  My  shoes  were  gone, 
shirt  gone,  breeches  were  worn  off  to  the  knees.  In  this  plight  we  were  compelled 
to  stand  in  the  frost  for  half  an  hour  every  morning  for  roll  call.  The  veins  of 
my  legs  had  turned  black,  and  my  teeth  were  loose  from  scurvy,  and  I  was  going 
down  rapidly,  when  there  was  a  special  exchange  made  of  the  sick  and  wounded, 
and  I  was  sent  to  Charleston;  thence  to  Annapolis;  about  the  middle  of  December, 
1864,  was  furlouged  home  for  thirty  days,  then  reported  to  Annapolis,  and  was 
sent  to  Chicago,  and  mustered  out  May  15,  1865.  •• 

ANDERSON VILLE  PRISON,  GEORGIA. 

[By  D.  L.  Talcott,  of  Company  I.] 

Andersonville  prison  was  established  during  the  winter  of  1863-64,  and  the 
first  installment  of  prisoners  arrived  the  latter  part  of  February,  1864.  It  is 
some  sixty  miles  south  of  Macon,  Ga.  It  was  formed  by  hewn  pine  logs,  twenty- 
five  feet  long,  five  feet  of  which  were  planted  in  the  ground,  standing  side  by 
side,  forming  a  wall  twenty  feet  high  and  extending  the  entire  circuit  of  the 
prison,  sentry  boxes  were  placed  at  intervals  along  the  top.  It  proved  ;in  im- 
passable barrier  between  the  prisoners  and  liberty.  The  space  enclosed  was 
about  twenty-seven  acres.  The  stockade  was  the  longest  from  east  to  west  and 
the  ground  sloped  from  each  end  toward  the  center  which  was  a  quagmire  and 
over  which  flowed  a  small  filthy  stream  of  water,  the  said  stream  having  first 
washed  through  the  rebel  camps,  consequently  it  was  unfit  for  bathing  even,  but 
it  was  the  only  water  supplied  for  drinking  and  all  other  purposes  until  during 
a  rain  storm  in  August,  1864,  when  a  spring  oi  clear,  cold  and  sweetest  of  waters 
broke  out  on  the  north  side  between  the  quagmire  and  the  summit  of  the  bank 
and  near  the  western  line.  The  spring  seemed  a  Providential  dispensation  and 
by  many  prisoners  was  ever  after  called  Providenlial  Spring.  About  a  rrd  ficm 
inside  of  the  stockade  was  an  established  line  three  feet  high,  made  of  light  strips 
of  timber,  called  the  dead-line,  which  to  touch  or  pass  was  death  at  the  hands  of 
the  sentinel  above.  No  shelter  was  furnished  and  very  few  had  even  a  blanket  to 
protect  them  from  the  weather.  Clothing  was  never  issued  and  the  scenes  of 
men  in  rags  and  filth  beggars  description.  The  food  was  unfit  for  human  beings. 
It  consisted  principally  of  coarse  corn  meal,  ground,  cob  and  all,  with  an  occa- 
sional scrap  of  meat  and  sometimes  a  few  buggy  cow  peas.  These  meager  and 
poor  rations  were  issued  irregularly  and  in  such  small  quantities  that  it  is  a  won- 
der that  a  man  survived  thirty  days  of  such  dietary.  A  pack  of  bloodhounds 
was  kept  to  track  and  pursue  escaped  prisoners  and  very  few  succeeded  in  escaping. 
Outside  of  the  prison  stockade  was  another  unall  tlocktde  ct>]]<diLt  Lcs-jilal, 
but  little  better  for  the  sick  than  was  the  prison.  Most  of  the  inmates  of  this 
"  hospital"  lay  upon  the  ground  without  even  straw  for  a  bed  and  often  without 
a  blanket.  Old  worn-out  flys  and  tents  were  provided  for  shelter.  They  were  a 
better  protection  from  the  rays  of  the  sun  than  from  rains  and  chilling  blasts. 

The  prevailing  diseases  were  scurvy,  diarrhoea  and  gangrene.  The  medi- 
cal treatment  was  comparatively  worthless,  and  did  probably  as  much  harm  as 


382  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

good.  Each  medical  officer  seemed  trying  or  pretending  to  do  work  which 
would  require  at  least  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  to  do.  Filth  and  vermin 
reigned  supreme,  the  ground  in  many  places  appearing  to  be  alive  with  maggots. 
The  festive  gray-back  covered  the  earth  and  every  thing  above  it.  Flies 
swarmed  over  everything,  depositing  their  eggs  in  the  wounds  of  the  living,  and  in 
the  mouths  of  the  dead.  The  death  rate  was  terrible.  Of  forty-six  thousand  prison- 
ers who  passed  through  the  gates  of  Andersonville,  during  its  existence  of  fourteen 
months,  over  thirteen  thousand  died,  and  are  buried  there.  The  average  of  deaths 
daily  was  thirty.  This  great  mortality  was  not  referable  to  climatic  causes  or  to  the 
nature  of  the  soil  and  waters.  It  was  a  cold  blooded  premeditated  plan  to  un- 
fit every  Federal  prisoner  for  bearing  arms  again.  Every  comrade  should  feel 
proud  of  the  record  of  the  Union  prisoners.  The  Ninth  furnished  its  share  of 
the  victims.  We  who  went  through  the  fiery  furnace  of  Andersonville  prison 
cannot  command  words  to  express  the  horrors,  the  torments,  the  sufferings  which 
we  endured.  We  were  daily  offered  personal  liberty,  clothing  and  food,  if  we 
would  only  take  the  oath  of  allegience  to  their  government,  and  enter  its  service 
either  as  soldiers  or  laborers.  We  scorned  their  offers,  refused  life  itself,  pre- 
ferring death  to  dishonor.  Oh,  it  took  grit  to  die  by  inches.  It  took  nerve  for 
one  to  suffer  day  after  day  with  no  star  of  hope  to  encourage. 

There  is  no  question  but  that  Federal  prisoners,  by  resisting  these  offers,  took 
greater  chances  of  death  than  those  of  our  soldiers  in  the  army.  Proud  are  we 
of  the  fact,  that  despite  the  inhuman  treatment  and  the  daily  invitations  given 
them,  but  few  deserted  the  old  flag  or  proved  disloyal  to  their  country. 

No  tongue  or  pen  can  ever  describe  the  awful  sufferings  inflicted  upon  the 
loyal  and  heroic  men  in  those  Southern  hell-holes. 


CHAPTER  XXYI. 

SKETCHES  BY  CAPTAIN  H.  M.  BUEL,  H.  A.  HAWKINS,  W.  H.  HECKER,  GEO. 
W.  OLMSTED,   T.  M.  EATON,   B.  P.    OTT,    P.    B.   BOWSER,   S.    D.  CLEL- 
•    AND,  G.  M.  KELLEY. 

THE  following  are  extracts  from  letters  received  from  Captain 
II.  M.  Buel,  Company  G,  and  will  be  read  with  interest  by 
his  old  comrades. 

\By  Captain  JJwel.] 

The  reason  we  were  in  an  Illinois  regiment  instead  of  an  Indiana  one  was 
owing  to  the  following  facts  :  I  went  to  La  Porte,  Ind.,  with  the  Fourth  Indiana 
Battery,  intending  to  enlist  with  them  if  I  could  not  find  any  cavalry,  but  meeting 
Lientenant  Huntington,  was  informed  that  Colonel  Bracked  was  raising  a  cavalry 
regiment  by  authority  of  the  President  to  be  called  "  First  Western  Cavalry," 
and  wanted  me  to  go  back  to  Valparaiso  and  help  him  raise  a  company. 

Having  had  good  success  in  recruiting  I  brought  my  men  to  Chicago; 
arriving  there  on  the  14th  of  September,  1861,  spent  the  night  at  the  Briggs 
House,  and  the  next  day  marched  to  Camp  Douglas,  and  was  assigned  to  some 
barracks  just.evacuated  by  an  Illinois  regiment. 

We  were  the  first  company  to  arrive  in  Chicago,  but  Captain  Burgh  was 
first  to  go  into  camp  with  his  company  on  the  morning  of  the  15th,  and  his 
being  the  first  company  filled  was  given  the  letter  A.  Before  the  regiment 
was  full  enough  to  muster  the  President  issued  an  older  that  all  such  troops 
should  be  mustered  as  State  troops  in  the  State  where  they  rendezvoused,  as 
complaint  was  made  by  the  Governors  of  the  several  States  that  it  was  taking 
their  men  away,  and  the  draft  would  come  harder.  You  see  the  men  who  were 
home  making  money,  and  grumbling  all  the  time  about  the  war  were  afraid 
they  would  be  drafted. 

We  were  credited  to  the  State  of  Indiana,  and  some  of  the  boys  made  a  big 
fuss  on  account  of  being  obliged  to  muster  into  an  Illinois  regiment.  A  camp  of 
instruction  was  formed,  and  we  did  duty  in  beating  up  for  volunteers.  February 
17th  we  started  for  the  front,  arriving  at  St.  Louis  on  the  19th;  went  into  camp  at 
Benton  Barracks,  and  celebrated  Washington's  birthday  by  a  street  parade  and 
listening  to  a  speech  of  General  Strong,  a  drizzling  rain  falling  all  day. 

March  1st,  left  Benton  Barracks  for  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  arriving  there  on  the 
2d,  and  on  the  7th  started  for  Greenville;  camped  the  first  night  on  Marble  Creek. 
The  8th  we  reached  Marshes'  Mill  and  were  soon  on  the  road  again,  stopping  at 
11  p.  M.  at  Bailey's,  and  remained  there  until  the  llth  on  account  of  rain  and  high 
water,  then  resumed  our  march  and  camped  in  a  pleasant  little  valley,  where  we 
procured  hay  and  corn  from  a  "Secesh."  March  13th  we  arrived  at  Reeve's 

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384  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Ferry,  Black  River,  swam  our  horses  across,  and  the  wagons  were  ferried  over. 
The  regiment  remained  here  until  the  8th  of  April  doing  picket  duty  and  forag- 
ing, A  severe  storm  of  wind  and  rain  blew  some  trees  down,  killing  one  horse 
for  Major  Humphrey,  and  one  from  my  own  Company  G. 

April  8th,  camped  at  Vandever's  (a  Union  man)  farm,  and  on  the  9th  at  Pow- 
er's Mill  on  the  Little  Black  River,  remaining  here  and  scouting  around  until 
the  21st,  when  we  marched  to  Martins  on  Logan  creek. 

The  next  day  arrived  at  Currant  River,  crossed  this  stream  on  the  24th,  and 
on  to  Pocahontas  on  the  28th.  May  1st,  moved  on  to  Davisonville  on  the  Black 
River  in  Arkansas;  May  2d,  crossed  the  river,  and  camped  at  Clear  Lake;  the 
3rd  at  Lawrence,  and  the  4th  we  camped  at  Bird's  Point.  That  night  Captain 
Buel  was  ordered  to  take  fifteen  men  and  go  back  twelve  miles  to  capture  Cap- 
tain Guilders  and  Dr.  Worley,  two  noted  rebels,  but,  however,  we  failed  to  find 
them.  May  5th,  the  regiment  marched  to  Jacksonport  on  the  White  River. 
May  7th,  Companies  G  and  M  were  sent  back  to  Bird's  Point  under  command  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Sickles  to  do  guard  duty,  where  we  remained  till  the  16th, 
when  these  two  companies  rejoined  the  regiment  at  Jacksonport.  May  28d  we 
crossed  the  river  and  established  "  Camp  Tucker''  on  the  27th  Colonel  Sickles  was 
ordered  with  a  part  of  the  regiment  to  Augusta,  Company  G  was  the  last  to  cross 
the  ferry,  and  by  the  time  we  were  over  the  others  were  out  of  sight.  The  Colo- 
nel missed  the  road  to  Augusta  and  went  to  Cache  Creek;  Company  G  kept  the  right 
road  and  marched  along  that  day.  In  the  afternoon  we  met  Lieutenant  Shuttles- 
worth  and  his  command  drawn  up  in  Hue  across  the  road.  We  charged  into  the 
rebs  and  scattered  them,  and  continued  the  chase  four  miles.  That  night  we 
staid  at  Shuttlesworth's  house,  went  on  to  Augusta  and  remained  over  night,  re- 
turning the  next  day  again  staid  over  night  at  Lieutenant  Shuttlesworth's  house 
returned  to  Camp  Tucker,  May  30th,  where  we  found  the  other  part  of  the  com- 
mand, they  having  had  a  severe  fight  at  Cache  River.  June  2d  we  were  obliged 
to  leave  Camp  Tucker  on  account  of  the  gunboat  shelling  us  out,  but  the  only 
damage  they  did  was  to  scare  one  of  our  mule  teams,  which  ran  away,  upset  the 
wagon,  and  scattered  things  generally. 

The  regiment  moved  back  from  the  river  a  few  miles  to  Gallaway's,  where  we 
remained  a  short  time,  and  then  returned  to  Camp  Tucker.  June  26th  we  left 
with  General  Curtis'  army  for  Clarendon;  on  the  27th  left  Jacksonport,  and 
camped  at  night  at  Village  Creek;  July  1st,  marched  as  far  as  Dr.  Pickett's, 
here  some  one  burned  the  Gin  House,  and  General  S .  Steele  ordered-  Colonel 
Brackett  with  his  regiment  to  watch  and  guard  the  ashes  as  a  punishment.  After 
about  half  an  hour  we  were  relieved  and  went  back  to  camp,  General  Steele  hav- 
ing by  this  time  found  out  that  it  was  not  any  of  our  men  who  fired  the  "  Gin." 
It  was  here  that  General  Curtis  first  gave  free  papers  to  the  darkies.  July  3d, 
we  marched  to  Augusta  and  celebrated  the  4th  in  the  general  way.  On  the  9th  we 
arrived  at  Clarendon,  where  we  had  been  told  we  should  meet  transports  and  gun- 
boats with  a  plenty  to  eat  and  drink  that  was  good,  but  we  were  disappointed 
for  there  was  nothing  of  the  kind  there.  On  the  llth  we  broke  camp  for  Hel- 
ena, arriving  there  July  14,  1862. 

About  the  17th  of  September  a  part  of  the  regiment  went  down  the  river  as 
far  as  Laconia,  crossed  through  the  canebrake  to  White  River  and  back  to  Hel- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  385 

ena,  an  eight  day's  trip.  While  going  up  the  river  Captain  Buel's  horse  jumped 
overboard  and  swam  up  the  left  bank  of  the  river,  where  the  rebs  were.  We  per- 
suaded the  Captain  of  the  boat  to  go  over  on  that  side.  We  put  out  a  plank,  and 
the  horse  seemed  glad  to  be  led  aboard  again: 

Captain  Buel  was  in  command  of  a  part  of  the  Ninth  on  the  8th  of  March, 
with  Major  Walker,  Fifth  Kansas  Cavalry,  passing  through  La  Grange  and  Mari- 
ana, Ark.,  to  Big  Creek,  where  he  burned  two  houses,  and  had  to  build  a  bridge 
in  order  to  cross  the  stream,  and  while  doing  so,  a  Vidette  was  killed.  April 
7th,  left  on  transports  for  Memphis,  Tenn.;  marched  to  Germantown  on  the  13th; 
while  here  we  received  our  first  rifles.  May  21st,  had  a  skirmish  with  the  rebs 
at  Byhalia,  and  on  the  23d,  another  fight  at  Senatobia;  drove  the  rebs  to  the 
Tallahatchie. 

June  7th  the  regiment  marched  to  Potterville,  and  on  the  8th  to  Byhalia  and 
Mount  Pleasant,  and  after  an  uneventful  trip  returued  to  Germantown  on  the  9th. 
On  the  16th  of  June  again  moved  out  on  a  scout  into  Mississippi,  skirmishing 
more  or  less,  but  nothing  of  special  importance  occurring,  returned  to  camp 
June  23d.  July  16th  another  scout,  this  time  north  across  Wolf  River,  through 
Hickory  Withe  and  across  the  Hatchie,  returning  by  way  of  Fisherville,  Simms 
and  Collierville.  August  13th  the  regiment  moved  out  and  reported  to  Colonel 
Wallace  of  the  Fourth  Illinois  Cavalry  at  Collierville  commanding  the  brigade. 
On  the  march  to  Grenada,  built  a  bridge  across  a  stream,  passing  through  Coffee- 
ville  and  Water  Valley  on  the  17th,  arriving  at  Grenada  a  little  before  dark. 

The  rebels  had  burned  the  bridge,  and  our  regiment  being  in  advance  forded 
the  river  below  the  old  bridge.  Here  we  destroyed  a  large  amount  of  corn  and 
other  property;  back  in  camp  the  22d. 

October  4th  we  had  a  skirmish  with  the  enemy  at  Lockhart's  Mill,  and  on  the 
8th,  at  Salem,  participated  in  the  fight  which  lasted  from!2M.  till  dark.  Company 
G  with  other  companies  of  the  Ninth  were  ordered  to  the  front  to  support  the  bat- 
tery, and  were  under  a  heavy  fire  from  the  enemy's  artillery  and  infantry.  We 
were  with  Colonel  Hatch  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy  under  the  rebel  General  Chalmers, 
and  at  Byhalia,  Miss.,  and  participated  in  the  engagements  for  three  successive 
days.  At  Wyatt  we  were  the  support  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Infantry.  The 
engagement  lasted  until  dark,  when  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  advance  and 
take  possession  of  the  houses  in  the  town  occupied  by  the  enemy.  We  drove  him 
across  the  river,  they  leaving  all  their  dead  on  the  field,  and  we  also  captured  a 
number  of  prisoners,  and  also  prevented  them  from  destroying  the  pontoons;  re- 
turned to  camp  October  16th,  having  marched  over  three  hundred  miles,  and 
participated  in  five  engagements. 

January  17, 1864,  Company  G,  under  command  of  Captain  H.  M.  Buel  made  a 
charge  on  a  large  rebel  force  at  the  Coldwater,  Tenn.  The  brigade  at  this  time 
was  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Wallace,  of  the  Fourth  Illinois 
Cavalry.  We  had  one  man  wounded;  Lieutenant  S.  O.  Roberts  lost  his  horse, 
shot  while  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy. 

February  llth  the  regiment  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgh 
left  White's  Station .     Captain  Buel  in  command  of  the  First  Battalion  made  a 
charge  into  Aberdeen,  remaining  there  all  night  and  nearly  all  the  next  day;  cap- 
tured a  number  of  prisoners,  and  among  them  some  Confederate  officers  and  a 
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386  HISTORY    OF   THE 

good  many  stands  of  arms  and  horses  and  mules  in  large  numbers,  arriving  at 
West  Point  on  the  20th,  fighting  on  the  way;  remained  there  all  night  but  did 
not  unsaddle.  On  the  morning  of  the  21st  the  fight  began,  which  lasted  for  four 
days,  front  and  rear,  and  after  a  hard  march  we  reached  camp  at  Germantown, 
February  25th. 

[Contributed  by  S.  D.  Cleland.] 

November  27,  1862,  Major  Burgh  with  one  battalion  of  the  Ninth  marched 
with  Generals  Washburn  and  Hovey  into  Missisippi  on  a  scout,  taking  with  them 
three  days'  cooked  rations.  The  command  embraced  about  fifteen  hundred  cav- 
alry and  between  three  and  four  thousand  infantry.  General  Washburn  com- 
manded the  cavalry,  and  General  Hovey  the  infantry.  The  cavalry  pushed  on 
ahead,  marching  across  the  bottoms,  reaching  the  mouth  of  the  Coldwater  on  the 
evening  of  the  28th,  having  captured  a  number  of  prisoners  during  the  march, 
he  found  a  company  of  the  enemy  on  the  opposite  shore,  and  guarding  the  ferry. 
They  were  all  gathered  around  the  camp  fire,  dancing  and  having  a  good  time, 
when  we  sent  a  shell  through  their  fire.  They  were  completely  surprised,  and 
left  on  the  run  at  once,  leaving  about  thirty  stands  of  small  arms,  which  we  cap- 
tured. The  29th  was  spent  building  a  bridge,  and  the  infantry  having  overtaken 
us,  the  prisoners,  some  fifteen  or  twenty,  were  turned  over  to  them.  The  cavalry 
then  started  on  a  forced  march  for  Grenada.  Marching  all  night,  passing 
through  the  little  town  of  Charlestown,  halting  about  twenty  minutes  to  feed, 
then  marched  until  noon  of  the  30th.  then  halted  again,  then  forward  reaching 
Hardy  Station  on  the  Memphis  &  Grenada  Railroad,  stopping  long  enough  to 
burn  the  railroad  bridge  and  a  train  of  cars;  forward  again  to  within  one  and  a 
half  miles  of  Grenada,  where  we  burned  out  two  culverts,  and  tore  up  the  track 
of  another  road.  While  we  were  at  work  two  trains  of  cars  loaded  with  rebel 
troops  came  into  Grenada,  but  we  finished  our  work  right  under  their  noses,  and 
then,  as  there  was  getting  to  be  too  many  enemies,  at  5  p.  M.  we  countermarched 
on  our  track.  About  8  P.  M.  it  commenced  raining,  and  kept  it  up  till  next  day; 
again  feeding  our  horses  near  Charlestown,  where  we  halted  some  time  for  a 
rest,  and  all  slept  well  right  through  the  rain  pouring  down  upon  them,  with  no 
protection  but  a  rubber  blanket.  We  had  marched  eighty-five  miles  without 
stopping,  and  had  been  hard  at  work  destroying  railroads,  and  had  been  forty- 
eight  hours  without  sleep,  thirty-six  of  which  were  in  the  saddle. 

At  7  A.  M.,  December  1st,  we  started  and  marched  through  Charlestown  to  a 
little  stream  called  the  Yacona,  where  we  found  three  regiments  of  infantry  en- 
camped, the  rest  having  been  left  to  guard  the  bridge  over  the  Tallahatchie. 
When  we  arrived  about  sundown,  jumped  off  our  horses,  made  a  little  coffee, 
and  had  just  dipped  out  a  cupful,  when  word  came  that  the  pickets  were  sur- 
rounded. The  coffee  had  to  be  left.  We  charged  down  the  hill  to  the  river,  but 
the  enemy  were  on  the  other  side.  A  few  shells  drove  them  off  and  they  trou- 
bled us  no  more  that  night.  We  then  made  a  twelve-mile  dash  to  Panola,  where 
a  force  of  fifteen  hundred  Confederate  troops  had  camped  just  before  our  arriv- 
al, but  on  account  of  the  cannonading  at  the  river  the  night  before,  they  had 
left. 

December  3d  found  us  in  the  saddle  in  the  road  to  Oakland,  distant  fifteen 
miles.  No  incident  or  opposition  until  within  one  mile  of  town,  when  we  heard 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  387 

a  single  shot  in  front,  and  on  a  hill  a  little  to  our  left.  The  first  Indiana  cavalry 
with  their  battery  of  four  steel  guns  was  in  the  advance,  with  the  Ninth  with 
their  two  howitzer's  next.  No  attention  seemed  to  be  paid  to  the  shot  (evidently 
a  signal)  but  the  command  moved  on  until  near  the  edge  of  town.  The  enemy 
was  secreted  in  a  dense  grove  of  young  oaks  that  still  held  their  leaves.  There 
we  were  met  by  a  shower  of  balls  which  rather  demoralized  the  First  Indiana,  and 
being  followed  by  a  charge  by  the  rebels  that  they  were  driven  back  before  they 
had  a  chance  to  form,  leaving  two  of  their  guns  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

The  Ninth  was  ordered  into  line  on  the  left  of  the  road,  and  came  into  posi- 
tion in  good  style  under  Major  Burgh,  and  opened  on  the  enemy  with  their  guns. 
The  first  fire  brought  down  some  of  the  horses  on  one  of  the  captured  guns,  thus 
preventing  its  being  carried  off.  We  then  gave  them  such  a  hot  fire  that  they  left 
the  field.  The  rebels  gave  us  one  shot  from  the  gun  they  had  captured  that  struck 
the  tree  under  which  I  was  standing  about  ten  feet  above  my  head.  Officers  and 
men  begged  the  privilege  of  charging  the  enemy  to  retake  the  other  gun,  but  Gen- 
eral Washburn  would  not  give  the  order,  so  they  got  off  with  it  much  to  our  dis- 
gust, The  Indiana  boys  had  previous  to  this  always  called  the  Ninth,  "Gunboat," 
in  memory  of  our  retreat  at  Jacksonport  from  the  rebel  gunboat,  but  this  put  an 
effectual  stop  to  that,  for  when  that  name  was  raised  we  always  asked  them,  "if 
they  did  not  want  us  to  go  to  Oakland  and  get  that  other  gun,"  and  it  always  acted 
as  a  stopper.  The  boys  in  charge  of  our  guns  deserve  special  mention  as  being 
very  efficient,  as  cool  and  collected  as  if  on  drill.  A  number  of  the  Indiana  boys 
were  wounded,  but  we  came  off  free.  We  took  as  prisoners,  one  Colonel,  one  Chap- 
lain, one  Major,  two  Lieutenants  and  a  number  of  privates,  two  of  the  latter 
being  mortally  wounded. 

We  felt  our  way  slowly  into  town,  which  was  made  with  considerable  cir- 
cumspection on  account  of  a  masked  battery  of  dummy  guns,  which  we  felt  com- 
pelled to  flank.  Here  we  lay  in  line  of  battle  all  night,  then  marched  back  to  the 
Mississippi  River,  December  6th,  at  night,  and  was  obliged  to  camp  in  the  mud, 
which  was  frozen  hard  ere  morning,  and  the  command  suffered  intensely  from  the 
cold,  and  Sunday  morning,  December  7th,  we  were  carried  over  the  river  to  camp 
at  Helena,  and  thus  ended  one  of  the  hardest  trips  I  was  ever  on  with  the  regi- 
ment. The  weather  was  very  wet  and  miserable  most  of  the  time,  the  roads  bad, 
and  our  work  almost  constant  day  and  night  from  start  to  finish. 

December  llth  Lieutenant  Bailey,  of  Company  L,  was  taken  prisoner  while 
visiting  some  ladies  outside  of  the  lines.  December  24th,  ordered  over  the  river 
again,  marched  through  rain  and  mud  to  Moon  Lake  and  on  to  the  Cold  water, 
and  then  hurried  back  to  Helena,  reaching  camp  the  evening  of  Christmas  day, 
not  a  jolly  Christmas  by  any  means. 

January  10,  1863,  the  regiment  moved  with  a  large  command  mostly  on  trans- 
ports down  the  Mississippi  to  the  mouth  of  White  River  and  up  that  stream  as  far 
as  St.  Charles,  Du  Vall's  Bluff,  and  one  gunboat  going  up  as  far  as  Des  Arc,  arriv- 
ing back  at  Helena  January  21st,  where  we  found  our  old  camp  occupied  by 
negroes  with  the  small  jwx,  so  we  had  to  seek  new  quarters  and  built  again,  some 
of  the  boys  digging  into  the  side  hill  making  a  regular  dug-out  habitation. 

On  the  7th  of  April  the  regiment  moved  up  to  Memphis,  Tenn. ,  on  the  steamer 
Illinois,  and  soon  after  went  into  camp  about  two  miles  from  the  landing.  April 


388  HISTORY   OF    THE 

10th  Major  Burgh  returned  to  the  regiment,  and  as  a  part  of  the  result  of  his  trip 
we  soon  after  received  new  tents,  horses  and  carbines.  April  13th,  went  to  Ger- 
mantown,  Tenn.,  and  there  camped  with  two  tents  to  each  company,  and  raining 
like  fun . 

At  the  fight  at  Wyatt  on  the  Tallahatchie,  October  13th,  the  Sixth  Illinois 
Cavalry  opened  the  ball  and  was  followed  by  the  Ninth  Illinois  Infantry,  then 
the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  brought  into  action.  We  were  within  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  yards  of  the  enemy's  line,  and  the  fighting  was  very  severe  until 
about  7  P.  M.,  when  they  fell  back  over  the  river,  trying  to  destroy  the  bridge, 
but  we  drove  them  from  it  and  held  the  river. 

It  rained  very  hard  all  the  time  of  the  fight,  but  the  men  paid  no  attention  to 
it,  but  kept  up  the  fight  in  good  shape.  The  enemy  left  fifteen  dead  upon  the 
field  besides  those  they  carried  off.  The  next  morning  a  force  was  sent  over  the 
river  a  mile  or  two,  but  finding  no  enemy  returned,  and  we  starred  back  joining 
General  Sweeney  and  the  infantry,  and  camped  for  the  night.  The  boys  were 
shooting  hogs  for  supper,  and  some  rebels  in  the  neighborhood  took  it  for  a 
fight,  and  about  thirty  of  them  came  dashing  up  the  road  to  help  them .  Before 
they  were  aware  of  where  they  were  the  pickets  gave  them  a  volley,  which 
brought  down  some  of  the  foremost  men,  and  then  charging  them  took  about 
fifteen  of  the  rest  prisoners  with  their  horses  and  arms. 

October  15th  the  command  split  up  and  went  through  the  country  burning  all 
the  forage  to  be  found;  camped  that  night  at  Quinn's  Mill,  and  returned  to  camp 
the  16th. 

December  4th,  a  severe  fight  at  Moscow,  Tenn.,  in  which  our  Sergeant  Major 
Fitzpatrick  and  General  Hatch  were  wounded;  December  8th,  re-enlisting  for  the 
veteran  organization. 

December  22d  the  regiment  started  for  a  scout,  Colonel  Burgh  in  command, 
after  Forrest,  who  was  north  of  the  Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad.  Companies 
A  and  G  were  at  La  Fayette.  December  27th  Forrest  struck  the  railroad  at  that 
point,  and  attempted  to  cross  "Wolf  River.  The  two  companies  held  him  for  about 
two  hours,  when  they  were  forced  to  fall  back.  It  was  here  that  Joe  Kell,  one  of 
our  best  boys,  received  a  ball  through  the  right  shoulder  that  crippled  him  for 
life.  Reinforcements  were  asked  for  from  Collierville,  and  about  sixty  of  us 
were  gotten  together  and  made  the  trip  of  eight  miles  in  short  order,  meeting  the 
boys  about  a  mile  out  of  La  Fayette  on  a  run,  and  the  rebels  after  them,  raising  a 
yell,  our  party  dismounted  and  deploying  into  the  woods,  and  the  other  boys  ral- 
lying, we  drove  the  enemy  back  into  the  town,  but  as  Forrest  was  said  to  have 
fifteen  hundred  men,  and  we  only  about  one  hundred  and  fifty,  they  soon  had 
help  enough  to  send  us  back  on  the  road  to  Collierville. 

All  that  afternoon  we  fought  Forrest,  while  we  fell  back  gradually,  and  at 
Collierville  we  laid  under  arms  all  night  with  the  enemy  close  by  also  under  arms. 
In  the  night  the  regiment  came  in,  and  Forrest  left  with  his  train  and  conscripts. 
We  were  held  thus  till  evening  before  we  were  started  in  his  pursuit  following 
him,  passing  through  Hudsonville,  and  drove  his  pickets  into  Holly  Springs.  On 
the  morning  of  December  30th,  we  marched  westward  as  far  as  Dick  Taylor's 
plantation,  where  reports  were  brought  in  of  Collierville  being  threatened 
by  the  enemy.  Company  A  was  sent  with  dispatches  (by  way  of  Holly  Springs) 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  389 

for  the  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  came  near  having  a  fight  with  some  of  our 
own  men  by  mistake  in  the  dark. 

One  funny  occurrence  took  place  here.  When  the  advance  guard  came  out 
near  Holly  Springs,  they  discovered  a  party  of  eight  rebels,  and  charged  them  at 
once  capturing  two.  One  proved  to  be  a  Confederate  soldier  home  on  furlough, 
who  was  to  have  been  married  that  night,  and  oh!  how  he  did  beg.  "  He  must 
go  back,"  and  offered  all  kinds  of  inducements  to  let  him  go.  Some  of  the  boys 
offered  to  take  his  place,  but  that  did  not  seem  to  satisfy  him,  so  we  took  him 
along,  and  his  bride-elect  had  to  wait.  We  returned  to  camp  at  Collierville,  De- 
cember 31st,  Forrest  having  made  good  his  escape  across  the  Tallahatchie  River. 

A  good  deal  of  blame  was  attached  to  General  Tuttle  for  Forrest's  escape  by 
the  men,  but  they  may  not  have  known  all  about  the  circumstances  in  the  case, 
during  the  fight  with  Forrest  at  La  Fayette. 

At  Collierville  we  made  several  stands  against  him  until  we  were  flanked, 
when  we  would  fall  back  and  form  a  new  line.  One  of  those  lines  was  formed 
in  a  little  bottom  with  a  high  railroad  embankment  upon  our  left.  The  most 
of  the  boys  were  behind  a  rail  fence  on  the  right  of  the  road,  while  a  few  of  us 
were  behind  stumps,  trees,  etc.,  on  the  left  of  the  road,  till  we  reached  the  em- 
bankment, those  of  us  on  the  extreme  left  behind  a  clump  of  bushes  watching 
the  enemy,  as  their  line  came  out  on  the  top  of  the  hill.  When  we  opened  on 
them  there  was  an  officer  on  a  gray  horse  riding  down  their  line,  and  J.  Eber- 
hart,  F.  Mills,  and  myself  were  trying  to  down  him,  but  as  it  was  long  range, 
we  failed.  The  enemy  flanked  us  on  the  right,  and  the  command  was  given  to 
"  fall  back,"  but  we  were  so  interested  in  our  game  that  we  did  not  hear  the  order, 
and  the  first  thing  we  knew  the  firing  ceased  altogether,  and  on  looking  around 
to  see  what  the  matter  was,  we  found  that  we  were  alone,  and  a  long  line  of 
the  enemy  charging  up  behind  us. 

Our  file  holder  was  coming  toward  us  yelling  and  also  swearing  at  us  a  little, 
for  a  set  of  fools,  "come  out  of  that."  His  name  was  Fin  Broderick,  and  it  was 
lucky  for  us  he  was  a  brave  fellow  or  we  would  have  been  left  with  the  enemy. 
As  it  was  we  made  a  rush  for  our  horses,  mounted  them  quickly  and  started.  We 
could  net  scale  the  embankment;  there  was  only  one  way  open — right  down  the 
road  parallel  with  the  enemy's  line.  Eberhart  slapped  his  old  mare  with  his  hat 
saying,  "  Come  old  Sally,  if  you  ever  did  any  running  in  your  life,  now  is  your 
time."  Away  we  went,  the  rebels  closing  nearer  and  nearer,  and  we  hugging 
our  horses'  necks,  closer  and  closer.  All  along  that  line  every  fellow  taking  a  pop  at 
us  until  we  passed  the  end  of  it,  and  struck  the  crossing  and  went  flying  across  the 
railroad  bank  beating  the  enemy  by  about  forty  or  fifty  yards.  Dashing  up  an 
open  side  hill  we  got  nearly  out  of  their  reach,  and  slackened  our  pace.  I  rode 
in  between  Lieutenant  Roberts  (I  believe)  and  another  soldier,  and  we  dropped 
into  a  walk.  Just  then,  spat  came  a  bullet  striking  the  Lieutenant's  horse  in  the 
hips,  rendering  him  lame,  almost  at  the  same  instant  as  we  turned  our  heads  to 
see  where  the  horse  was  struck,  a  bullet  coming  with  a  dull  thud  struck  the  man 
on  my  left  right  between  the  shoulders.  He  turned  white  almost  instantly,  and 
straightening  up  in  his  saddle,  and  turning  his  head  from  side  to  side  over  his 
shoulder,  and  catching  his  breath  in  grasps,  "  I-I  I-g-g  g-g-guessit  did  not  go  in," 
and  we  just  had  to  laugh,  we  could  not  help  it,  and  after  finding  out  to  a  certainty 


390  HISTORY    OF   THE 

that  it  was  a  spent  ball  that  had  struck  him  (and  it  hurt  too)  the  man  also 
laughed. 

February  11  the  Ninth  moved  -with  the  cavalry  command  of  General  Smith 
and  Grierson  toward  West  Point,  Miss.,  and  at  Pontotoc,  our  regiment  took 
the  advance  and  moved  swiftly  southeast  through  Okolona,  and  on  to  Aberdeen; 
struck  the  pickets  north  of  town,  and  charged  them  at  once,  taking  a  number  of 
prisoners,  following  the  rest  on  a  run  charged  over  a  covered  bridge  across  the 
creek  into  town.  Quite  a  number  of  troops  were  drilling  on  the  bottoms  and 
commons,  and  our  attack  was  so  sudden  and  unexpected  that  they  scattered  and 
broke  in  different  paths  and  stampeded  at  once.  Lieutenant  Hillier  with  ten  men 
pursued  a  party  of  twenty-five  down  the  Tombigbee  River  bottom  road.  The 
Lieutenant  and  myself,  outgoing  the  rest  of  our  party,  captured  three  prisoners. 
On  our  way  back  with  the  three  men,  we  came  to  an  opening  in  the  woods  at  the 
corner  of  a  plowed  field  on  our  left,  where  we  saw  two  rebels  walking  their 
horses  through  the  plowed  fields,  trying  to  make  the  woods  close  by  in  their 
front.  Two  of  our  boys  were  after  them,  but  the  chances  in  favor  of  the  rebels 
gaining  the  wood  and  getting  away.  I  told  the  Lieutenant  I  was  going  to  try  a 
shot,  but  he  thought  it  was  no  use  as  it  was  getting  dark,  and  it  was  seven  hun- 
dred or  one  thousand  yards  away.  I  said  it  would  not  cost  much  any  way,  and 
turning  my  horse  sideways  I  fired  with  a  Sharp's  carbine  at  the  leading  man, 
striking  him  in  the  side  and  rolling  him  from  his  horse.  The  other  man  imme- 
diately reined  in  his  horse  and  our  boys  captured  them  both.  The  man  was  not 
dangerously  wounded.  That  I  believe  was  the  only  time  that  I  was  positive  of 
doing  any  execution,  but  as  there  was  only  one  shot  and  that  mine,  I  felt  justi- 
fied in  claiming  him  for  my  man.  I  am  glad  to  say  that  he  was  not  killed. 

The  cavalry  command  continued  the  march  to  West  Point,  and  then  had 
quite  a  severe  engagement,  and  were  obliged  to  turn  and  begin  our  retreat  north- 
ward, the  Confederates  following  us,  and  we  continually  fighting  for  three  or 
four  days  until  we  reached  the  Tallahatchie  River  and  reached  our  camp  at  Ger- 
mantown,  Tenn.,  February  26th. 

EXTRACTS. 

{.Contributed  by  H.  A.  Hawkins,  Sergeant  Company  D.,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.] 
Left  Camp  Douglas,  Chicago,  February  17,  1862,  at  12  o'clock,  M. ;  arrived 
at  Benton  Barracks,  Mo.,  the  next  day.  A  large  and  very  fine  parade  of  the 
militiary  at  St.  Louis  on  the  22d;  March  1st  the  last  battalion  left  for  Pilot  Knob, 
Mo.,  arriving  there  Sunday,  the  2d,  and  staked  tents  in  the  mud  Monday, 
the  3d,  frozen  hard.  Tuesday,  March  4th,  there  being  a  vacancy  in  Company  D, 
the  members  petitioned  Colonel  Brackett  to  allow  them  to  hold  an  election  that 
he  would  recognize,  but  it  was  too  late,  thereupon  the  Colonel  issued  an  order 
"  that  all  promotions  must  be  in  their  regular  order." 

On  the  6th  and  7th  the  regiment  moved  out  on  the  march  for  Black  River; 
four  inches  of  water  in  the  tents;  occupied  a  large  barn  for  the  night;  much  rain; 
waited  here  two  days  for  the  water  to  subside,  then  moved  on  to  Patterson. 

March  18th  crossed  Black  River  into  Hardee's  old  camp,  and  were  welcomed 
by  the  Thirty-third  Illinois  Infantry;  weather  much  warmer;  flannels  a  burden. 
March  16th  marched  to  the  Little  Black  River  Mills,  twenty  miles,  to  grind  corn 
for  rations. 


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March  24th  Major  Wallis  sent  in  command  of  a  forage  party,  returned  with 
some  prisoners,  horses,  mules  and  grain.  April  3d,  heavy  rain  storm  with  high 
wind;  blew  down  some  tall  trees  and  killed  two  horses.  On  the  8th,  left  camp  for 
the  Little  Black,  and  then  moved  to  Currant  River,  where,  by  order,  Hardee's 
old  hospital  was  burned.  This  was  the  first  order  to  burn  anything  ever  received 
by  the  Ninth.  Then  march  on  to  Pocahontas  and  Bird's  Point,  and  reached 
Jacksonport  May  5th.  At  Bird's  Point  some  of  the  boys  found  some  meat  and 
sugar  hidden,  and  the  Quartermaster  paid  for  it.  May  16th  General  Steele  moved 
from  this  place,  leaving  Colonel  Brackett  in  command  of  the  post. 

May  18,  George  F.  Walker  wounded  while  coming  out  of  Augusta  with  dis- 
patches. Joseph  Hickson  and  James  Conner  also  attacked  while  bearing  dis- 
patches; two  horses  killed.  The  men  came  ifl  while  Company  D  was  making 
for  the  river.  Before  the  arrival  of  the  gunboats  a  female  of  the  snuff -dipping 
persuasion  put  her  head  out  of  a  window  and  called  to  a  chap  named  Andrews, 
"  Is  that  what  you  call  skedaddling?"  Andrews  pulled  his  revolver  and  said,  "  I 
will  make  you  skedaddle."  She  did  not  want  to  exchange  any  further  compli- 
ments. 

June  8th,  Paymaster  here  to-day;  June  16th,  Lieutenant  Benton,  of  Company 
A,  started  for  St.  Louis  with  dispatches;  June  22d  to  24th,  the  following  troops  ar- 
rived: First  Indiana  Battery,  Third  Iowa,  Eighth  Indiana,  the  Thirty-third  Illinois, 
and  the  Eleventh  Wisconsin;  General  Steele  also  arrived;  ponton  bridge  laid  and 
troops  crossed. 

The  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  occupied  this  point  continually,  from  the  fifth  day 
of  May  until  the  present  date,  June  26th,  when  the  camp  was  moved  back  from  the 
town.  The  regiment  kept  pickets  around  this  place  for  a  week  at  a  time.  Horses 
were  kept  saddled  ready  to  move.  When  a  company  came  in  from  picket  in  the 
forenoon,  they  were  allowed  to  unsaddle  until  near  sundown,  then  all  had  to 
saddle  up.  Our  rations  consisted  much  of  the  time  of  corn  meal,  coarse  ground, 
and  fresh  pork,  some  of  the  time  without  salt. 

June  27th,  stopped  at  Stewart's  plantation,  and  found  plenty  of  corn  on  the 
Robinson  plantation,  some  three  years  old,  also  three  barrels  of  molasses  and 
sugar  and  a  barrel  of  whisky. 

Monday,  June  7th,  cutting  through  the  "blockade"  where  trees  had  been 
felled  across  the  corduroy  road.  Here  occurred  one  of  the  sharpest-fought  battles  of 
the  war.  Only  five  hundred  of  the  Thirty-third  Illinois,  and  four  small  steel  rifle 
cannons  belonging  to  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry  against  a  large  Confederate  force; 
five  of  our  men  killed  and  thirty-five  wounded;  the  enemy's  loss  one  hundred 
and  ten  killed,  and  many  wounded.  The  action  lasted  thirty  minutes;  no  more 
fighting  after  this  place  was  passed. 

The  regiment  reached  Helena  July  14th.  To  give  the  reader  some  concep- 
tions of  the  hardships  endured  in  the  way  of  diet,  imagine  going  to  a  slough  or 
swamp  for  water  to  drink,  and  find  your  path  beset  with  the  water  moccasin  from 
three  to  five  feet  long,  and  not  procured  very  easy  then  from  among  the  big  cypress. 
Dip  your  "  Blickey,"  made  from  an  old  oyster  can,  and  raise  it  to  your  lips,  and 
take  one  swallow.  It  now  seems  but  a  dream,  nevertheless  true,  as  many  of  the 
Ninth  Illinois  found,  could  we  even  gather  a  part  of  the  record  of  those  buried 
at  Helena .  A  few  days  after  the  regiment  had  camped  on  the  point  above  Helena 


392  HISTORY    OF   THE 

there  was  a  detail  for  the  regiment  to  report  with  teams  for  forage  to  the  Third 
or  Fourth  Iowa.  When  the  command  had  assembled  we  counted  seventy  men, 
besides  the  wagoners,  and  the  only  officer  a  duty  sergeant.  The  officer  in  com- 
mand of  the  expedition  came  up  to  me  and  asked  for  the  officer  in  command,  and 
I  told  him  "  We  had  none."  He  replied  "Very  well,  fall  in."  Now  a  regiment 
going  into  the  field  February  16,  1862,  with  one  thousand  sixty-five  men,  and  before 
the  10th  day  of  August,  only  seventy  men  that  could  go  on  a  scout,  will  give  some 
idea  of  the  effects  of  Arkansas  swamp's  water. 

Looking  back  to-day  and  knowing  the  effects  of  drinking  such  poison,  it 
seems  a  wonder  that  any  are  left  to  tell  of  the  terrible  scourge  of  fever  the  men 
went  through.  These  times  were  something  besides  "  playing  soldier."  A  cam- 
paign has  some  life  in  it,  but  when  men  have  to  stand  idly  by  and  see  such  suffer- 
ing, and  not  be  able  to  alleviate  or  avoid  it,  is  a  feeling  one  does  not  care  to  have 
repeated. 

August  39th,  nearly  half  of  the  company  have  gone  on  the  hospital  beat  to  St. 
Louis;  October  9th  the  regiment  moved  below  Helena  on  the  sands. 

James  McBride,  Regimental  Saddler,  died  October  13th.  October  14th  the  well 
men  ordered  out  on  the  Clarendon  road  to  the  Beech  woods,  three  miles  from 
town.  Here  was  the  best  water  we  ever  got  in  Arkansas.  A  well  had  been  sunk 
in  the  Chalk  hill  until  a  living  steam  of  water  was  obtained,  all  of  the  men  at  this 
place  were  hearty.  October  18th,  promoted  to-day  to  Orderly  Sergeant. 

November  6th,  started  on  a  scout;  camped  twelve  miles  from  Clarendon.  The 
command  divided  here,  returning  on  different  roads  marching  towards  Marianna. 
Ran  into  a  yellow  jackets'  nest,  which  made  things  pretty  lively,  while  the  fusil- 
ade  of  hornets  kept  their  "  business  end  "  in  operation. 

We  moved  early,  and  soon  the  advance  sent  a  courier  stating  that  the 
"  Johnnies  "  were  in  line.  Captain  Perkins  told  him  to  return  to  his  command 
and  clear  the  road,  which  he  did.  In  the  meantime  Captain  Perkins  gave  the 
order  to  charge,  and  right  well  was  the  order  obeyed,  but  as  soon  as  the  noise  of 
the  battery  reached  the  ears  of  those  in  line,  they  charged  to  the  rear.  The  next 
time  they  formed  in  line  was  at  or  near  Marianna,  but  we  could  not  get  the  battery 
anywhere  near  them.  We  moved  on  towards  La  Grange,  Ark.  About  the  middle 
of  the  afternoon  they  made  another  stand.  I  think  it  was  a  Fourth  Iowa  officer 
reported  them  in  line  to  Captain  Perkins,  and  said,  "What  shall  I  do,  charge 
them  Captain?''  Perkins  replied  "Charge  them!  Charge  them!  to  hell,  damn 
them."  He  turned  his  horse  about,  gave  him  the  spur,  and  away  he  went  charg- 
ing them  to  the  Arkansas  Brush,  which  was  no  easy  thing  to  do,  as  both  their 
horses  and  men  were  trained  to  that  kind  of  business.  We  then  moved  on  to  La 
Grange,  and  forming  in  line  on  the  right  of  the  battery,  and  down  the  hills  and 
were  preparing  to  feed,  when  they  charged  up  the  road  almost  to  the  mouth  of 
the  guns,  and  the  new  Sharp's  rifles  wene  more  than  they  could  stand.  After  re- 
ceiving their  contents,  they  fell  back  as  fast  as  they  could.  The  results  of  the 
day  were  nine  prisoners  and  ten  killed  and  wounded. 

We  marched  this  day  forty  miles,  fell  in  line  six  times,  and  had  three  fights 
and  there  were  six  or  eight  of  our  command  wounded. 

November  27th,  started  to  Delta,  crossed  the  Mississippi,  and  moved  at  five 
o'clock  A.  M.,  marched  all  day,  arriving  at  the  Coldwater  and  the  Tallahatchie, 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  _  393 

taking  all  their  pickets,  and  gaining. possession  of  the  ferry  before  they  could  cut 
the  rope. 

Major  Burgh  was  in  command  of  the  advance,  and  it  must  have  been  some- 
thing of  a  surprise  to  those  rebel  soldiers  sitting  quietly  in  camp  to  be  greeted 
with  shell  and  minie-balls,  while  smoking  their  pipes.  Our  force  was  set  to 
building  a  ponton  bridge,  and  the  next  afternoon  moved  over  the  river,  and 
started  on  a  good  round  trot  and  some  of  the  time  on  a  charge.  November  30th, 
burned  two  bridges,  and  tore  up  some  of  railroad  traek.  December  1st,  marched 
to  within  ten  miles  of  Panola,  having  a  skirmish  while  passing  through  Charles- 
ton. 

December  3d,  moved  to  Oakland;  near  there,  in  the  advance,  General  Wash- 
burn  and  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  with  four  steel  rifle  guns,  were  ambushed. 
The  General's  horse  was  killed  and  six  of  the  First  Indiana  wounded,  then  our 
battery  came  up  and  gave  such  free  discharges  of  cannister  and  shell,  that  the 
rebs  only  got  away  with  one  gun  and  killed  fifteen  horses.  One  of  our  guns  was 
dismounted  here  and  we  moved  it  into  town  and  camped  in  line  of  battle. 

December  4th,  raining  all  day  and  returned  to  camp.  The  Fifth  marched  to 
the  Tallahatchie  crossing  on  the  pontoon.  General  Washburn  put  his  hand  on 
every  man  of  that  command  as  he  stood  on  the  pontoon,  placing  his  hand  on  the 
shoulder  of  each  trooper  to  steady  him,  and  not  let  one  crowd  another,  until  all 
were  over,  others  of  his  staff  were  with  him.  As  soon  as  we  were  all  over,  the 
bridge  was  destroyed,  and  we  moved  four  miles  to  camp,  this  being  the  first 
night  since  the  28th  of  November  that  we  could  really  sleep  safe  and  not  expect 
to  be  called  during  the  night.  Our  sleeping  on  unginned  cotton  eighteen  inches 
deep  under  a  shed  was  a  luxury .  The  pontoon  we  had  was  on  the  celebrated 
"Yazoo  pass."  General  Washburn  was  very  careful  of  his  soldiers.  When 
marching,  he  would  not  allow  them  to  turn  out  for  him  if  it  could  possibly  be 
avoided,  himself  and  staff  taking  the  side  of  the  road  so  as  not  to  make  it  harder 
for  those  on  the  march.  At  the  end  of  this  campaign  in  Mississippi,  General 
Washburn  personally  highly  complimented  Major  Burgh  for  his  gallant  conduct 
and  the  efficiency  of  his  command. 

January  2,  1863,  ordered  on  a  two  days'  scout,  marching  twelve  miles  to  get 
between  the  picket  line  and  La  Grange.  It  was  raining  all  this  time.  Suddenly  a 
vidette  came  in  and  reported  the  enemy  in  force.  At  5  o'clock,  moved  north, 
and  came  to  a  house  of  feasting  and  dancing,  and  such  a  scattering  for  the  rear 
of  the  plantation  was  seldom  seen.  Mr.  McCullock,  a  connection  of  the  Confed- 
erate General  (now  our  scout)  with  another  soldier,  came  suddenly  into  the  camp 
of  the  noted  guerrilla  baud,  he  seeing  their  predicament  shouted:  "  For  God's  sake 
send  up  the  battery."  Of  all  the  saddle  slinging  that  then  took  place,  that  beat 
all.  Having  thus  diverted  their  attention  they  rejoined  the  command. 

Our  forces  then  moved  forward  as  rapidly  as  possible  with  the  howitzers,  but 
the  birds  had  flown.  All  the  houses  here  but  one  was  burned  and  a  considerable 
amount  of  corn  and  provisions  was  destroyed.  There  were  some  amusing  scenes 
that  night  as  standing  in  line  near  an  enemy,  but  so  dark  that  no  movement  could 
be  made,  some  going  to  sleep  and  falling  against  their  companion,  who  would 
fall  against  his  neighbor,  then  in  the  daytime  riding  over  the  corduroy  road,  the 
horses'  feet  going  down  in  the  slush  and  spilling  his  rider  into  the  mud.  But  all 
got  off  without  any  serioiis  disaster. 


394:  HISTORY    OF    THE 

The  reader  of  to-day  may  think  this  would  be  funny,  but  thirty-six  to  forty- 
eight  hours  of  such  amusement  was  what  sent  so  many  to  early  graves. 

We  returned  to  Helena  the  next  day  bringing  in  ten  prisoners 

January  llth  a  part  of  the  command  marched  across  the  country  to  the  White 
River,  while  a  large  fleet  of  gunboats  and  transports  moved  down  the  river  and 
around;  a  very  hard  and  disagreeable  march;  heard  firing  at  Arkansas  Post; 
moved  byway  of  Clarendon,  and  are  short  of  rations.  14th,  raining  in  torrents, 
and  no  breakfast ;  corn  meal  now  a  luxury.  On  the  15th  reached  the  White 
River  at  Clarendon,  and  have  rations;  snow  eighteen  inches  deep.  January  20th, 
ordered  to  return;  Company  D,  rear  guard,  was  fired  on  at  night,  and  could 
have  no  fires  during  the  night.  All  had  to  keep  moving,  as  it  was  so  damp  and 
cold.  Captain  Cowen  reported  for  duty  February  2d,  having  been  on  the  sick  list, 
with  the  exception  of  thirty  days,  since  July  last.  April  6th,  Adjutant- General 
Thomas  at  Helena,  to  authorize  the  raising  of  ten  regiments  of  colored  troops. 
April  7th,  ordered  to  Memphis.  I  do  not  think  there  ever  was  an  order  given  to 
a  regiment  that  was  more  welcome. 

June  4th,  received  a  furlough  for  thirty  days,  and  take  charge  of  the  remains 
of  Comrade  John  W.  Wisner,  who  died  to-day.  July  7th,  in  St.  Louis;  the  news 
of  the  fall  of  Vicksburg.  In  less  than  two  hours  it  seems  that  the  whole  city  is 
on  the  street.  July  10th,  arrived  in  camp.  July  18th,  Lieutenant  McMahon, 
with  twenty  men  from  B  and  H,  sent  out  after  some  Confederate  troops  who  had 
made  an  attack  and  captured  some  soldiers  and  seven  railroad  hands.  The  Lieu- 
tenant overtook  the  enemy,  recaptured  our  boys,  killed  a  lieutenant,  wounded 
some  and  brought  in  four  prisoners.  This  was  the  second  officer  we  had  killed, 
besides  some  soldiers,  having  captured  also  a  number  of  prisoners  from  this  rebel 
force . 

August  13th,  1863,  moved  to  Collierville,  on  to  Byhalia,  thirty  miles;  plenty 
of  peaches,  apples,  watermelons,  etc.;  then  on  over  the  Tallahatchie  River;  on 
the  15th  to  Oxford  and  Water  Valley  (rightly  named);  forward  to  Coffeeville, 
with  some  skirmishing.  Arrived  at  Grenada  on  the  18th.  At  this  place  many 
acres  of  cars  burned,  and  seventy  locomotives  disabled.  One  engine  was  fired  up 
with  as  much  steam  as  was  thought  proper  and  sent  down^he  road.  It  met  the 
troops  coming  from  Vicksburg,  and  soon  ran  off  the  track.  One  of  Company 
A's  men  had  a  hand-to-hand  fight  with  a  rebel,  and  brought  his  opponent  in  with 
horse,  saddle  and  equipments.  Company  D  moved  over  the  river,  and  was  on 
picket  northwest  of  Grenada. 

August  20th,  moved  early  towards  Panola.  This  is  the  same  territory  we 
were  in  last  December;  crossed  the  Tallahatchie  and  camped.  Here  we  cap- 
tured a  prisoner;  he  was  hid  under  his  chimney;  back  to  Germantown  on  the 
21st.  August  24th,  moved  to  La  Grange,  Tenn.,  to  the  old  camp  of  the  Second 
Iowa.  September  13th,  started  on  a  scout;  marched  to  Bolivar,  crossed  the 
Hatchie,  on  to  Denmark  station,  Jackson  and  Montezuma,  and  the  16th  to  Poca- 
hontas.  From  the  evening  of  the  13th  to  the  evening  of  the  16th  we  had  but  one 
day's  rations.  September  18th,  Company  B  detailed  as  couriers  for  General 
Sweeney.  October 9th,  Lieutenant  McMahon,  with  eight  men  and  myself,  go  to 
Colonel  Rice's,  as  couriers  to  Davis'  Mills. 

On  the  llth  the  General  crossed  Wolf  River  eight  miles  forward;  heard  the 


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attack  on  Collierville,  General  Sherman  was  there;  moved  back  four  miles;  my- 
self and  squad  returned  to  La  Grange  with  dispatches  for  General  Blair.  On  the 
12th  marched  to  Hudsonville,  a  veritable  cross  roads,  it  was  here  that  a  second 
Iowa  soldier,  in  moving  a  pile  of  bricks  to  fix  a  place  for  his  coffee-pot,  unearthed 
seven  hundred  and  twenty -five  dollars  in  specie,  mostly  in  gold. 

October  13th  moved  to  Holly  Springs.  Our  advance  under  Lieutenant  Kelly 
saw  a  rebel  vidette  just  giving  his  horse  the  spur  for  Holly  Springs;  the  country 
being  open  the  boys  followed.  There  was  one  horse  belonging  to  Louis  Andrews 
that  proved  too  fleet  for  Mr.  Reb.  After  the  first  quarter  he  began  to  close  upon  the 
vidette.  He  fired  one  shot  from  his  carbine,  while  running,  then  drew  his  revolver 
and  sent  two  more  shots,  and  the  Johnny  pulled  in  his  horse.  When  the  boys 
came  up  and  asked  him  why  he  halted,  he  replied:  "  He  had  shot  on  both  sides  of 
my  head,  and  close  over  it,  and  did  not  dare  to  risk  another  shot."  We  moved 
within  four  miles  of  Chulahoma,  and  met  Hatch's  command  returning  from  his 
fight  with  Chalmers. 

During  all  the  way  from  Collierville,  myself  and  a  squad  of  twenty  men  had 
been  detailed  to  carry  dispatches  from  General  Sweeney  to  General  Hatch,  not  a 
pleasant  job  for  a  dozen  men  to  return  where  fifty  had  come  in  and  some  of  whom 
had  been  captured.  I  shall  not  soon  forget  the  starting  out,  and  meeting  unex- 
pectedly a  body  of  men,  also  the  conversation  between  Generals  Sweeney  and 
Hatch.  After  the  first  salutation  General  Sweeney  said:  "  Why  did  you  not  re- 
port oftener?"  Hatch  replied:  "  I  did  not  think  that  the  emergency  justified  it 
aslhave  lost  some  men  already."  Sweeney's  reply  was:  "  I  have  amindto  place 
you  under  arrest."  "  Well,  I  suppose  you  can  act  your  pleasure  about  it,  but  I 
was  acting  under  orders  especially  from  General  Hurlbut."  This  reply  cut  the 
General  awfully.  The  15th  to  the  20th  of  October  moved  from  Chulahoma  to 
Quinn's  Mill;  crossed  theColdwater  to  Early's  Grove,  and  back  to  camp,  bringing 
in  a  large  amount  of  cattle.  The  29th  General  Sweeney  and  Colonel  McCrellis 
had  some  talk  over  our  company,  the  General  wishing  to  take  us  with  him,  while 
Colonel  McCrellis  does  not  want  the  regiment  separated.  We  were  ordered  to 
return  to  the  regiment  October  31st.  November  3d  marched  to  Moscow,  and 
scouted  till  about  th«  7th,  when  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Corinth;  scouted 
hereabouts  for  a  couple  of  weeks,  and  back  to  Collierville  the  22d.  On  the  25th 
again  to  Germantown  to  Hickory  Withe  and  Quinn's  Mill,  which  we  burned,  and 
went  into  camp  sixteen  miles  from  Fort  Pillow;  weather  very  warm,  and  while 
at  Covington,  the  boys  found  five  barrels  of  high  wines  and  whisky,  and  some 
of  the  companies  did  not  have  enough  sober  men  to  take  care  of  their  horses  for 
two  days.  We  moved  near  Summerville  and  confiscated  a  lot  of  horses  and 
mules  and  arrived  back  to  La  Grange,  December  1st,  where  we  corralled  the 
stock. 

We  then  moved  out  to  Saulsbury,  and  camped  within  six  miles  of  Pocahontas; 
moved  back  at  1  o'clock  and  skirmished  with  the  enemy  before  light,  driving 
them  until  we  came  to  Big  Gulf  % beyond  Saulsbury.  Our  howitzers  not  having 
range  enough  to  reach  them,  Colonel  Hatch  began  to  move  by  the  flank;  the 
rebels  moved  off  farther  south;  our  loss  none;  we  captured  nine  prisoners. 

December  4th,  moved  from  La  Grange  to  Moscow;  here  found  the  enemy  in 
ambush.  I  was  riding  between  the  guns  of  our  battery  and  had  got  part  of  the 


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way  to  the  river  and  the  bridge,  and  then  saw  that  I  could  not  get  but  one  way 
and  that  was  to  jump  off  the  bridge,  which  I  did,  and  tied  my  horse,  and  went 
out  near  the  river  in  the  front  line,  and  remained  there  until  the  firing  ceased  on 
that  side  of  the  bridge.  Then  I  came  back  to  where  the  small  redoubt  was  and 
passed  to  the  rear,  and  Colonel  Hatch  had  just  been  wounded,  and  a  colored 
soldier  killed.  I  went  with  our  line  to  the  other  side,  and  the  bullets  made  the 
water  fly  lively.  After  passing  over  the  bridge  I  came  upon  one  of  the  boys  with 
his  hand  in  the  water  searching  for  his  gun.  "Sergeant  Murray  what  are  you 
doing  here?"  "lam  hunting  my  gun."  At  that  moment  he  picked  it  out  and 
said,  "One  of  Company  E's  men  and  myself  were  captured,  and  the  two  men 
quarreled  over  his  Colt's  rifle,  so  he  tried  the  experiment  of  falling  down  and 
dropping  his  gun  in  the  water."  Murray  said  that  there  were  many  men  killed 
and  wounded  there . 

General  Forrest,  who  had  been  raiding  in  West  Tennessee,  soon  after  was 
wanting  to  get  back  south,  and  to  General  Tuttle  (the  man  who  had  jus*  been 
running  for  Governor  in  Iowa  on  the  copperhead  ticket)  was  intrusted  the  duty  of 
preventing  his  return. 

December  25th,  the  regiment  being  out,  a  squad  was  ordered  to  La  Fayette  and 
across  Wolf  River  to  Fisherville  to  see  if  Forrest's  videttes  were  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. We  left  La  Fayette  at  night  and  crossed  over  the  bridge,  there  being  a 
foot  passage,  we  swam  our  horses,  and  went  to  Fisherville;  then  we  moved  down 
the  river  six  or  seven  miles,  then  back  to  Wolf  River  bottoms,  then  again  to  the 
bridge.  We  afterwards  learned  that  some  of  Forrest's  command  had  been  in 
Fisherville  the  same  day,  and  were  only  a  mile  away,  when  we  were  in  town, 
and  back  to  Collierville.  Near  noon  we  were  ordered  to  reinforce  Company  A 
at  La  Fayette.  On  arriving  at  the  crossing  we  found  Company  A,  Lieuteuant  D. 
Hillier  in  command,  being  steadily  pushed  back.  We  then  took  the  offensive 
and  crowded  their  advance  back,  until  they  were  reinforced,  when  we  commenced 
falling  back  from  one  advantage  to  another,  waiting  their  advance  until  they 
were* near  enough  to  give  them  all  we  could  before  they  could  flank  us,  then 
mount  our  horses,  and  fall  back  to  another  shelter.  Just  before  night  they  had 
succeeded  in  getting  a  line  long  enough  to  overlap  our  line  on  both  sides  of  the 
road  (our  line  was  then  in  command  of  Captain  Foster  of  the  Second  Iowa 
Cavalry) . 

We  were  not  ordered  back  until  the  rebs  had  passed  our  right  with  their  left, 
and  were  charging  on  our  line  with  their  mounted  troops,  and  we  a  half  a  mile 
from  our  horses,  as  they  had  been  moved  back  out  of  range  Tbe  only  thing  that 
saved  our  whole  command  from  capture  was  a  high  rail  fence.  That  kept  their 
cavalry  from  overtaking  us.  I  got  behind  another  trooper,  or  I  certainly  would 
have  been  taken  prisoner.  Corporal  W.  W.  Bower,  Company  D,  was  captured 
here  and  taken  before  General  Forrest,  and  he  said,  "  Well,  Corporal,  you  have 
been  a  little  unfortunate.  How  many  men  have  I  been  fighting  this  afternoon?  " 
He  replied  "  About  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  sick  and  cowards  of  the  Second 
Brigade."  "  You  do  not  need  to  tell  anything  but  the  truth."  The  Corporal  re' 
plied,  "You  have  had  the  brigade  to  attend  to  on  the  other  side  of  Wolf  River,  as 
they  have  been  gone  for  four  days  to  La  Grange." 

We  were  pushed  back  till  the  guns  of  the  fort  could  reach  them,  and  they 


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did  not  care  to  take  a  night  matinee.     The  next  morning  they  had  all  moved 

toward  Holly  Springs.  Our  brigade  now  came  in  and  we  were  all  ordered  on  a 
five  days'  scout;  moved  near  Mount  Pleasant  and  camped.  December  29th,  moved 
to  the  head  of  the  Coldwater,  and  on  the  30th,  west  and  north  across  the  river 
and  camped,  returning  to  Collierville,  December  31st. 

January  1,  1864.  To-night  the  coldest  night  since  we  left  Chicago  in  1861; 
12th,  the  rebels  put  a  torpedo  on  the  railroad  track,  and  had  a  fight.  24th,  inspec- 
tion and  review  by  Col.  A.  G.  Brackett  now  commanding  brigade.  The  Col- 
onel left  us  for  St.  Louis,  February  8th.  February  llth,  broke  camp  and  moved 
across  the  Coldwater  to  Byhalia,  on  to  the  Tallahatchie;  skirmished  across  the  river; 
countermarched  to  Waterford  the  turning  toward  Rocky  ford,  and  moved  to  New 
Albany;  camped  fifteen  miles  from  there,  until  the  14th  moving  then  toward 
Okolona. 

The  17th.  The  three  brigades  came  together.  18th,  moved  at  daylight,  cap- 
tured two  wagons,  one  Surgeon,  two  Majors,  one  Captain  and  Lieutenant,  and 
some  privates  at  Okolona;  moved  to  Aberdeen  by  dark;  marched  thirty-five  miles; 
moved  early  to  Prairie  Station  and  burned  a  large  amount  of  corn  and  cotton; 
then  south  skirmishing  all  the  afternoon;  drove  the  Confederates  and  camped  at 
West  Point. 

February  21st.  Ordered  to  fall  back  and  moved  early;  our  brigade  in  the  ad- 
vance yesterday,  in  the  rear  to-day,  marching  over  the  same  ground  we  fought 
over  yesterday.  The  rebel  advance  was  close  on  our  rear,  and  heavy  fighting 
until  dark,  when  our  regiment  gave  them  such  a  warm  reception  they  followed 
us  no  more  that  night. 

The  22d.  The  two  brigades  of  McCrellis  and  Warren,  with  First  Illinois 
Light  Artillery  that  was  with  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry,  took  the  rear,  and  by  11 
o'clock  the  enemy  had  stampeded  them,  and  captured  all  but  one  gun.  The  Sec- 
ond Brigade  halted  and  formed  a  line  and  checked  the  advance  of  Forest's  forces. 
We  had  a  number  in  our  brigade  wounded,  some  killed  and  some  lost  as  prisoners. 

To  retard  our  progress  we  had  twenty -five  hundred  mules  (as  fine  as  I  ever 
saw),  some  horses  and  two  thousand  "  smoked  Yankee  soldiers"  without  arms, 
camped  near  Pontotoc.  The  next  morning,  the  23d,  started  early,  and  com- 
menced fighting  at  once.  The  Second  Brigade  fought  all  day,  or  until  noon.  As 
we  were  then  across  the  Tallahatchie,  the  rebels  concluded  it  not  safe  to  follow  us 
any  further.  Here  the  brigades  separated.  a4th,  moved  toward  Holly  Springs. 
25th,  to  Hudsonville.  Here  Christain  Jergens  was  killed  by  guerrillas,  and  a  num- 
ber of  our  men  captured  near  La  Fayette;  captured  a  guerrilla  captain,  and  as  he 
attempted  to  escape  his  guard  from  Company  F  killed  him.  March  10th,  ordered 
to  Fort  Pickering;  the  veterans  went  up  the  river  the  18th. 

March  27th,  the  non-veterans  of  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry  came 
in.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Hepburn  ordered  all  non-veterans  to  a  camp  east  of  Fort 
Pickering,  generally  designated  as  the  "Bob  Tail  Camp."  The  Colonel  called 
them  the  "Provisional  Regiment."  His  disciplining  the  regiment  was,  however, 
of  short  duration.  As  his  night  bugle  sounded  "  taps,"  there  was  a  stray  bullet 
went  through  his  tent  that  ended  the  taps,  so  those  "  Bob  Tails,"  as  they  were 
called,  did  pretty  much  as  they  pleased. 

Friday,  April  29th,  Martin  J.  Smith  was  hung.     He  was  a  smuggler  and  spy, 


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and  acknowledged  the  sentence  to  be  just.  The  regiment  back  from  furlough 
April  29th. 

Colonel  Hepburn  found  it  an  uphill  business  to  keep  the  gay  and  festive 
"  Bob  Tails"  in  subjection,  and  it  was  not  long  before  his  health  failed,  and  he 
reported  to  the  hospital  in  Memphis.  After  this  the  Provisionals  had  things 
pretty  much  their  own  way  until  the  return  of  their  regiments  frcm  the  North; 
many  a  tilt  was  had  with  the  Provost  Guard.  A  little  incident  in  point:  A 
trooper  coming  one  night  from  the  town  to  the  Provost  Guard,  the  officer  ordered 
the  guard  to  arrest  him,  and  he  retorted  with  an  order  to  go  to  h — 1,  and  then 
started  for  camp.  Here  occurred  a  race,  as  both  were  mounted.  When  they 
reached  the  provisional  camps'  line  and  were  passing  over  one  of  those  swell 
embankments,  the  trooper's  horse  fell,  and  then  a  shout  went  up.  The  camp  turned 
out  to  see  the  fun.  The  Bob  Tail  left  his  horse,  dropped  his  arms  and  ran  for  the 
first  tent,  crawled  into  that,  and  then  into  another,  and  was  soon  apparently  fast 
asleep,  and  the  officer  was  glad  to  get  away  from  the.  crowd  with  a  whole  skin. 
During  this  time,  the  men  had  many  of  them  obtained  detective  passes,  and  no 
doubt  made  some  considerable  money,  as  well  as  gathered  some  important  informa- 
tion. The  citizens  coming  in  with  cotton,  taking  the  oath  of  allegiance,  and  get- 
ting and  obtaining  passes  to  go  outside  the  lines  again .  These  men  were  con- 
sidered fair  prey  for  our  men,  and  were  compelled  to  divide  after  they  got  out  the 
lines  by  those  lying  in  wait  for  them. 

June  18th,  I  was  detailed  from  the  regiment  to  report  to  Captain  Knight,  at 
Fort  Pickering,  and  on  the  25th  the  postoffice  of  the  fort  was  placed  in  my  hands. 

September  18th,  left  Memphis  for  Springfield  in  company  with  the  First  Bat- 
talion, my  term  of  service  having  expired,  and  mustered  out  September  22,  1864, 
thus  ending  my  career  in  the  volunteer  service  of  the  United  States. 

And  now  with  the  above  memorandum  from  my  diary,  which  I  trust  may  be 
of  interest  to  some  of  my  old  comrades,  I  close. 

AN  INCIDENT  OF  THE  WAR. 

By  William  H.  Hecker,  late  Sergeant  Company  G,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 
In  the  month  of  August,  1862,  an  expedition  was  organized  on  the  line  of  the 
Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad  in  the  southern  part  of  Tennessee  for  the  purpose 
of  capturing  the  rolling  stock  that  had  been  collected  for  some  time  at  Grenadat 
Miss.,  on  the  Mississippi  Central  Railroad,  by  the  Confederate  government.  The 
expedition  was  composed  of  about  four  thousand  mounted  infantry  and  cavalry. 
We  moved  along  the  line  of  the  railroad,  driving  small  squads  of  rebels  before  us, 
passing  through  Paoli,  where  we  captured  a  rebel  flag  that  floated  from  the  top  of 
the  court  house,  and  a  badly  scared  Confederate  Surgeon  that  was  in  charge  of 
the  hospital  of  the  place;  through  the  beautiful  town  of  Oxford,  Water  Valley 
and  Coffeeville,  where  we  encountered  quite  a  large  force  of  Confederates,  until 
about  2  o'clock  one  afternoon  we  heard  the  shrill  whistle  of  a  locomotive  in  our 
front,  the  train  was  headed  off,  and  captured ;  the  coaches  set  on  fire  and  destroyed. 
We  were  now  within  a  few  miles  of  Grenada,  and  final  arrangements  were  made 
to  capture  the  town  and  stock.  Grenada  is  situated  on  the  south  side  of  the  Yella- 
busha  River,  which  is  about  twenty  rods  wide,  and  during  the  summer  season  can 
be  forded.  Our  regiment  was  ordered  to  ford  the  stream  above  the  town;  and 


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charge  upon  it  from  the  west.  We  started  on  a  lively  trot,  which  changed  into  a 
gallop,  and  just  at  dark  we  forded  the  river,  and  charged  on  the  town,  found  that 
the  rebels  had  taken  a  sudden  desire  to  leave.  We  fastened  our  horses  around 
the  public  square,  and  leaving  a  small  guard  to  watch  them,  we  started  to  find 
supper.  The  rebels  had  been  anticipating  us,  and  had  destroyed  the  railroad 
bridge,  so  that  it  was  impossible  to  move  the  captured  stock  north,  and  the  only 
alternate  left  was  to  destroy  it.  The  work  of  destruction  commenced.  Soon  after 
dark  the  fierce  flames  from  some  eight  hundred  cars  and  coaches  and  about  eighty 
locomotives,  together  with  vast  quantities  of  stores,  lighted  up  the  heavens  for 
miles,  and  by  its  light  we  re-crossed  the  river  and  went  into  camp  on  the  north  side. 
Many  of  the  Confederate  soldiers  and  citizens  left  the  town  by  the  railroad,  but 
their  trains  were  captured  by  another  expedition  heading  from  the  south.  While 
we  were  taking  in  the  town,  a  wounded  Confederate  soldier,  P.  H.  Corgan,  be- 
longing to  a  Mississippi  regiment,  untied  a  horse  belonging  to  Company  G  and 
was  leaving  the  town,  when  he  was  apprehended  by  one  of  the  company,  who 
recognized  his  horse  and  brought  him  back.  This  young  man  was  formerly  from 
Illinois  and  had  been  overseer  on  a  large  plantation  before  the  war.  On  learning 
that  his  captors  were  from  Illinois,  he  formed  the  conclusion  of  abandoning  the 
Confederate  cause  and  joining  ours.  We  remained  in  camp  the  next  day  and 
night  and  during  the  meantime  asked  our  prisoner  a  great  many  questions  as  to 
the  number  of  soldiers  that  had  been  in  and  around  Grenada,  the  names  of  the 
different  officers,  number  of  regiments,  all  of  which  served  me  a  good  purpose, 
as  we  shall  see  hereafter . 

The  next  morning  we  started  on  our  return,  and  soon  afterward  an  order 
came  to  our  regiment  for  a  detail  of  men  to  forage  for  horses  and  mules.  I  asked 
permission  of  the  Captain  to  go  with  this  detail,  which  consisted  of  eighteen  men 
in  charge  of  Lieutenant  Shattuck.  We  left  the  main  road,  and  proceeded  to  for- 
age for  something  to  eat,  after  which  the  more  serious  business  began,  viz  : 
capturing  horses  and  mules.  We  met  with  good  success  until  we  found  a  fine 
young  horse  turned  loose  in  a  large  meadow.  We  were  very  desirous  of  capturing 
him,  and  this  consumed  more  time  than  we  were  aware  of,  and  were  unsuccessful 
at  last.  We  were  also  taking  along  suspicious-looking  citizens  of  whom  we  had 
at  this  time  five  or  six,  when  we  finally  returned  to  the  main  road,  and  found  on 
inquiring  that  we  were  about  four  hours  behind  our  forces,  and  about  three  hun- 
dred rebels  between  us  and  the  command.  This  information  was  given  us  by 
the  citizens  of  a  small  town,  Senatobia,  through  which  we  had  to  pass.  We 
could  see  by  the  action  of  these  citizens  that  they  thought  we  were  in  a  tight 
place,  and  in  fact  we  began  to  think  that  way  ourselves.  We  went  about  a  mile 
beyond  the  town,  when  we  met  quite  an  intelligent  colored  man,  who  had  been 
to  the  mill,  and  had  passed  through  both  forces,  and  was  quite  mad  at  the  rebels 
for  he  said  that  the  "Yanks"  had  not  molested  him,  but  the  "Johnnies"  had 
taken  his  grist  from  him."  He  stated  that  there  were  about  two  hundred  rebels 
between  us  and  the  bridge  (Jackson's  cavalry).  Crossing  the  Coldwater,  after  a 
short  council,  we  concluded  to  transfer  saddles,  etc.,  to  our  best  horses.  Our  col- 
ored friend  and  citizen  prisoners  taking  an  active  part  in  the  conversation,  and 
really  sympathized  with  us,  and  gave  us  good  advice,  which  was  to  strike  through 
the  woods  to  our  left;  we  could  find  another  road  that  would  lead  to  an  old  ford, 
which  we  could  cross. 


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Looking  back  to  the  turn,  we  saw  quite  a  number  of  horsemen  collecting,  so 
we  quickly  parted  from  our  citizens  and  colored  friend.  We  soon  disappeared 
(like  Robin  Hood  and  his  men)  in  the  woods  leading  our  captured  stock.  When 
we  crossed  the  river  we  parted  with  our  lead  stock.  As  we  came  out  to  the  other 
road,  we  saw  several  rebels  to  our  left,  but  as  we  had  to  take  to  the  right,  we 
paid  but  little  attention  to  them.  We  pushed  on  as  fast  as  possible,  though  the 
most  of  us  had  by  this  time  concluded  that  our  game  was  about  up.  We  soon 
reached  the  old  ford,  and  found  there  some  eight  or  ten  wagons  loaded  with  cot- 
ton on  their  way  to  Memphis.  We  found  the  river  full  of  logs  and  driftwood. 
On  the  opposite  side  were  several  rebel  soldiers,  one  of  whom,  a  Captain,  gave  us 
directions  how  to  cross,  so  as  to  avoid  the  logs  under  water.  He  claimed  to  be  a 
paroled  prisoner.  I  plunged  into  the  river  with  my  horses  followed,  by  one  of 
the  boys,  and  we  crossed  safely.  The  others  did  not  dare  to  venture.  I  struck 
up  an  acquaintance  with  the  rebel  Captain,  and  bantered  him  to  trade  revolvers, 
as  he  had  a  nice  silver-mounted  one,  and  mine  was  only  a  Colt's  Navy  revolver, 
but  we  could  not  trade. 

Lieutenant  Shattuck  requested  my  comrade  (  Charley  Keitch )  and  myself 
to  strip  and  swim  the  horses  across,  while  he  and  the  remainder  would  cross  on 
the  driftwood  a  little  distance  above.  We  had  all  the  horses  over  but  one.  The 
boys  were  coming  along  the  river  bank,  having  safely  crossed.  I  was  bringing 
over  the  last  horse.  About  half  way  across  he  turned  about  and  swam  back  with 
me.  The  Lieutenant  shouted  for  me  to  strip  off  the  bridle,  and  had  reached  about 
the  middle  of  the  river,  when  I  heard  the  rebel  "yell"  on  the  side  I  had  just  left. 
Jackson's  cavalry  had  come,  and  dividing  in  two  lines,  one  going  up,  the  other 
down  the  river,  firing  and  yelling  like  so  many  devils.  The  boys  on  the  bank 
fell  back  and  got  behind  trees  and  beyond  range.  Our  horses  being  in  plain  sight, 
were  nearly  all  killed  by  the  first  fire  of  the  rebels.  I  swam  for  dear  life  and  had 
nearly  reached  the  shore  before  they  seemed  to  observe  me.  I  succeeded  in  reach- 
ing the  shore,  but  in  the  excitement  I  had  floated  below  the  ford,  and  the  bank 
was  quite  steep  and  slippery.  I  tried  to  ascend  but  kept  falling  back.  My  scram- 
bling seemed  to  draw  their  fire,  and  the  bullets  struck  all  about  me.  I  was  in 
hopes  they  would  ceaSe  their  firing,  and  order  me  to  surrender,  but  no,  their 
desire  was  to  kill.  But,  luckily,  I  reached  the  top  without  a  hit.  I  saw  one  of  our 
rifles  which  one  of  the  boys  had  laid  down,  and  I  found  it  was  loaded  with  five 
rounds,  being  a  Colt's  revolving  rifle.  I  jumped  behind  a  tree  and  let  the  rebels 
have  the  contents.  One  other  of  Company  G  had  taken  refuge  behind  a  tree  about 
a  rod  from  me,  who  by  some  means  was  hit,  the  bullet  striking  him  in  the  shoul- 
der. He  dropped  and  called  me  to  come  to  him,  but  the  bullets  were  a  little  too 
thick,  so  I  dare  not.  He  commenced  to  cry,  being  nothing  but  a  boy,  the  youngest 
in  our  company.  Two  or  three  of  the  boys  had  gained  their  horses  and  got  away. 
Five  or  six  men  fell  back  in  one  direction,  while  the  Lieutenant  and  the  remainder 
fell  back  another.  The  boys  called  to  me  to  come,  but  I  was  very  reluctant  about 
it,  as  I  wished  to  obtain  my  clothing,  some  two  or  three  rods  away.  I  told  the 
Lieutenant  that  I  would  not  go  without  my  pants  and  shirts,  he  told  me  that  it 
would  be  impossible  to  get  them,  they  being  in  such  an  exposed  place  on  the  bank 
of  the  river,  so  I  shouldered  my  rifle  and  struck  for  the  canebrake  entirely  naked. 
I  soon  caught  up  with  the  boys,  and  we  hid  in  the  canes  until  night.  The  rebels 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  401 

crossed  the  river  and  searched  for  us,  some  of  them  coming  so  near  that  we  could 
hear  their  conversation.  We  remained  perfectly  quiet,  and  luckily  they  did  not 
find  us.  After  the  rebels  got  out  of  hearing,  the  boys  began  to  make  arrange- 
ments about  my  raiment.  One  donated  a  pair  of  drawers,  another  a  blouse,  while 
a,  third  gave  me  a  cotton  handkerchief  to  tie  around  my  head.  My  toilet  com- 
pleted, I  was  ready  to  travel.  We  remained,  however,  until  some  time  after 
dark,  when  by  the  light  of  the  moon  we  shaped  our  course  and  started. 

We  had  traveled  some  time  before  we  left  the  river  bottom,  when  we  came 
to  an  open  field.  We  had  reached  about  the  middle  of  the  field  when,  on  ascend- 
ing a  hill,  we  looked  ahead  and  saw  camp-fires  in  a  strip  of  woods,  but  whether 
friend  or  enemy  we  knew  not.  We  dropped  flat  on  the  ground  so  as  not  to  be 
observed,  and  finally  made  out  by  the  light  of  their  fire  that  they  were  rebels.  We 
then  fell  back  in  good  order  and  reached  the  river  bottom  again,  moved  along  the 
«dge  of  the  bottom  some  time,  wading  through  slush  and  water  knee  deep, 
ascending  and  descending  steep  places,  letting  ourselves  down  by  laying  hold  of 
the  brush,  until  we  finally  came  to  the  open  country  again  and  entered  a  lane  full 
of  briars,  but  a  narrow  path  in  the  middle.  We  followed  this  lane,  knowing  that 
it  would  lead  us  somewhere,  and,  finally,  it  brought  us  to  a  grove  surrounding  a 
nice  residence.  Keitch  (who  was  dressed  in  about  the  same  style  as  I)  and  myself 
went  up  to  the  house,  and  rapped  and  called  for  some  time  before  we  could  make 
anyone  hear.  At  last  we  heard  a  window  open  in  the  second  story,  and  a  gruff 
voice  inquiring,  "  What  was  wanting?"  We  had  our  story  made  up,  and  told  him 
that  we  were  part  of  Jackson's  cavalry,  and  our  object  was  to  slip  up  on  the 
Yankee  pickets,  who  we  had  understood  were  close  by,  and  steal  their  horses. 
We  thought  in  this  way  we  could  find  out  where  our  men  were  encamped,  but 
the  old  secesh  told  us  that  there  were  no  "  Yanks  "  camped  anywhere  that  he 
knew  of.  He  had  heard  that  some  had  passed  that  afternoon  on  a  road  five  or  six 
miles  off,  and  that  we  had  better  give  up  such  a  foolish  job.  Down  went  the 
window.  We  now  took  the  road,  and  for  fear  of  meeting  some  enemy  we 
marched,  with  Keitch  and  myself  as  advance  guard,  each  one  with  revolver  in 
hand,  belonging  to  the  Lieutenant,  and  with  orders  to  give  a  signal  and  jump  the 
fence.  We  marched  in  this  manner  until  we  thought  we  must  be  somewhere  near 
Hernando,  at  which  place  we  concluded  our  men  would  go  into  camp.  We 
called  a  halt,  left  the  road  turning  into  a  thicket,  where  we  lay  down  for  a  nap 
with  one  to  stand  guard  in  order  to  listen  for  our  bugle,  which  we  expected  to 
hear  at  daylight.  It  was  very  dark,  and,  as  we  thought  that  it  must  be  near  day, 
the  Lieutenant  requested  me  to  go  with  him  to  the  road,  for  what  purpose  I  have 
now  forgotten.  We  went  far  enough  to  reach  the  road,  but,  seemingly,  we  had 
taken  the  wrong  direction,  and  when  we  tried  to  go  back  to  the  boys  we  could 
not  find  them.  We  dared  not  call  for  fear  of  the  rebels.  We  hunted  and  hunted, 
but  could  not  find  them,  finally  morning  came,  but  no  signs  of  our  comrades. 
The  sun,  as  it  rose,  was  held  by  a  dense  fog  so  that  we  could  not  tell  what  course 
to  take,  and  we  sat  down  at  the  foot  of  a  tree,  two  very  sad,  forlorn  beings. 
About  10  o'clock  the  mist  cleared  away  and  we  started,  but  were  obliged  to  keep 
in  the  woods  to  avoid  being  seen.  Sometimes  we  would  come  to  an  open  field, 
and  would  have  to  circle  around  it,  traveling  several  miles  out  of  our  way.  Later, 
in  an  opening  by  the  fence,  we  found  some  elder  berries,  and  ate  as  we  passed 
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402  HISTORY    OF   THE 

along,  for  by  this  time  we  were  pretty  hungry,  not  having  had  anything  to  eat 
since  the  morning  before. 

About  2  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  we  came  to  a  beautiful  spring  in  the  woods 
and  a  well-beaten  path  leading  somewhere.  The  Lieutenant  requested  me  to  fol- 
low this  path  and  find  something  to  eat,  while  he  being  in  full  unifoim  would 
hide  in  the  brush  close  by.  I  followed  the  path  and  soon  came  to  an  old  log- 
house.  An  old  gentleman  was  taking  a  nap  under  a  big  oak  in  the  yard,  but  the 
barking  of  two  or  three  dogs  awoke  him.  He  eyed  me  with  suspicion,  cot  know- 
ing what  to  make  of  me  in  my  strange  garb.  In  conversation  with  him,  I  soon 
learned  that  he  was  a  bitter  old  butternut,  and  told  him  a  very  pitiful  stoiy  about 
"  my  belonging  to  a  certain  Mississippi  regiment,  naming  the  Colonel,  and  the 
General  in  command,  of  the  Confederate  forces  at  Grenada,  where  I  had  been 
taken  prisoner  by  the  hated  "  Yanks"  and  as  I  had  a  nice  suit  of  gray  on,  they 
had  stripped  me,  and  given  me  what  I  had  on  then,  that  I  had  escaped  from  them 
the  night  before,  and  was  tired,  hungry  and  discouraged."  "When  he  found  that 
I  was  a  hungry  secesh,  he  told  the  girls  of  which  there  were  three,  to  get  me  up  a 
dinner,  while  his  wife,  a  motherly  old  soul,  went  to  work  to  mend  a  pair  of  the 
old  gent's  pants  for  me.  He  was  a  very  portly  man,  while  I  was  very  slim,  so  it 
was  not  much  of  a  fit,  and  not  having  any  suspenders,  one  of  the  sons  found  a 
leather  strap.  Boots  or  shoes  he  had  none  to  give;  in  place  of  my  handkerchief 
tied  around  my  head,  his  son  also  gave  me  an  old  straw  hat. 

After  a  hearty  dinner  of  corn  bread,  ham  and  coffee;  the  old  lady  thought- 
fully put  up  some  corn  bread  and  ham  in  a  paper,  and  some  coffee  in  a  long  neck 
bottle  for  my  lunch  on  the  way.  All  this  consumed  about  two  hours  of  pre- 
cious time,  but  I  had  another  task  to  perform,  which  I  was  a  little  timid  about.  I 
was  very  anxious  to  find  out  what  direction  to  take  to  reach  our  a.n,ip  -which 
was  near  Memphis.  So  I  personated  the  prisoner  our  company  had  captured, 
told  a  very  pitiful  story,  a  brief  history  of  my  life,  "  how  I  had  been  born  in 
Illinois,  and  had  relations  living  there,  good  Old  Democrats,  and  as  I  was  about 
sick  and  discouraged,  I  thought  if  I  could  only  reach  there  in  order  to  recruit 
up,  I  could  come  back  and  do  more  for  the  glorious  Condederacy  and  much 
more."  I  could  lie,  as  the  saying  is,  as  fast  as  a  race  horse.  The  old  gentle- 
man at  first  tried  to  dissuade  me,  but  he  finally  thought  it  might  be  best,  espe- 
cially after  I  told  him  that  I  thought  I  could  bring  a  few  recruits  back  with  me. 

We  got  over  the  fence  into  the  road.  The  man  got  down  on  his  knees  to  mark 
out  the  road  for  me  using  a  stick.  I  looked  down  the  road,  and  there,  not  five 
rods  away,  stood  the  Lieutenant,  who  had  beccme  alaimed  about  my  long  ab- 
sence, but  as  luck  would  have  it,  the  old  man's  back  was  turned  toward  him.  I 
made  a  motion  with  my  hand,  and  he  dodged  back  into  the  brush.  After  learn- 
ing what  direction  to  take,  I  bid  the  old  rebel  farewell,  and  soon  joined  the  Lieu- 
tenant, who  soon  disposed  of  the  lunch  furnished  for  my  journey  so  kindly  by 
the  old  lady. 

At  dusk  we  ventured  to  cross  an  open  field,  and  before  we  knew  it,  we  were 
upon  a  man  and  his  little  girl  in  a  melon  patch.  He  saw  us  at  the  same  time.  Here 
was  a  dilemma.  Seeing  no  other  way  we  went  forward  boldly  and  told  him  our 
situation.  As  good  luck  would  have  it  he  was  a  school  master,  a  class  with  doc- 
tors exempt  from  the  army  in  the  South,  and  after  some  conversation  with  him, 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  403 

• 

we  found  out  that  he  was  a  Northerner,  having  come  South  a  few  years  before  the 
war.  He  took  us  to  his  house,  introduced  us  to  his  family,  and  they  gave  us 
something  to  eat,  while  he  stood  guard,  as  he  was  not  willing  to  have  us  remain 
very  long  for  fear  of  being  found  out.  After  supper,  and  receiving  some  kind 
wishes  from  the  ladies,  we  bid  our  host  good-bye  in  the  road,  and  started.  My 
feet  were  now  in  bad  condition,  for  it  will  be  remembered  I  was  bare-footed  all 
this  time,  as  neither  of  my  kind  friends  could  provide  me  with  boots  or  shoes. 

The  country  at  that  time  was  full  of  guerrillas,  and  both  parties  had  cautioned 
us  against  them.  However,  we  took  the  road,  and  whenever  we  heard  any  one 
approaching,  either  real  or  imaginary,  we  piled  over  the  fence,  and  lay  there  until 
the  way  was  clear  again . 

Towards  morning  I  began  to  give  out.  My  feet  became  so  sore  that  it  was 
almost  impossible  to  walk,  so  I  told  the  Lieutenant  "to  go  on  and  leave  me  and 
try  to  reach  camp,"  but  he  would  not  leave  me  in  such  a  bad  plight,  sometimes, 
however,  getting  ahead  of  me  would  wait  until  I  came  up.  A  little  before  day- 
light we  lay  down  before  some  logs.  It  was  quite  cool,  but  as  we  lay  close 
together  and  being  tired,  we  got  a  little  sleep,  but  when  we  woke  up  my  feet  hurt 
me  worse  than  ever.  I  hobbled  along  as  best  I  could.  About  noon  we  came  to  a 
place  that  looked  familiar,  and  knowing  we  were  not  more  than  eight  or  ten 
miles  from  camp,  the  lieutenant  went  ahead.  Reaching  camp,  a  squad  of  my  com- 
pany, G,  with  an  extra  horse,  was  sent  out  for  me.  When  we  reached  the  picket, 
about  half  the  regiment  were  there. 

I  was  a  very  sorry  looking  object.  My  feet  had  kept  catching  on  my  pants' 
legs,  tripping  me  up  so  that  I  had  to  keep  tearing  off  the  bottom  till  they  only 
reached  to  my  knees,  while  bleeding  feet  and  a  little  piece  of  a  straw  hat  com- 
pleted the  picture. 

Of  the  other  squads  I  will  not  speak,  leaving  some  of  them,  if  living,  to 
speak  for  themselves. 

A  DRILL. 

The  whole  regiment  was  out  on  drill  by  the  Colonel,  and  everything  went  off 
nicely.  The  Colonel  put  them  through  various  evolutions  of  battalion  and  regi- 
mental drill:  march  in  column  by  companies  by  fours,  right  and  left  wheels,  etc., 
and  the  regiment  felt  quite  elated,  and  were  sure  they  were  doing  a  good  service 
and  were  a  credit  to  the  Colonel  and  themselves,  when  suddenly  came  the  order, 
"Break  from  right  to  march  to  the  left  to  the  rear . "  This  was  something  new  to 
officers  and  men .  Some  of  the  officers  did  not  catch  the  order,  some  of  them  did 
not  know  what  it  meant,  but  all  thought  they  must  do  something.  The  regiment 
just  at  this  time  was  a  sight  to  see,  so  was  Colonel  Brackett.  The  order  was  given 
again  and  again,  but  the  more  the  officers  tried  to  execute  the  more  muddled  the 
regiment  became.  The  Colonel  fairly  stormed,  but  it  was  no  use,  and  finally 
came  the  order:  "  Officers,  take  your  men  back  to  their  quarters,  and  drill  there; 
parade  is  dismissed." 

THE  STRIKE. 

One  of  the  incidents  of  camp  life  may  be  stated  as  follows: 
One  of  the  inducements  held  out  to  our  boys  to  induce  them  to  enlist  was  the 
promise  of  prompt  and  sure  pay  every  two  months.     January,  1862,  came,  and 


404  HISTOKr   OF   THE 

• 

we  had,  as  yet,  seen  no  indications  of  the  Paymaster,  and  many  began  to  manifest 
symptoms  of  uneasiness,  which  finally  culminated  in  a  determination.  The  dis- 
contented had  talked  it  up  among  themselves  that  they  would  not  stand  it  any 
longer,  and  some  were  inclined  to  overt  acts.  Camp  Douglas  had  a  regular  mili- 
tary guard,  and  the  only  lawful  egress  was  by  way  of  the  gate  on  the  east  side  of 
camp,  and  only  then  with  a  permit  or  pass  signed  by  the  Colonel  or  some  one  in 
command. 

One  particular  day  the  boys  began  to  assemble  in  the  north  of  camp,  and  by  some 
bold  spirits,  the  proposition  was  put  forth  that,  "the  Government  had  not  fulfilled 
its  part  of  the  agreement  by  paying  at  the  stipulated  time,  so  that  they  were  not 
bound  to  remain  soldiers  any  longer,"  and  moved  that  they  all  go  out  of  camp  in  a 
body.  No  sooner  said  than  done .  The  boys,  their  numbers  now  augumented  by 
many  drawn  by  curiosity  to  see  so  many  gathered  in  one  place,  commenced  to 
move  toward  the  gate.  Colonel  Brackett  was  out  of  camp,  and  Major  Sickles  in 
command,  and  the  crowd  on  their  way  passed  near  headquarters.  Major  Sickles 
rushed  out,  sword  in  hand,  and  demanded  to  know  "  what  this  meant."  Some  one, 
self-constituting  himself  spokesman,  said  "  they  were  going  home."  The  Major 
drew  himself  up,  and  with  uplifted  sword  said  in  a  very  tragical  manner,  "  who- 
ever passed  out  of  that  gate  would  have  to  pass  over  his  dead  body. "  The  crowd 
was  really  more  in  fun  than  earnest,  and  as  they  were  only  playing  bluff,  were 
easily  persuaded  to  return  to  their  quarters.  Whether  this  demonstration  had 
any  effect  or  not,  it  is  quite  certain  that  the  Paymaster  was  on  hand  the  following 
week,  and  we  were  made  happy  by  the  receipt  of  two  months'  pay. 

WAR  REMINISCENCES. 
[By  Sergeant  George  W.  Olmsted,  Company  I/.] 

In  the  latter  part  of  June,  1862,  the  regiment  had  left  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  not 
stopping  for  dinner,  but  marching  till  late  before  going  into  camp.  Our  fires 
were  built,  and  we  were  about  to  have  our  supper,  when  the  bugle  sounded  "boots 
and  saddles.''  Thirty -five  of  Company  L  responded  and  traveled  lively  for  about 
eight  miles.  I  forgot  that  I  was  hungry. 

Up  to  this  time  I  had  never  heard  a  rebel  gun  or  "yell."  The  Colonel  acted 
anxious  too.  About  sunset  the  fun  began.  I  had  charge  of  the  second  platoon, 
and  when  Company  L  was  called  for,  I  had  a  queer  feeling  up  under  my  hat; 
but  little  time  to  think  much  about  it,  as  at  the  very  first  volley  that  Company  L 
received,  my  horse  was  shot  in  two  places  (the  neck  and  leg),  and  Olmsted  was  a 
dismounted  cavalryman.  Soon  the  "retreat"  was  sounded,  and  that  move- 
ment was  executed  so  promptly  that  no  one  whom  I  asked  had  time  to  let  me 
ride  with  him.  Finding  that  I  could  not  keep  up,  I  made  a  flank  movement  and 
took  to  the  canebrake.  In  crossing  a  bayou  I  fell  off  a  log  into  the  water.  I  was 
in  no  mood  for  a  bath,  especially  where  there  were  rebs  to  watch  as  well  as 
snakes,  but  I  got  out  and  kept  quiet  until  it  was  still,  then  I  could  hear  the  rebs 
talk,  but  could  not  tell  what  they  said,  but  somehow  I  felt  "  we-uns  were 
whipped,"  and  that  I  was  in  rather  an  unhealthy  place.  I  had  studied  army 
tactics  somewhat,  but  could  not  tell  what  move  to  make  to  avoid  capture. 

At  this  time  I  seemed  to  lose  all  my  patriotism,  and  thought  if  I  was  only 
at  home — somehow  I  wanted  to  see  my  mother — then  the  country  might  go  to 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALKY   VOLUNTEERS.  405 

| 
pot.     I  held  a  council  of  wfcr  (with  myself).    It  was  thought  best  to  go  back  over 

the  same  floodwood  bridge.  I  got  back  safely.  By  this  time  it  was  quite  dark, 
and  I  was  lost  in  that  awful  canebrake.  Again  I  had  that  same  queer  feeling  in 
my  head.  I  wandered  around  a  long  time,  and  walked  perhaps  a  mile,  when  I 
saw  a  horse  standing  beside  a  road  with  a  saddle  and  bridle  on ,  I  captured  him 
at  once,  but  on  my  attempting  to  mount,  the  poor  fellow  reeled,  and  upon  exami- 
nation, I  found  it  was  my  own  horse.  He  had  hobbled  on  three  legs.  I  tried  to  take 
the  bridle  off,  but  his  jaws  were  locked.  I  took  the  saddle  off  his  back  and  hid 
it.  fThe  Chaplain  of  the  Thirty-third  Illinois  Infantry  found  it,  but  on  my 
describing  it  closely,  gave  it  back.)  Then  I  started  on,  and  came  to  a  road.  Here 
I  had  no  tactics  to  help  me,  but  by  feeling  with  my  hands,  I  knew  that  our 
horses  were  shod  without  toe  corks  on  front  feet.  I  found  the  right  direction, 
and  at  sunrise  the  next  day  I  met  an  infantry  regiment.  Then  all  at  once  my 
patriotism  came  back.  I  was  mad  all  over,  and  ready  for  another  scrimmage 
with  the  rebels,  of  which  I  had  a  plenty  before  I  was  mustered  out  at  the  expira- 
tion of  my  term  of  service,  November  12,  1864,  as  Sergeant  of  my  company. 

Comrade  "W.  P.  Ott   of    Company  F  furnishes  the  ground 
work  for  the  following  incidents: 


December  25,  1863,  the  regiment  had  been  scouting  north  of  Moscow  after 
the  rebel  General  Forrest,  and  were  eight  or  ten  miles  out.  Christian  Jergens  and 
E.  P.  Ott  concluded  to  do  a  little  foraging  for  themselves  to  replenish  their  larder 
for  a  Christmas  dinner. 

The  orders  of  Captain  Perkins  were  very  strict  in  regard  to  the  straggling 
from  the  column.  But  these  two  valiant  troopers  took  the  chances,  and  slipping 
out  marched  out  one  mile,  and  parallel  with  the  column.  They  soon  came  to  a 
fine  large  plantation,  and  going  into  the  house,  asked  for  something  to  eat.  Here 
they  were  informed  by  the  lady  that  they  had  been  having  a  little  Christmas  din- 
ner,  and  had  eaten  everything  in  the  house.  Just  at  this  time,  the  whole  regi- 
ment marched  up  and  camped,  and  in  a  few  minutes,  the  house  was  overrun  with 
soldiers  who  were  hungry,  and  also  searching  for  something  to  eat.  Nothing 
was  to  be  found,  but  there  was  a  large  cupboard  which  was  securely  locked  and 
the  lady  of  the  house  had  the  key  in  her  pocket,  stoutly  declaring  that  there  was 
nothing  in  it.  She  was  asked  by  Sergeant  Covill,  very  politely,  to  unlock  it,  who 
also  told  her,  that  if  there  was  anything  in  it,  they  certainly  would  take  nothing 
away.  Finally  the  cupboard  was  unlocked,  and  found  to  contain  a  goodly  sup- 
ply of  Christmas  goodies,  turkies,  cakes,  mince  pies,  etc.,  which  was  no  doubt 
intended  for  their  friends  with  General  Forrest.  The  Ninth  boys  quickly  confis- 
cated the  lot.  Sergeant  Covill  got  a  roast  turkey,  Ott  a  large  cake,  and  a  crock 
of  milk,  and  taking  them  to  Company  F's  camp  got  up  an  elegant  Christmas  din- 
ner, inviting  Major  Gifford  and  Captain  Mock  to  participate  with  the  boys  o*f  the 
mess,  which  was  then  M.  J.  Covill,  Mort.  Anderson,  Jerry  Gay,  and  E.  P.  Ott. 

"CRAMPING"  A  BARREL  OF  FLOUR. 
It  was  the  custom  of  Commissary  Davenport  to  ssuefive  days'  rations  of  flour 


406  HISTORY   OF   THE 

and  hard  tack,  while  in  camp,  and  the  boys  rather  preferring  flour,  and  not  hav- 
ing a  plentiful  supply  of  Uncle  Sam's  greenbacks,  E.  P.  Ott,  of  Company  F,  con- 
cluded to  do  a  little  foraging  o'n  the  Commissary.  Sunday  night  after  fortifying 
himself  by  attendance  at  didne  service,  he  requested  the  sentinel  to  waken  him 
at  one  o'clock  A.  M.  At 'the  appointed  hour  he  slipped  out  of  his  tent,  and  moved 
cautiously  to  the  Commissary  quarters.  The  flour  was  in  barrels  in  rear  of  Com- 
missary-Sergeant Walker's  tent.  Quietly  approaching  the  tent,  Walker's  sonor- 
ous breathing  assured  them  they  would  not  be  discovered,  and  Ott  detaching  a 
barrel  rolled  it  down  hill  to  the  quarters  of  Company  F,  and  dividing  it  into  four 
equal  portions,  one  for  each  mess,  carried  the  empty  barrel  into  the  camp  of  the 
Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry  near  by.  The  next  day  the  four  bags  of  flour  were  taken 
to  a  baker,  who  furnished  them  with  bread  as  they  required  while  it  lasted. 
This  deed  of  ill-repute  has  laid  on  the  conscience  of  Comrade  Ott,  and  now  even 
at  this  late  day,  he  being  a  good  Christian  and  knowing  that  "  open  confession  is 
good  for  the  soul,"  he  having  reformed,  promises  that  if  the  Commissary  will 
forgive  him  this  time,  he  will  never  steal  another  barrel  of  flour  from  him.  This 
occurred  at  La  Grange,  Tenn. ,  in  the  fall  of  1863. 

Another  incident  was  that  of  confiscating  some  potatoes  from 
an  old  sesesh  near  Germantown  : 

A  few  members  of  this  same  virtuous  Company  F  corraled  a  negro  who 
was  cultivating  cotton,  and  set  him  to  digging  potatoes,  while  they  sat  on  the 
fence  overseeing  the  job.  Soon  the  old  planter  came  out,  and  began  cursing  the 
negro,  when  he  was  informed  that  the  negro  was  in  the  employ  of  the  soldiers. 
He  still  stormed  and  said,  "He  had  no  potatoes  to  sell,"  but  finally  said  they  were 
worth  a  dollar  and  a  half  per  bushel.  When  they  got  the  potatoes  they  wanted, 
the  boys  handed  him  a  Confederate  bill  for  five  dollars.  The  old  fellow  asked 
"  If  that  was  a  greenback,"  and  was  told  "No,"  that  "he  being  a  rebel  should  be 
willing  to  take  that."  The  old  fellow  followed  them  to  camp,  but  the  boys  got  in 
ahead,  and  changing  hats  for  caps,  their  jackets  for  blouses,  he  could  not  identify 
the  culprits.  At  roll  call  Captain  Perkins  gave  them  a  severe  lecture  in  the  presence 
of  the  old  planter,  but  when  the  rebel  had  left,  he  told  the  boys  "They  might 
steal  all  they  could  from  the  rebels,  only  they  were  to  be  sure  that  they  were  not 
caught  at  it." 

A  QUEER  FREAK  OF  LIGHTNING. 

While  the  regiment  was  on  the  march,  June  8,  1863,  near  by  Byhalia,  the 
weather  had  been  very  bad,  and  raining  with  heavy  thundering  and  lightning, 
when  suddenly  a  tremendous  peal  startled  the  whole  regiment.  It  was  not  known 
where  the  bolt  had  fallen,  and  the  column  was  moving  on  again,  when  a  man 
from  near  the  rear  came  galloping  to  the  front,  shouting  "Stop  the  column!" 
Going  back  to  the  ambulance  train,  a  most  singular  sight  was  observed.  There 
was  Ihe  ambulance,  and  two  men  sitting  on  the  driver's  seat  unhurt.  Two 
horses  that  had  been  drawing  the  vehicle,  dead,  and  one  horse  belonging  to  one 
of  the  sick  men  (Lieutenant  McMahon)  hitched  to  the  rear  of  the  ambulance  also 
dead;  all  three  horses  killed  by  the  same  shaft  of  lightning,  and  the  men  between 
uninjured. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  407 

How  that  thunderbolt  managed  to  perform  this  feat,  I  leave  for  more  scien- 
tific men  than  myself  to  explain,  but  the  fact  remains  the  same,  and  no  doubt 
many  comrades  who  read  this  account  will  rememWr  the  occurrence. 

The  following  sketch  is  written  from  memory,  after  twenty- 
four  years  from  time  the  occurrence  narrated  took  place,  by 
Thomas  W.  Eaton,  of  Company  E,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry: 

We  landed  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Friday  night,  April  29,  1864;  went  into  camp 
Saturday,  and  Sunday,  May  1st,  about  eighty  of  the  regiment  were  mounted  and 
armed  with  Colt's  revolvers,  and  sent  as  a  body  guard  to  General  Sturgis,  who 
was  in  command  of  an  expedition  of  about  five  thousand  infantry  into  Mississippi. 
The  command  left  Memphis  Sunday  evening,  May  1,  1864,  and  marched  one 
week  and  laid  by  Sunday,  May  8th,  to  let  the  infantry  rest. 

E.  G.  Ball,  a  new  recruit  of  Company  E,  and  myself  received  permission  of 
our  commander  to  ride  out  in  the  country  and  forage.  We  went  out  two  or  three 
miles  from  camp  and  stopped  at  a  man's  house  by  the  name  of  Jackson,  and 
there  Comrade  Ball  and  myself  were  captured  by  two  rebel  soldiers  and  one  old 
guerrilla,  who  marched  us  two  days  and  turned  us  over  to  General  Chalmers, 
seven  miles  north  of  Oxford,  Miss. ,  and  the  next  day  we  were  taken  to  Oxford 
and  turned  over  to  the  Provost-Marshal .  There  were  in  our  party  three  (  Ball, 
myself  and  a  young  man  from  the  Seventh  Indiana  Cavalry),  and  in  the  course  of 
two  days  four  more  unfortunates  were  brought  in,  two  from  the  Second  Michigan 
and  one  each  from  the  Tenth  Missouri  and  Sixth  Tennessee  Cavalry. 

We  were  placed  in  a  three-story  building  east  of  the  court  house  for  about 
two  and  a  half  weeks,  when  the  man  from  the  Sixth  Tennessee,  who  was  called 
''Martin,"  and  I  arranged  to  escape  by  tying  two  blankets  together,  the  only  ones 
we  had.  We  had  one  man  lie  under  the  window  and  hold  the  end  of  the  blan- 
ket, while  we  slid  down  on  the  outside.  We  had  to  drop  about  fifteen  feet  to  the 
ground .  While  we  were  doing  this  the  other  prisoners  were  telling  stories  to  the 
guards  in  the  building,  and  one  sitting  in  the  doorway.  After  reaching  the  ground 
we  crept  out  of  town  in  the  darkness,  and  hid  in  the  tamarac  bushes;  lay  there 
until  the  moon  arose  before  we  could  take  our  bearings  for  Memphis.  We  trav- 
eled all  that  night,  and  about  sunrise  we  came  to  the  Tallahatchie  River,  and  were 
obliged  to  follow  the  river  down  for  about  two  miles  before  we  could  cross,  after 
which  we  made  the  best  time  we  could,  and  marched  all  that  day,  the  second 
night  and  the  second  day  until  about  2  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  when  we  hap- 
pened to  be  walking  in  the  road  bed  of  a  disused  railroad,  when  we  asked  an  old 
man  who  stood  at  his  front  gate  for  "something  to  eat,"  and  he  said  he  would 
"go  to  the  house  and  get  us  something."  I  then  asked  him  "if  there  were  any 
Confederate  soldiers  about."  He  said  there  was  a  whole  company  of  them  just 
one  and  a  quarter  miles  north,  at  Hernando,  Miss.  We  concluded  not  to  wait  for 
anything  to  eat,  but  undertook  to  get  into  tall  timber  just  as  soon  as  possible,  and 
we  had  gone  about  six  hundred  yards  north  when  there  was  a  man  rode  out  from 
the  same  house  that  we  had  stopped  in  front  of  and  pursued  and  overtook  us  about 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  north  of  the  gate.  We  parleyed  with  him  but  a  very  short  time 
when  he  pursuaded  us  to  start  back  toward  Oxford  with  him,  but  we  had  not 


408  HISTORY    OF   THE 

gone  more  than  two  or  three  hundred  yards,  when  I  made  a  spring  leap  and  caught 
him  around  the  body  above  the  bridle  arm,  clasping  both  hands  above  his  revolver 
arm.  His  horse  took  fright  and  jumped  from  under  him  and  left  us  both  on  the 
ground,  when  we  wrenched  the  revolver  from  his  grasp  and  made  him  get  on  his 
feet,  and  we  ran  him  two  or  three  miles,  until  he  was  completely  run  down  and 
tired  out.  We  drove  him  out  one  side  in  a  cornfield,  and  then  we  ran  for  a  mile  or 
more  and  hid  until  dark  before  we  would  make  another  move.  When  it  became 
dark  we  marched  that  third  night  until  we  were  about  seven  miles  due  south  from 
Memphis,  when  it  came  daylight,  and  on  account  of  the  thickly  populated  coun- 
try we  could  make  but  slow  progress,  and  we  wandered  around  until  we  came 
out  on  the  Pigeon  Roost  road,  eight  miles  east  of  Memphis,  when  we  were  over- 
taken by  a  battalion  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry,  and  came  into  Memphis  with 
them  about  10  o'clock  at  night  on  the  fourth  night  out,  making  a  little  over  three 
days  and  nights  that  we  had  not  had  a  mouthful  of  anything  to  eat. 

I  brought  in  the  revolver  I  captured  from  the  rebel  and  afterwards  sold  it  to 
Joseph  Allen  of  our  company,  E,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Veteran  Regiment. 

The  following  incidents  are  taken  from  the  advance  sheets  of 
work  termed:  "  Four  Years  in  the  Cavalry  Service  by  a  Corporal 
of  Company  E,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry." 

[P.  B.  Bowser.'] 

"We  had  no  sooner  crossed  the  Currant  River  into  Arkansas,  in  April,  than 
I  was  detailed  with  nine  men  to  report  to  a  Lieutenant  of  Company  M  for  escort 
duty,  to  proceed  into  the  country  to  procure  forage.  Similar  details  were  made 
from  other  companies,  so  we  numbered  a  sum  total  of  fifty  men.  We  took  along 
about  twenty-five  six-mule  teams.  The  roads  were  good,  the  country  fine  and 
the  land  of  the  richest  quality.  We  bowled  along  the  hard  roads  at  a  round 
pace,  and  at  about  5  o'clock  in  the  evening  went  into  camp.  As  we  had  been 
very  short  of  rations,  we  brought  nothing  with  us,  intending  to  forage  off  the 
country.  Each  squad  went  in  a  different  direction  to  procure  supper  at  some 
plantation,  and  with  orders  to  look  out  for  corn.  I  was  determined  to  get  a  good 
supper  for  my  men,  and  so  I  took  the  main  road,  and  we  started  off  at  a  slow 
gallop,  and  we  were  soon  five  or  six  miles  away  from  camp.  We  knew  nothing 
of  any  other  troops  anywhere  near  us,  but  on  reaching  the  top  of  a  hill,  on  look- 
ing below  us,  we  saw  a  number  of  armed  men  come  out  of  the  woods,  probably 
about  fifty.  They  were  foot  soldiers,  and  cavalry  was  no  match  for  them  on  such 
ground,  as  we  were  in  a  long  narrow  lane.  As  they  were  in  their  shirt  sleeve* 
mostly,  and  as  it  was  growing  dark,  we  could  not  distinguish  the  color  of  their 
uniforms,  if  they  wore  any.  We  looked  at  them  but  a  moment,  when  some  one 
of  the  boys  said  but  the  single  word  "  rebels,"  when  we  all  wheeled  our  horses, 
and  were  not  long  in  getting  out  of  that  lane,  as  we  were  all  splendidly  mounted. 
I  had  a  good  horse,  and  being  a  good  rider  and  light,  easily  kept  in  the  advance, 
but  as  we  rode  along  I  began  to  think  it  would  not  do  to  go  back  to  camp  without 
at  least  showing  fight.  So  after  great  efforts  on  my  part,  and  only  by  drawing 
my  revolver  and  threatening  to  shoot  if  they  did  not  obey  me,  I  succeeded  at  last 
in  getting  my  little  band  halted.  We  then  discussed  the  question,  and  concluded 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  409 

to  go  to  the  end  of  the  lane,  where  there  was  a  clear  open  space,  and  form  and 
wait  until  the  supposed  enemy  came  up.  If  they  proved  to  be  rebs,  we  would  fight 
them,  slowly  retreating  until  reinforced,  if  not  all  the  better.  By  this  time  they 
were  in  sight,  and  the  first  thing  we  observed  was  a  white  flag  stuck  on  the  end  of 
a  bayonet,  so  we  slowly  moved  down  the  lane  to  meet  them.  It  was  a  squad  of 
men  under  a  Lieutenant  belonging  to  the  Ninth  Wisconsin  Infantry,  who  had 
been  over  to  Doniphan  on  some  business  and  lost  their  way.  As  soon  as  they 
were  near,  the  Lieutenant  asked:  "  Say,  Corporal,  did  our  boys  lose  anything  you 
went  back  after?"  We,  of  course,  had  our  fun  over  it,  but  they  were  glad  to  see 
us,  and  we  were  glad  they  were  not  rebels. 

So  we  went  on,  and  about  a  mile  farther  came  to  a  plantation  owned  by  a  man 
named  Downey,  who  was  very  clever,  and  who  invited  us  in,  and  we  had  a  very 
good  supper.  He  was  a  Union  man,  of  course,  so  we  offered  to  pay  him,  and  did 
so,  giving  him  ten  cents  a  piece  for  our  supper  in  silver,  for  all  that  he  had  two 
sons  in  the  rebel  army  under  Price. 

After  loading  our  wagons  with  corn,  our  Lieutenant  offered  vouchers  for  all 
we  took.  One  old  rebel  would  not  take  his  voucher,  but  we  kept  his  corn  all  the 
same.  He  was  a  leading  planter  in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  was  often  ap- 
pealed to  for  advice,  and  yet  he  could  read  but  little  and  barely  write  his  name. 

A  Sergeant  of  our  command  entered  a  house  not  far  from  our  camp,  and  see- 
ing no  one  on  the  porch  proceeded  to  enter  one  of  the  rooms  at  the  end,  when, 
without  warning,  whiz!  came  a  hatchet  barely  missing  his  head,  and  fastened 
itself  in  one  of  the  logs  of  the  house.  The  hatchet  was  thrown  by  a  young  lady, 
the  only  one  of  the  family  at  home  at  the  time.  The  Sergeant  did  not  stay  to 
argue  the  question,  but  went  at  once  like  the  guests  at  Lady  Macbeth's  feast. 

When  we  arrived  at  Pocahontas,  we  found  a  deserted  printing  office,  which 
I,  at  the  request  of  our  Colonel,  took  possession  of  and  got  out  a  paper.  Here 
General  Staele  gave  ms  permission  to  confiscate  paper,  etc. ,  and  to  issue  a  paper, 
also  furnishing  the  following  brief  sketch  of  his  own  career: 

"  General  Frederick  Steele  was  born  in  Delaware  county,  N.  Y.,  and  entered 
the  military  academy  at  West  Point  in  1839;  graduated  as  Second  Lieutenant 
in  1843,  and  made  a  Brevet  First  Lieutenant,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct 
at  the  battle  of  Contrerus,  Mexico,  August  20,  1848.  He  was  with  the  storming 
party  at  Chapultepec,  where  he  received  a  Brevet  Captaincy  for  gallant  con- 
duct, was  made  a  Brigadier-General  of  Volunteers  January  20,  1862." 

I  found  a  boy  named  Hall,  who  had  once  worked  in  a  printing  office,  and  he 
was  detailed  to  help  me. 

The  Colonel  suggested  that  we  invite  the  officers  of  the  regiment  to  contrib- 
ute each  one  a  sketch,  but  as  we  only  remained  here  a  day  and  night,  it  was  im- 
possible to  do  so,  so  I  got  out  one  paper,  selling  them  at  ten  cents  each,  and  real- 
ized about  twenty-five  dollars  by  the  enterprise. 

At  Jacksonport  a  squad  of  soldiers  called  at  a  house  for  dinner.  A  young 
lady  met  them  at  the  door,  and  after  some  sharp  talk  on  both  sides,  she  up  and 
spat  in  the  Sergeant's  face,  who  had  charge  of  the  squad,  when  he  immediately 
knocked  her  down.  The  affair  was  reported  to  the  Colonel,  and  the  boys  were 
at  first  afraid  he  would  punish  the  Sergeant,  as  he  had  been  in  the  regular  service 
so  long,  was  stationed  south,  and  was  thought  to  be  pro-slavery  in  his  views,  but 


410  HISTORY    OF    THE 

he  only  said,  "Served  her  right,  I  did  not  bring  my  men  down  here  to  be  insulted." 
So  the  Sergeant  came  out  all  right. 

"  General  Osterhaus  stopped  at  Galloway's  for  several  hours  as  his  command 
was  marching  by.  He  is  a  splendid  looking  officer  from  a  German  standpoint. 
Tall  and  heavy  built,  closely  shaven  except  a  heavy  gray  moustache,  he  looks 
every  inch  a  soldier,  and  would  do  for  a  model  for  a  Prussian  trooper,  with  his 
high  cavalry  boots,  a  private's  blouse,  caps,  spurs  and  a  common  heavy  cavalry 
sabre,  with  nothing  to  distinguish  his  rank  except  a  cheap  pair  of  shoulder 
straps. 

"  It  was  a  very  hot  day,  and  as  is  always  the  case  on  the  march,  the  troops 
suffered  for  water.  There  was  a  splendid  old-fashioned  well  in  the  front  yard 
with  a  windlass,  and  an  old  oaken  bucket,  and  I  noticed  that  Osterhaus  drew  and 
carried  several  buckets  of  water  to  the  fence  and  with  his  own  hand  gave  drink  to 
his  tired  and  dusty  troopers,  and  more  than  all,  had  a  kind  word  for  every  one, 
at  least  I  suppose  it  was,  but  it  was  in  German,  and  I  understood  but  little  of  what 
was  said." 

"THE  CAVALIER." 

The  following  extracts  are  taken  from  some  old  copies  of  the 
Cavalier,  a  small  paper  published  at  different  times  "  as  often 
as  convenient,"  by  P.  B.  Bowser,  George  W.  Hall,  S.  B.  Davis, 
and  J.  F.  Netzel,  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  under  the  supervision  of 
the  Provost-Marshal,  and  by  consent  of  Colonel  Brackett.  Three 
old  files  have  kindly  been  furnished  me  by  Comrade  S.  B.  Davis, 
now  editor  of  the  StarTce  County  Republican,  at  Knox,  Ind. 

[From  the  Cavalier,  May  23,  186%.] 

"  To  OUR  READERS:  —  We  suppose  that  like  all  editors  we  must  make  an 
excuse  for  issuing  this  little  sheet.  A  respectable  apology  for  begging  respectable 
people  to  become  its  patrons,  and  pay  exorbitant  rates  for  gas  that  burns  only  to 
make  peoples'  noses  assume  the  pug  order;  or  what  editors  generally  do,  make  a 
bow  to  the  dear  people,  try  to  say  some  elegant  things,  tell  them  the  innumerable 
benefits  that  are  to  accrue  to  them  from  the  publication  of  a  paper  only  intended 
to  amuse  those  who  'get  it  up,'  and  furnish  food  for  gossip  to  those  who  have 
nothing  else  to  do  but  talk,  and  have  run  out  of  topics  for  conversation." 


"  This  little  sheet  is  intended  in  some  measure  to  take  the  place  of  letter 
ing  to  the  United  States  troops  now  stationed  here,  to  put  in  running  order  a  valu 
able  office  that  should  be  employed  by  its  owner  in  carrying  out  their  high  and 
honorable  purpose  which  its  material  was  intended  to  serve,  to  do  justice  to  those 
who  may  haply  be  regarded  as  invaders,  and  as  well  and  fully  to  those 
in  whose  midst  we  are  temporarily  thrown  .  We  have  stated  the  motto  of  the 
paper  —  '  The  Union  as  it  was  and  ever  shall  be.' 

********** 

With  these  brief  statements  of  principle  and  heart  yearning,  we  extend  the 
hand  of  friendship  and  brotherly  love  to  all  who  lift  up  their  hands  and  subscribe 
to  our  motto. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS,  411 

PERSONAL. 

We  are  glad  to  see  with  us  once  more  Captain  William  Chidister,  of  Company 
I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  He  still  bears  the  marks  of  a  severe  illness.  His 
presence  among  us,  when  he  is  still  too  weak  for  severe  duties,  affords  a  striking 
contrast  to  those  officers  whose  knees  become  weak  at  the  first  sound  of  a  rumor 
that  we  might  some  day  smell  powder. 

We  are  glad  to  announce  the  anticipated  arrival  of  General  Jackson  and  his 
foreign  attache,  G.  Erastus.  In  thought  we  see  him  on  his  fiery  black,  now 
foaming  and  gnashing  at  the  bit,  plunging  into  one  after  another  of  the  roaring 
torrents  which  lie  between  him  and  us,  his  head  (the  General's)  rising  far  above 
the  surrounding  heads,  fire  flashing  from  the  wiry  covering  that  adorns  his 
caput,  and  his  voice  rising  above  the  din  of  waters  as  he  orders  "  Vollensack  to 
the  rear"  and  the  column  forward. 

Captain  Barnard  F.  Stampoffski,  of  Company  F,  and  Lieutenant  Walter  B. 
Anderson,  of  Company  H,  have  resigned. 

PROVOST  MARSHAL'S  OFFICE.  ) 
JACKSONPORT,  ARK.,  May  18,  1862.      f 

The  undersigned  wishes  to  call  the  attention  of  all  concerned  to  the  following 
extracts  from  Major-General  Halleck's  General  Orders: 

GENERAL  ORDERS  NO.   3. 

"NOVEMBER  20,  1861. 

"  It  has  been  represented  that  important  information  respecting  the  numbers 
and  conditions  of  our  forces  is  conveyed  to  the  enemy  by  means  of  fugitive  slaves, 
who  are  admitted  within  our  lines.  In  order  to  remedy  this  evil,  it  is  directed 
that  no  such  persons  be  hereafter  permitted  to  enter  the  lines  of  any  camp  or  of 
any  forces  on  the  march,  and  that  any  now  within  such  lines  be. immediately 
excluded  therefrom." 

"Also"  General  Orders  No.  25,  December  14,  1861,  which  forbids  the  bringing' 
in  or  selling  to  United  States  soldiers  intoxicating  or  spirituous  liquors. 

"  These  orders  will  be  strictly  adhered  to  and  carried  out,  and  all  persons 
within  the  military  district  violating  either  of  them  will  be  punished  with  the 
severest  penalties  of  the  law." 

[Signed]  LINUS  D.  BISHOP, 

Frowst-Marshal. 

[From  "The  Cavalier"  of  June  14,  1862.} 

"  Skirmish  between  United  States  troops  and  the  Hooker  Bandits  near  Jack- 
sonport,  Ark.  Brilliant  charge  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  C.  S.  A.  Copper- 
heads take  to  the  woods." 

"  Yesterday  an  engagement  took  place  between  a  portion  of  the  United  States 
forces  stationed  near  this  place,  and  the  Confederates,  known  in  this  vicinity  as 
'Hooker's  Company,'  about  three  hundred  strong." 

In  the  morning  a  train  of  thirty-six  wagons  was  sent  out  by  Colonel  Brackett 
for  the  purpose  of  getting  corn  and  bacon  at  the  Waddell  farm,  near  Village 
Creek,  with  an  escort  of  parts  of  four  companies  (K,  M,  D  and  C)  of  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry,  under  Major  Humphrey.  The  farm  is  about  five  miles  from 


412  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Jacksonport,  and  when  the  trains  were  within  about  one-half  mile  from  it  the 
advance  guard  (Company  K,  Captain  Cameron)  were  suddenly  attacked  by  a 
large  force  of  the  enemy.  This  attack  on  the  part  of  the  enemy  was  gallantly 
resisted  by  Captain  Cameron  and  his  company,  who  made,  in  their  retreat  before 
greatly  superior  numbers,  several  stands,  firing  upon  and  wounding  and  killing 
several  of  the  enemy,  until  he  had  fallen  back  to  the  main  body,  when  there 
seemed  by  common  consent  to  be  a  cessation  of  fighting  for  some  considerable 
time.  Major  Humphrey,  deeming  his  command  insufficient  to  charge  upon  the 
enemy  successfully  without  sacrificing  the  lives  of  his  men,  which  could  easily  be 
avoided  by  waiting  a  little  while  for  reinforcements  from  "  Camp  Tucker,"  sent 
for  at  the  first  volley  of  the  enemy.  Two  hours  after  the  attack  upon  the  advance 
guard,  Colonel  Bracket  was  at  the  Waddell  farm,  having  crossed  Black  River  by 
ferry,  with  two  companies  of  Bowen's  Battalion,  Missouri  Volunteers,  and  two 
small  howitzers.  He  found  the  forage  train  halted  in  the  road  and  the  enemy  in 
force  in  front,  shouting  and  jeering  at  our  men  with  that  profuseness  of  obscenity 
and  blasphemous  profanity  for  which  the  chivalrous,  high-toned  Confederate 
troops  are  distinguished.  The  rest  of  the  fight  outside  of  their  braggadocia  was 
of  very  few  moments'  duration.  Two  shots  from  the  howitzers  and  a  brilliant 
charge  of  four  companies,  A,  M,  K,  C,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  upon  the 
enemy,  and  he  was  seen  plying  whip  and  spur  to  his  fleet  animals,  seeking  a  safe 
refuge  from  the  glittering  sabers  and  determined  hearts  and  heads  and  strong 
arms  that  were  in  hot  pursuit. 

The  result  of  the  skirmishes  throughout  was,  to  the  enemy,  in  killed,  wounded 
and  prisoners  in  our  hands,  twenty-eight,  so  far  as  we  can  learn,  though  Captain 
Cameron's  men  think  the  figure  too  low.  On  our  side  we  have  a  loss  of  one 
taken  prisoner  by  the  enemy  and  twelve  wounded,  two  of  them  severely. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  those  wounded  and  missing  on  our  side: 

Wounded:  Corporal  J.  O.  H.  Spinney,  Corporal  J.  H.  Waldo,  Private  Will- 
iam Luce.  Private  Thomas  A.  Foster,  Private  James  Sherlock,  Private  O.  D. 
Herrick,  Private  John  R.  Wilder,  Private  H.  D.  Sturmis,  Private  W.  Farnsworth, 
Private  J.  Kelley.  Private  Frank  Doyle,  all  of  Company  K. 

Missing:  Private  Harry  Strong,  Company  K,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  a  pris- 
oner in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

Thirty-six  wagons  went  out,  thirty-eight  returned,  laden  with  corn,  bacon, 
flour,  vinegar,  etc. 

Colonel  Brackett  speaks  in  the  highest  tones  of  the  conduct  of  Major  Hum- 
phrey, Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Captain  Williams  and  Lieutenants  Madison  and 
Ballwe,  and  First  Sergeant  Miller,  of  Bowen's  Missouri  Cavalry  Battalion,  as 
also  of  Captains  Burgh,  Knight,  Cowen,  Blakemore  and  Perkins,  and  Lieuten- 
ants Benton,  Hillier,  Shear,  Conn,  Butler  and  Smith,  Battalion  Adjutant  Black- 
burn and  Sergeant-Major  George  A.  Price,  and  especially  of  First  Sergeant  Clark, 
Company  K,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

Dr.  James  W.  Brackett,  Surgeon  of  the  Ninth,  was  promptly  on  the  ground 
with  all  the  proper  appliances  for  the  comfort  of  the  wounded,  and  Quartermas- 
ter Price  of  the  same  regiment  (always  ready  for  duty)  was  "  on  hand"  looking 
after  the  material  interests  of  Uncle  Sam. 

Company  D,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Captain  Cowen,  was  placed  in  charge  of 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  413 

the  train  during  the  fight,  and  is  entitled  to  great  credit  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  that  kind  of  dury,  when  all  were  eager  and  anxious  to  be  in  the 
fray. 

The  following  good  story  comes  to  me  from  Comrade  Edward 
D.  Ayres,  Elizaville,  Ind: 

"  Soon  after  our  arrival  at  Helena,  Ark.,  I  had  been  sick  in  the  hospital  (in 
that  long  wood  building  used  for  that  purpose).  After  a  partial  recovery,  I  was 
detailed  by  Surgeon  Brackett  to  give  medicine  and  wait  on  the  sick.  There  was 
an  old  fellow,  a  native  of  the  State  of  Arkansas,  came  into  camp  claiming  pro- 
tection on  account  of  his  Union  sentiments.  After  a  day  or  two  he  put  in  an  ap- 
pearance at  the  hospital  claiming  to  be  sick,  but  he  was  never  too  sick  to  eat  a 
hearty  meal.  About  this  time  the  whisky  that  was  furnished  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses began  to  mysteriously  disappear,  and  in  compliance  with  instructions  from 
Dr.  Charles  Brackett,  to  whom  I  had  reported  the  matter,  an  empty  bottle  was 
partially  filled  with  a  combination  of  whisky  and  croton  oil,  and  set  in  the  place 
of  one  that  was  being  used  out  of.  By  keeping  a  sharp  lookout  I  had  the  satis- 
faction of  seeing  that  same  identical  old  fellow  gulp  down  a  large  part  of  the 
contents  of  that  bottle.  Well,  in  a  short  time  there  was  a  great-  commotion  in  the 
room  to  which  our  Arkansan  had  retired;  such  groans  and  sounds  as  one  in 
.such  desperate  straits  would  be  likely  to  utter.  The  sounds  were  simply  ter- 
rific, we  all  thought  the  old  fellow  would  die,  but  the  skill  of  Dr.  Charles  Brack- 
ett brought  him  through.  As  soon  as  he  was  able  to  travel  he  disappeared,  and 
after  his  departure  the  whisky  was  undisturbed. 

FROM  REEVES  STATION  TO  PONDER'S  MILLS— SLEEPING  UNDER 
DIFFICULTIES— MY  FIRST  AND  ONLY  ARREST— BUGLING  A 
MOONSHINER  OUT  OF  CAMP. 

The  8th  of  April  dawned  bright  and  clear,  when,  in  answer  to  the  bugle's 
ringing  call,  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  struck  their  tents  and  were  soon  in  line 
ready  for  the  march.  We  took  the  Donovan  road  to  the  south,  and  every  trooper's 
heart  beat  high  in  expectation  of  coming  adventure.  1  he  day's  march  was 
uneventful,  and  so  we  went  into  camp  in  the  evening.  The  clouds  that  had  been 
gathering  began  to  pour  down  rain,  and  our  tents  and  our  provisions  were  in 
the  wagons  stuck  in  the  mud  miles  behind .  We  were  obliged  to  go  supperless 
and  shelterless  to  bed,  though  the  most  of  the  boys  preferred  to  sit  around  the 
camp  fire  or  seek  shelter  from  the  driving  rain  under  the  protection  of  the  trees, 
sleep  being  out  of  the  question. 

Our  first  practical  experience  as  troopers  began  that  night.  The  mess  to  which 
I  belonged,  consisting  of  S.  D.  Cleland,  W.  G.  Marts,  Joseph  Littlefield  and  my- 
self, set  about  improvising  a  shelter  of  poles  and  brush  over  which  we  placed  ou  r 
ponchos.  Under  this  frail  structure  we  spread  our  blankets  and  stowed  ourselves 
away  for  the  night.  We  had  to  lie  "  spoon  fashion,"  and  owing  to  our  hampered 
position,  when  one  turned  all  had  to  turn. 

About  2  o'clock  in  the  morning  Littlefield  felt  something  cold  touching  him, 
and  raising  suddenly,  displaced  the  ponchos  above  him  and  let  several  bucketsful 


414:  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS. 

of  water  in  on  us.  This  sudden  and  unexpected  baptism  brought  us  all  to  our  feet, 
scattering  our  shelter  in  every  direction.  There  had  been  considerable  friction 
between  Cleland  and  Littlefield  for  some  days,  and  this  unlucky  accident  brought 
on  a  war  of  words  that  culminated  in  Littlefield  challenging  Cleland  to  fight  a 
duel,  which  polite  request  was  most  emphatically  declined.  The  balance  of  the 
time  till  day  dawned  we  shivered  over  the  smoldering  embers  of  our  camp  fire. 
About  this  time  our  stomachs  began  to  demand  attention,  and  from  a  farmyard 
close  by  Marts  secured  an  old  hen  (which  was,  so  far  as  known,  never  settled  for), 
and  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  write  we  had  her  skinned  and  ready  for  the  fire. 
A  leg  and  thigh  fell  to  my  share,  and  putting  a  pinch  of  salt  with  it  I  soon  had  my 
quart  cup  full  of  a  most  delicious  stew  which  was  most  appetizing  and  satisfying. 

At  an  early  hour  "  boots  and  saddles"  sounded,  and  we  resumed  our  march 
as  far  as  "Ponder's  Mills"  on  Little  Black  River,  three  miles  away,  when  we  went 
into  camp  to  await  the  arrival  of  our  "  wagon  train."  The  idea  of  looking  out  for 
number  one  was  rapidly  developing  in  us,  so  Cleland,  Littlefield  and  myself 
started  up  the  river  in  search  of  provisions.  About  a  mile  from  camp  we  came 
to  a  house  and  the  women  at  our  soliciation  cooked  a  dinner  for  us,  which  we  were 
in  shape  to  enjoy  immensely.  It  consisted  of  the  traditional  "  hog  and  hominy" 
(a  dish  a  hungry  trooper  was  never  known  to  refuse),  with  "Johnny  cake"  and 
molasses,  washed  down  with  rye  coffee. 

The  temptation  to  have  some  of  that  molasses  in  camp  was  too  great  to  resist, 
so  taking  my  tin  cup  I  filled  it  from  the  barrel  and  started  to  return.  Before  we 
had  gone  far  we  met  a  Lieutenant  in  charge  of  a  squad  of  men  looking  for  strag- 
glers, who  arrelsted  us  and  took  us  to  the  Colonel's  tent.  Here  we  received  a 
sharp  reprimand  for  being  outside  the  lines  without  orders.  The  tin  cup,  which 
I  had  been  trying  to  keep  out  of  sight  as  much  as  possible,  attracted  his  attention, 
and  upon  ascertaining  that  it  had  been  confiscated,  he  gave  us  a  short  lecture  on 
the  sin  of  stealing,  turned  the  molasses  over  to  the  headquarters'  cook,  I  suppose 
on  the  theory  from  his  standpoint  of  view,  that  the  best  thing  to  do  with  it  was  to 
put  it  where  it  would  do  the  most  good,  and  ordered  us  to  our  company,  assuring 
us  if  we  were  ever  caught  in  such  a  scrape  again  we  would  be  punished  severely. 

Soon  after  the  wagons  came  up  with  our  tents  and  provisions,  and  in  a  short 
time  we  were  comfortably  situated,  but  I  always  regretted  the  loss  of  the  molasses. 
About  3  o'clock  the  afternoon  of  the  19th,  while  in  the  same  camp,  an  order  came 
for  the  Buglers  to  report  at  headquarters,  which  we  did.  Here  we  found  one  of 
the  natives,  who  had  been  arrested  for  selling  whisky  to  the  boys  from  an  impro- 
vised bar  in  an  old  one-horse  wagon,  and  the  orders  vferetobuglehimoutofcamp. 

He  was  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  road,  the  twenty-four  regimental  Buglers 
formed  in  column  of  fours  behind  him,  and  the  procession  started .  As  the  mud 
was  hub  deep  in  the  road,  the  situation  can  be  imagined.  We  soon  found  we  were 
in  for  a  mud  bath  ourselves,  and  we  took  our  revenge  on  the  old  man,  splattering 
him  with  mud  until,  when  we  finally  halted  on  the  outskirts  of  camp,  and  bid  him 
good-bye,  it  was  impossible  to  tell  what  the  original  color  of  his  clothing  had 
been .  I  spent  the  most  of  the  next  day  drying  and  cleaning  the  mud  from  my 
clothing,  and  it  has  never  been  clear  to  my  mind  which  was  punished  the  most, 
the  old  reprobate  who  sold  the  whisky,  or  the  buglers  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry. GEORGE  M.  KELLER, 

Company  A,  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

LETTERS  FKOM  GENERAL  HATCH — THE  SHOAL  CREEK  CAMPAIGN,  BY  LYMAN  B. 
PIERCE,  COLOR  BEARER — SECOND  IOWA  CAVALRY — LETTER  FROM  E.  DUEN- 
DORP — LETTER  PROM  GENERAL  D.  E.  COON. 

FORT  ROBINSON,  NEB.,  June  18, 1888. 
E.  A.  Davenport,  643  W.  Harrison  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

DEAR  SIR: — It  pleases  me  greatly  to  learn  you  are  interesting  yourself  in 
preserving  the  history  of  a  regiment  as  remarkable  as  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 
I  can  recall  many  instances  of  its  wonderful  courage,  none  ever  excelled  it  in 
daring  dash  and  fighting  qualities.  To  me  one  of  its  most  conspicuous  actions 
occurring  under  my  own  eye,  was  at  the  pass  to  Lawrenceville  from  the  action  at 
Campbellville,  when  we  were  falling  back  before  Hood's  army,  when  the 
troops  were  being  withdrawn,  and  the  Ninth  Illinois,  with  one  regiment  compos- 
ing the  rear  guard  and  the  battery,  were  hard  pressed  by  two  divisions  of  For- 
rest's cavalry.  There  seemed  little  chance  of  their  joining  the  command,  when 
out  of  the  crash  of  musketry  and  artillery  they  came  out  of  the  melee  as  cooly 
as  when  on  drill,  not  losing  a  prisoner.  On  that  day  an  aid  of  General  Thomas 
joined  us,  who  had  joined  me,  who  had  served  then  three  years  of  the  war  in 
many  hard  battles,  who  remarked  for  cool  desperate  fighting  he  had  never  seen 
its  equal. 

To  have  been  prominent  among  the  regiments  assaulting  the  works  at  Nash- 
ville is  enough  to  establish  the  reputation  of  the  regiment  forever.  The  corps 
commander's  report  of  Nashville,  where  he  states  he  had  known  good  infantry 
repulsed  from  less  difficult  positions  than  was  carried  by  the  brigade  of  which 
the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  one  of  the  five,  and  conspcious  for  the  bravery 
displayed  in  the  charges  referred  to,  will  live  forever  in  the  annals  of  the  Nation. 
That  the  Ninth  Illinois  will  be  remembered  as  a  remarkable  regiment  you  can 
rest  assured.  So  many  actions  in  which  it  was  conspicuous  will  never  be  for- 
gotten. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  see  the  history.     Please  add  me  to  your  list  of  subscribers. 

Yours  very  truly, 

EDWARD  HATCH, 
Brevet  Major  General. 

SHOAL  CREEK  CAMPAIGN. . 

The  following  accounts  are  so  well  written,  and  show  so  well  the  movements 
of  the  cavalry  division  of  which  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  formed  a  part  on 
that  memorable  sixty-four  days'  expedition  from  Memphis  to  Nashville,  Tenn., 
from  September  30th  to  December  2,  1864,  that  I  have  deemed  it  best  to  embody 
them  in  full  in  this  history.  They  are  taken  from  the  "History  of  the  Second 
27  415 


416  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Iowa  Cavalry,"  written  by  Sergeant  Lyman  B.  Pierce,  regimental  color  bearer, 
and  published  in  1865: 

"The  Confederate  Government,  conscious  of  their  inabilitjr  to  check  the 
advance  of  Sherman,  had  already  commenced  the  execution  of  their  long  talked 
of  scheme  of  invading  Tennessee,  capturing  Nashville,  and  planting  their  victori- 
ous armies  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio.  This  movement  they  claimed  would 
compel  Sherman  to  abandon  his  campaign,  and  thus  prove  the  turning  point  of 
the  war.  But  they  had  counted  without  their  host.  Sherman  took  no  notice  of 
Hood,  but  having  turned  him  over  to  General  Thomas,  he  leisurely  pursued  his 
plans  for  the  final  blow  at  the  Rebellion. 

General  Hood,  Jeff.  Davis'  chosen  leader  for  this  invasion,  had  been  given 
command  of  the  finest  army  the  Confederate  government  boasted,  out  of  Rich- 
mond, one  corps  of  which  he  had  already  crossed  to  the  north  side  of  the  Ten- 
nessee, at  Florence,  Ala. 

Brigadier-General  Croxton  was  stationed  on  Shoal  Creek,  ten  miles  northeast 
of  Florence,  with  a  poorly  armed  brigade  of  cavalry  to  watch  Hood's  movements, 
but  his  force  was  entirely  too  small  to  confront  so  large  an  army.  Hatch  was 
therefore  ordered  to  proceed  to  Shoal  Creek  with  his  division,  now  known  as  the 
Fifth  Division  Cavalry  Corps,  M.  D.  M.,  and  having  united  his  forces  with  those 
of  General  Croxton,  to  take  command  of  all.  Croxton's  command  had  suffered 
severely  from  the  assaults  of  Hood's  troops,  and  General  Hatch  found  great  dili- 
gence requisite  for  guarding  against  this  wily  and  powerful  foe.  But  in  selecting 
him  for  this  work,  General  Thomas  had  placed  the  right  man  in  the  right  place, 
as  was  attested  by  the  fact  that  while  he  remained  there,  the  enemy,  who  out- 
numbered his  force  five  to  one,  did  not  succeed,  in  any  instance,  in  gaining 
advantage  over  him.  General  Hatch  reached  Shoal  Creek  November  6th,  and 
that  night  made  a  reconnoissance  of  the  rebel  pickets,  the  result  of  which  was  a 
sharp  skirmish  between  the  two  forces  across  the  creek. 

No  advantage,  save  a  knowledge  of  the  rebel  position,  was  gained.  Our  loss 
was  none.  Hatch  attacked  the  enemy's  pickets  on  the  8th.  The  Second  Iowa 
were  the  advance  and  attacking  party.  Captain  Foster  moved  forward  upon  the 
rebel  right  until  he  gained  the  creek,  when  Company  D,  Lieutenant  Griffith  com- 
manding, plunged  into  the  stream,  swollen  by  the  rains.  The  current,  however, 
was  too  strong  to  be  resisted  successfully,  and  as  the  horses  reached  the  swiftest 
part  of  the  water,  they  were  rolled  down  the  stream  with  resistless  fury.  This 
necessitated  the  abandonment  of  the  attempt  at  crossing.  While  this  was  passing 
on  the  left,  Company  I,  Lieutenant  Watson  commanding,  pressed  to  the  creek  on 
the  right,  and  attempted  to  reach  and  burn  a  mill  near  the  opposite  side  of  the 
stream,  used  by  the  rebels  to  grind  corn  for  their  army.  But  this  mill  was 
strongly  guarded,  besides  being  protected  by  the  same  resistless  flood  that  had 
turned  Company  D  back  on  the  left.  Under  cover  of  this  attack  Major  Moore, 
with  the  Third  Battalion,  moved  off  to  the  right  and  crossed  the  creek  at  a  forp 
some  distance  above.  Thus  over  the  creek,  Moore  moved  southwest,  by  a  rapid 
march,  passing  entirely  around  Hood's  army,  from  one  to  three  miles  from  his 
lines,  and  at  daylight  on  the  morning  of  the  9th  he  struck  the  Tennessee  River, 
fourteen  miles  below  Florence.  The  object  of  this  hazardous  dash  was  to  aid 
eight  soldiers  sent  down  the  river  a  few  days  previous  to  attempt  the  destruction 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

of  Hood's  pontoons  at  Florence.  As  soon  as  Moore  struck  the  point  designated, 
he  caused  a  large  bonfire,  built  as  a  guide  to  these  fellows,  -who  Hatch  hoped 
might  have  reached  (hat  neighborhood  in  need  of  help.  Moore  waited  here  for 
them  to  report  as  long  as  it  was  prudent,  when,  hearing  nothing  from  them,  he 
turned  his  face  campward,  which  he  reached  after  again  swimming  Shoal  Creek 
on  the  night  of  the  10th.  The  boys  with  Moore  were  hungry,  wet  and  weary, 
having  been  out  thirty-eight  hours  in  a  continual  rain  storm.  Twenty-nine  hours 
of  this  time  were  spent  in  the  saddle,  either  fighting  or  on  the  rapid-  march. 
Major  Moore  pressed  citizens  to  guide  him  on  the  9th,  palming  himsell  off  upon 
them  as  a  Confederate  officer.  The  men,  after  whom  Moore  went,  did  not  suc- 
ceed in  their  pontoon-destroying  enterprise,  and  were  most  of  them  captured. 

As  General  Hatch  was  determined  to  keep  posted  as  to  the  doings  and  posi- 
tions of  the  enemy  he  was  watching,  he  made  a  third  attack  upon  their  lines  on 
the  llth.  Major  Schmitzer,  with  the  Second  Battalion  of  the  Second  Iowa,  forced 
a  crossing,  fording  the  creek  and  driving  in  the  pickets  on  the  other  side.  At  the 
same  time  of  this  move,  Captain  Harper,  with  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  crossed 
the  creek  above,  and  coming  around  in  the  rebel  rear  he  charged  their  pickets, 
striking  a  panic  in  their  camp,  under  cover  of  which  he  recrossed  below  and 
rejoined  the  command. 

On  the  18th  of  November,  Colonel  Coon  again  crossed  Shoal  Creek  with  the 
Second  Brigade,  and  moved  several  miles  around  the  enemy's  camp.  "When  some 
five  miles  from  the  creek,  we  struck  the  rebel  pickets,  just  as  they  were  being 
posted  after  a  foraging  tour;  Company  D,  Lieutenant  Griffith  commanding,  was 
in  advance.  As  the  videttes,  four  in  number,  discovered  the  pickets,  they  imme- 
diately charged  them  with  such  fury  that  the  rebels  fled  without  firing  a  shot,  or 
even  halting  to  see  the  strength  of  their  pursuers.  These  videttes  pursued  1him 
to  the  main  column,  capturing  two  prisoners,  two  revolvers  and  sixteen  guns. 
Colonel  Coon  continued  the  reconnoissance  for  a  few  miles  further,  and  then 
returned  to  the  neighborhood  of  Cowpen  Ford,  where  he  camped  for  a  few 
days. 

On  the  18th  Major  Horton  made  a  reconnoissance  across  the  creek  with  the 
Second  Iowa  and  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry.  He  crossed  at  Cowpen  Ford  and 
moved  around  Hood's  lines,  within  from  three-fourths  of  a  mile  to  a  mile  of  the 
rebel  pickets,  penetrating  the  country  as  far  as  the  Waynesboro  road.  When 
about  midway  between  Shoal  Cre<  k  and  this  road,  he  had  to  pass  a  main  thor- 
oughfare leading  direct  to  the  rebel  camp,  not  more  than  three  miles  distant.  At 
this  road  he  left  the  Ninth  Illinois  to  keep  back  any  force  the  enemy  should  send 
in  that  direction,  until,  with  the  Second  Iowa,  he  could  complete  the  reconnois- 
sance, and  return  to  that  place.  We  had  not  moved  far,  however,  before  the 
report  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  rifles  told  us  that  Harper  could  not  hold  his  post  in 
peace .  Soon  an  orderly  came  from  Harper  informing  Horton  that  the  enemy 
were  concenrtating  such  a  force  at  that  point,  that  he  should  be  forced  to  yield 
the  road  to  them.  Upon  the  reception  of  this  news,  Horton  ordered  Haiper  to- 
fall  back  by  the  most  practicable  route  and  re-cross  the  creek,  leaving  him  to  get 
out  as  best  he  could  after  completing  his  march  to  the  Waynesboro  road.  We  now 
pressed  rapidly  forward  until  the  desired  point  was  reached  and  the  requisite 
information  obtained.  This  done,  Major  Horton  directed  his  guide  to  take  him 


418  HISTORY    OF    THE 

to  some  ford  farther  up  the  creek  than  the  one  at  which  Harper  \vas  expected  to 
cross.  As  we  had  no  train,  the  guide  took  us  to  an  old  disused  ford,  where, 
having  to  cross  a  very  rough  country  and  a  very  muddy  field,  we  succeeded  in 
crossing  the  creek  in  safety .  The  knowledge  obtained  by  Horton  of  the  exist- 
ence of  this  ford  subsequently  proved  of  great  importance  to  our  brigade. 

On  the  morning  of  the  19th  of  November  General  Hatch  ordered  Colonel 
Coon  to  cross  the  creek  with  the  second  brigade,  and  establish  a  camp  on  Butler 
Creek.  From  information  gained  by  former  reconnoissances,  Colonel  Coon 
regarded  this  as  a  very  dangerous  experiment,  but,  nevertheless,  promptly  obeyed 
the  order,  and  by  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  brigade  with  train  and  baggage  had 
crossed  the  creek  and  moved  towards  the  spot  designated  as  our  camp.  Colonel 
Coon  crossed  at  Cowpen  Ford,  which  is  below  where  Biitler  Creek  empties  into 
Shoal  Creek.  No  sooner  had  Coon  moved  out  towards  Butler  Creek  than 
General  Forrest,  who  from  the  frequency  of  our  reconnoissances  was  anticipating 
this  move,  moved  upon  our  rear,  cutting  us  off  from  Cowpen  Ford.  Forrest  had 
also  sent  General  Buford's  division  of  mounted  infantry,  consisting  of  ten  regi- 
ments, to  the  ford  above  Butler  Creek. 

As  the  Second  Iowa,  who  were  in  the  advance,  crossed  Butler  Creek,  they 
were  attacked  by  General  Buford.at  the  same  time  that  the  Ninth  Illinois  were  at- 
tacked by  Forrest  in  the  rear.     Our  position  at  this  crisis  was  anything  but  favor- 
able.    Our  force  did  not  number  over  twelve  hundred  fighting   men.     Shoal 
Creek,  fearfully  swollen  by  the  copious  rains  of  the  past  few  days,  separated  us 
from  the  balance  of  the  division.  Our  front  and  rear  were  beset  by  vastly  superior 
numbers,  while  a  little  distance  to  our  left  lay  the  powerful  army  of  General 
Hood.     We  were  completely  in  the  trap  set  for  us  by  Forrest,  and  all  the  known 
outlets  guarded  with  a  sufficient  amount  of  troops  to  preclude  the  hope  of  break- 
ing through  them.     Fortunately  for  us,  the  center  of  our  column  still  command- 
ed a  by-path  that  led  to  the  old  ford  where  Major  Horton  had  crossed  the  day 
before.     It  seems  that  Forrest  knew  nothing  of  this  ford,  or  he  would  have  guard- 
ed it  as  he  did  all  the  other  crossings.     Major  Horton,  who  commanded  the  ad- 
vance, saw  at  once  our  only  hope  of  escape  was  in  crossing  Shoal  Creek  here, 
before  Forrest  should  discover  it.     He  therefore  quickly  threw  the  Second  Iowa 
to  the  front  to  hold  Buford  in  check.     Then,  without  waiting  to  communicate 
with  Colonel  Coon,  he  ordered  Lieutenant  Boget  to  take  charge  of  the  pack  train 
and  rush  with  all  possible  speed  across  this  ford.     He  then  sent  an  orderly  to 
Colonel  Coon,  who  was  directing  movements  in  the  rear,  informing  him  of  the 
existence  of  this  crossing  and  of  his  doings  in  ordering  the  train  over.     Colonel 
Coon  approved  of  this  promptness  on  the  part  of  his  subordinate  in  assuming  re- 
sponsibility,  and  ordered  the  wagons  to  follow  the  pack  train.     These  orders 
were  obeyed  with  such  dispatch  that  in  less  than  one  hour  the  encumbrances  of 
the  brigade  were  all  safely  over  the  creek.     But  how  did  the  fighting  part  of  the 
brigade  spend  this  hour?    Let  the  incessant  roar  of  their  faithful  seven-shooters 
answer.     Several  companies  of  the  Second  Iowa  were  on  picket,  so  that  their 
fighting  strength  in  the  engagement  was  not  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
men,  and  yet  this  little  band  were  holding  in  check  Buford's  entire  division.  The 
men  were  dismounted  and  well  covered  in  a  strong  position.     At  one  time  the 
enemy  came  upon  our  center  in  a  strong,  dismounted  charge,  but  as  they  neared 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  419 

the  cover  behind  which  the  Second  Iowa  lay,  they  were  received  with  such  a  tell- 
ing sheet  of  lead, that, great  as  was  their  superiority  in  numbers,their  officers  could 
not  make  their  men  (veterans  though  they  were)  face  the  storm,  and  they  fell  back 
in  considerable  disorder.  Under  cover  of  this  momentary  advantage,  Major  Hor- 
ton  fell  back  and  crossed  the  creek  in  safety,  bringing  off  his  wounded,  five  in 
number,  with  him. 

While  this  was  being  done,  the  Sixih  and  Ninth  Illinois  were  as  gallantly 
doing  their  part  in  the  rear  and  on  the  flank,  where  General  Forrest  was  vainly 
attempting  to  break  through  their  lines  to  the  train.  Captain  Mock,  with  a  bat- 
talion of  the  Ninth  Illinois,  got  cut  off  from  the  ford,  and  was  compelled  to  break 
out  in  another  direction.  He  managed  to  manoeuver  so  as  to  defeat  all  attempts 
made  to  capture  him,  until  night  covered  his  movements  with  a  friendly  shield. 
Deeming  it  safer  to  divide  up  in  small  squads,  they  separated  into  platoons,  each 
acting  independently,  but  all  striving  to  reach  the  command.  As  these  squads 
wandered  about  in  the  darkness,  they  often  found  themselves  within  the  enemy's 
lines.  At  such  times  they  would  either  play  off  rebels,  or  by  a  dashing  charge 
cut  out,  as  appeared  most  expedient.  As  these  little  bands  struck  the  rebel  lines 
in  various  places,  no  little  alarm  and  confusion  was  created  in  the  enemy's  camp, 
for  each  squad  was  naturally  taken  for  the  advance  of  an  attacking  column. 
Hood's  army  was  under  arms.  Staff  officers  and  orderlies  galloped  in  every  direc- 
tion, while  various  trains,  loaded  with  headquarter  baggage,  were  in  motion  for 
more  secure  localities.  Captain  Mock  came  upon  one  of  these  trains,  loaded  with 
General  Chalmer's  headquarter  luggage,  and  by  a  dashing  movement  captured  it 
with  all  the  mules  and  teamsters.  Of  course  they  could  not  take  the  train  off,  and 
it  was  abandoned,  not,  however,  until  Chalmers'  large  garrison  flag,  which  was 
in  the  wagon,  was  secured  and  borne  off  in  triumph;  but  even  this  was  more  than 
these  gallant  fellows  could  get  away  with,  for  it  soon  became  entangled  in  the 
brush,  and  as  speed  was  everything  to  them  at  this  point  they  were  obliged  to 
abandon  it.  By  daylight  all  these  squads  were  safely  over  the  creek.  S(  me  of 
them  were  in  almost  a  state  of  nudity,  having  been  captured  and  stripped  by  the 
representatives  of  Southern  chivalry. 

During  that  night,  as  he  afterwards  learned,  General Rucker  prepared  anight 
attack  upon  our  brigade,  being,  as  he  afterwards  told  General  Hatch  while  a 
prisoner  in  our  lines,  confident  of  his  ability  to  capture  the  most  of  the  brigade. 
His  men  were  all  instructed  to  wear  a  white  cloth  upon  their  arms,  so  that  they 
would  know  each  other  in  the  dark.  Just  as  General  Rucker  was  starting,  he 
received  orders  from  General  Forrest  to  defer  the  attack,  as  he,  Forrest,  had 
another  scheme  which  he  hoped  would  result  in  the  capture  of  the  division. 
Thus  we  were  spared  what  would  doubtless  have  proved  an  exciting,  bloody 
fight,  for  our  officers  were  on  the  alert  and  Rucker  would  have  found  that  his 
task  was  not  an  easy  one.  Forrest's  scheme  for  the  capture  of  the  division  was 
defeated  by  Hatch,  who,  knowing  the  vastly  superior  force  of  the  enemy, 
slipped  out  of  the  trap  just  before  it  was  sprung. 

Gen.  Hood  advanced  towards  Nashville  with  his  entire  army  on  the  20th  of 
November,  1864.  He  now  commanded  one  of  the  most  magnificent  armies  ever 
put  into  the  field  by  the  Confederate  government.  He  had  forty-five  thousand 
infantry  and  ninety  pieces  of  artillery,  commanded  by  the  best  generals  the 


420  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Confederacy  afforded,  besides  fifteen  thousand  well  mounted  cavalry,  com- 
mnde-3.  by  Major-General  Forrest  or  the  old  war  horse,  as  the  rebels  called  him. 
Although  Forrest  was  by  profession  a  slave  dealer,  and  entirely  destitute  of  even 
the  rudiments  of  a  common  school  education;  a  barbarian,  wan  ting  in  every  qual- 
ification which  constitutes  a  gentleman,  yet  it  must  be  admitted  lhatasaleaderof 
cavalry  he  had  few  equals;  he  had  none  in  the  Confederate  army. 

Brigadier-General  Hatch  who  had  confronted  this  powerful  army  for  fifteen 
days  with  but  forty-six  hundred  cavalry,  now  fell  slowly  back  before  them, 
being  over  forty  miles  from  infantry  support.  It  speaks  well  for  General 
Hatch  to  state  that  during  these  fifteen  days,  he  kept  himself  well  advised  of  the 
movements  of  the  enemy,  with  a  loss  of -but  one  man  killed,  and  that  from  his 
own  body  guard.  In  order  correctly  to  judge  the  difficulties  surrounding  us  on 
Shoal  Creek  campaign,  the  reader  must  know  that  during  our  stay  here  the  rain 
fell  in  torrents  nearly  every  day,  which  made  our  esn>ping  grounds  perfect 
quagmires,  while  the  roads  over  which  we  were  compelled  to  march  and  counter- 
march daily  were  so  muddy  as  to  render  locomotion  overthem  next  to  impossible. 
Add  to  this  the  fact  that  we  had  no  shelter  from  the  rain  save  gum-blankets,  and 
no  rations  for  ourselves  or  forage  for  our  animals  except  as  we  collected  it  in  the 
face  of  a  vigilant  and  vastly  outnumbering  enemy  from  the  surrounding  country, 
which  was  at  best  so  poor  as  to  afford  but  a  stinted  subsistence  to  the  owners,  who 
of  course  hid  all  they  could  from  us;  and  that  owing  to  a  peculiar  poisonous  in- 
gredient in  the  mud  in  this  region,  our  horses,  which  to  the  cavalrymen  are  first 
importance,  took  the  worst  of  all  diseases,  the  greese  litel,  to  such  a  fearful  extent 
that  scarcely  a  sound  animal  could  be  found,  while  two-thirds  of  them  were  en- 
tirely unfit  for  use,  and  the  reader  will  have  some  idea  of  the  difficulties  sur- 
mounted by  General  Hatch  and  his  command,  during  his  fifteen  days'  stay  on 
Shoal  Creek  —  a  time  not  soon  to  be  forgotten  by  those  participating  in  it. 

Taking  a  glad  farewell  of  these  scenes,  Hatch  retrea'ed  to  Lawrenceburg, 
where  it  became  necessary  to  make  another  stand  to  allow  the  infantry  at  Pulaski 
longer  time  in  which  to  evacuate  that  place.  He  bivouacked  his  command  a  little 
north  of  Lrwrenceburg,  placing  a  strong  picket  on  the  pike  south  of  the  town. 
The  enemy  attacked  this  jDicket  with  cavalry  on  the  morning  of  the  22d.  Captain 
McMannis  with  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  Lieutenant  Bendy 
with  Companies  D,  F,  I  and  M  held  this  picket  post  so  stubbornly  that  the  enemy 
were  compelled  to  bring  up  their  infantry  before  they  could  advance,  which  they 
succeeded  in  doing  about  2  o'clock  p.  M.,  when  Colonel  Coon  went  to  the  support 
of  his  pickets  with  the  second  brigade.  The  fight  now  raged  with  a  good  deal 
of  fury  until  dark,  the  enemy  advancing  steadily.  Artillery  -nas  freely  used  on 
both  sides,  the  Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry  gallantly  holding  the  rear  against  repeated 
charges  and  flank  attacks  from  the  enemy.  Hatch  retreated  thf>t  night  ab<.ut  ten 
miles  and  camped,  moving  back  the  next  morning  to  within  ten  miles  of  Pulaski, 
where  he  halted  again.  The  enemy  pressed  the  rear  somewhat,  but  devoted  most 
of  his  attention  to  a  scheme  for  cutting  us  off  from  our  support. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  24th  we  moved  to  Campbellville,  where  we  were 
vigorously  assailed  by  Forrest.  This  wily  leader  had  here  arranged  a  trap  in 
which  he  expected  to  capture  General  Hritch  and  his  command.  Soon  after  the 
action  began  the  rebel  center  gave  way,  with  the  hope  of  drawing  Hatch  for- 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  421 

ward,  while  a  heavy  flanking  force  should  swing  upon  his  rear  and  cut  him  off 
from  the  Franklin  pike.  This  move  was  detected,  however,  by  Major  Schmit- 
zer,  who  was  on  the  left  with  the  first  battalion  of  the  Second  Iowa.  Schmilzer 
conveyed  the  knowledge  of  this  movement  of  the  enemy  to  General  Hatch  just 
in  time  to  enable  him  to  change  front,  and  by  rapidly  throwing  the  second  brig- 
ade upon  the  left,  checkmate  the  attempt  of  the  enemy  to  gain  his  rear.  The 
fighting  on  the  left  with  the  second  brigade,  Colonel  Coon,  commanding,  now 
became  fierce  and  bloody.  The  Ninth  Illinois,  Captain  Harper  commanding,  at 
first  held  the  rear,  and  gallantly  did  these  brave  fellows  hold  in  check  the  swarm- 
ing hosts  which  Forrest  hurled  against  them.  The  fighting  was  bloody  in  the  ex- 
treme, but  this  little  band  of  a  few  hundred  heroes  on  scores  of  well-fought 
fields,  fell  back  in  good  style,  retreating  or  fighting,  as  ordered.  They  were 
overpowered  and  terribly  punished,  some  companies  leavicghalf  of  their  number 
on  the  bloody  field.  But  as  the  Second  Iowa,  Major  Horton  commanding,  re- 
lieved them,  we  saw  plainly  by  their  defiant  mien  that  they  were  far  from  being 
whipped. 

Horton  dismounted  the  Second  Iowa  and  threw  them  forward  to  check  the 
exultant  enemy.  The  boys  had  scarce  time  to  take  covering  behind  a  neighboring 
fence,  before  the  rebel  column  came  down  upon  them  in  a  charge  calculated  to 
ride  down  all  that  opposed  it.  The  moment  was  a  critical  one.  If  they  overpow- 
ered the  little  band  of  not  over  three  hundred  and  fifty  opposed  to  them,  they 
could  gain  Hatch's  rear,  aud  sad  indeed  would  have  been  the  consequence.  But 
the  boys  who  held  that  line  of  fence  knew  well  the  responsibility  resting  upon 
them,  nor  was  the  confidence  reposed  in  them  misplaced.  As  the  rebel  column 
advanced,  it  was  met,  by  not  well  directed  vollies,  but  a  ceaseless  sheet  of  mur- 
derous lead.  The  enemy  are  confounded,  they  waver  and  at  last  break  in  confu- 
sion. Scarcely,  however,  have  the  cheers  of  the  victors  told  of  their  success, 
when  other  and  even  more  powerful  forces  of  the  enemy's  cavalry  are  discovered 
closing  in  still  farther  to  the  right.  The  order  to  retire  is  given,  but  as  Major 
Moore,  who  commands  the  right  of  the  line,  attempts  to  obey  the  order,  he  finds 
that  the  enemy  already  command  the  road  in  his  rear,  completely  cutting  him  c  ff 
from  his  lead  horses.  Seeing  the  impossibility  of  escape  by  this  road,  he  fell 
back  by  the  right  and  rear.  Fortunately  for  him  a  neighboring  hill 
screened  him  so  that  the  enemy  did  not  discover  the  advantage  they 
had  gained,  and  but  a  portion  of  their  force  followed  him.  With  these  he 
kept  up  a  running  fight  until  he  succeeded,  after  a  march  of  some  four  miles,  in 
forming  a  junction  with  the  First  Brigade  and  was  safe.  After  Major  Moore  was 
cut  off,  the  brunt  of  the  battle  fell  upon  Captain  Bandy,  commanding  Companies 
I  and  D.  For  a  few  minutes  it  seemed  that  these  companies  must  be  inevitably 
lost,  but  after  thirty  minutes'  fighting,  in  which  all,  both  officers  and  men,  showed 
the  best  of  mettle,  they  succeeded  in  making  good  their  retreat.  The  Sixth  Illinois 
now  took  the  rear.  The  fight  raged  until  dark,  when  we  reached  the  pike  at  Linn- 
ville.  Hatch  fell  back  that  night  to  Columbia,  which  place  was  reached  about  mid- 
night. 

We  were  now  within  the  infantry  lines  for  the  first  time  for  nearly  a  month. 
We  here  received  a  mail,  the  first  for  sixty-five  days,  or  since  we  left  White's 
Station.  General  Hatch  crossed  Duck  River  at  Columbia,  on  the  25th  of  Novem- 
ber, and  camped  for  the  night  two  miles  from  town . 


422  HISTORY    OF    THE 

An  inspection  of  the  horses  was  now  ordered,  the  result  of  which  showed 
that  out  of  over  four  hundred  horses  in  the  Second  Iowa,  less  than  sixty  were 
serviceable,  the  balance  being  rendered  unfit  for  service  by  the  greese  heel. 
General  Hatch  was  now  relieved  with  his  division  from  duty  at  the  front,  and 
allowed  to  proceed  to  Nashville  for  a  remount  if  he  desired.  But  this  did  not 
suit  his  fiery  spirit,  as  it  would  probably  take  him  out  of  the  balance  of  the  fight; 
hence  he  obtained  permission  to  move  his  division  out  into  the  country,  northeast 
of  Columbia,  and  press  horses  from  the  citizens. 

Accordingly  we  moved  out  in  the  direction  indicated,  about  eight  miles, 
when  we  went  into  camp,  while  small  squads  scoured  the  country  in  all 
directions  for  horses.  We  remained  here  two  days,  during  which  time  the  boys 
had  picked  up  horses  in  sufficient  numbers  to  give  us  the  best  remount  we  had 
had  since  we  veteranized. 

On  the  evening  of  the  28th  General  Hatch  moved  out  on  the  Shelbyville 
pike,  where  we  laid  in  line  of  battle  all  night.  Before  daylight  on  the  morning 
of  the  29th  he  moved  back  to  Mount  Carmel  and  halted  for  breakfast.  General 
Croxton,  who  was  now  in  the  rear,  soon  came  up  closely  pressed  by  the  enemy. 
Croxton  was  relieved  at  Mount  Carmel  by  our  brigade,  Colonel  Coon  command- 
ing. Coon  held  the  fortifications  here  for  an  hour  when  he  was  ordered  to  retire, 
which  he  did  in  column  of  squadrons.  The  enemy  followed  until  convinced  they 
could  make  nothing  following  a  force  armed  as  we  were,  which  could  be  so 
readily  thrown  in  line  of  battle,  when  they  withdrew,  leaving  us  to  complete  our 
march  to  Franklin  undisturbed.  It  was  a  common  remark  by  both  officers  and 
men,  that  our  brigade  was  never  better  manoeuvered  on  a  retreat  than  during  this- 
day's  march . 

We  reached  Franklin  on  the  29th  of  November.  General  Schofield,  who 
commanded  there,  had  not  yet  completed  his  arrangements  for  the  evacuation  of 
the  place.  A  vast  government  train  loaded  with  army  stores  was  there. 

As  but  a  very  small  portion  of  General  Thomas  army  was  at  Franklin,  General 
Hood  thought  this  his  time  to  break  the  Federal  power  by  a  crushing  blow,  and 
the  capture  of  this  train.  Hood  assembled  his  army  and  excited  their  cupidity 
by  a  description  of  the  wealthy  stores  just  before  them.  These  deluded  beings, 
who  were  almost  entirely  naked  and  poorly  supplied  with  subsistence,  were  told 
that  the  coveted  train  contained  the  comfortable  clothes  and  palatable  rations 
always  to  be  found  in  abundance  at  a  well  supplied  post  occupied  by 
Federal  troops.  Hood  told  his  bare-footed  followers  that  this  tempting  prize 
was  separated  from  them,  but  by  a  demoralized  Fourth  Corps,  and  that  if  they 
would  strike  one  bold  blow,  it  should  be  theirs.  For  many  days  our  army  had 
driven  splendidly,  and  they  supposed  we  were  indeed  whipped  and  demoralized. 
Schofield  had  constructed  some  very  formidable  breast  works  south  of  Franklin, 
behind  which  he  placed  his  infantry — the  Veteran  Fourth  Corps — under  that 
skillful  leader,  Major-General  Stanly,  while  Brevet  General  Wilson,  commander 
of  the  cavalry  corps,  was  ordered  to  protect  the  flanks.  General  Hatch  with  the 
Fifth  Division, was  placed  upon  the  left  flank.  The  enemy  attacked  the  entire  line 
at  the  same  instant,  but  massing  the  heaviest  force  upon  the  center.  Company  K, 
Second  Iowa,  Captain  Band}7  commanding,  were  on  picket  in  front  of  the  left 
when  the  attack  was  made.  They  fell  back  fighting,  and  were  relieved  by  the 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  423 

Sixth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Major  Whitzet  commanding,  just  as  they  had 
expended  all  their  ammunition — one  hundred  rounds  each.  The  Sixth  Illinois 
were  forced  back  until  they  were  protected  by  the  guns  of  the  brigade.  The 
enemy  now  made  a  charge  upon  our  brigade,  which  was  handsomely  repulsed  by 
the  Sixth,  Seventh  and  Ninth  Illinois,  who  in  turn  charged  the  enemy,  com- 
pletely routing  them  at  all  points.  The  rebel  center  came  down  upon  General 
Stanly  in  a  style  probably  never  excelled  for  determined  bravery  by  any  charge 
of  the  war.  As  they  neared  the  works,  the  boys  opened  upon  the  assailants  a  fire 
so  destructive  that  no  living  force  could  withstand  it.  The  rebels  succeeded  in 
gaining  possession  of  the  works  in  one  place  for  a  few  seconds,  but  they  were 
quickly  repulsed  and  the  battle  was  over.  The  contest  had  been  very  brief,  not 
having  lasted  over  an  hour,  and  yet  the  enemy  had  lost  over  six  thousand  men 
killed,  viz:  Major-General  Cleburne,  Brigadier-General,  Gordon,  Adams,  Strahl, 
and  Granberry,  also  two  Major-Generals  wounded.  The  Federal  loss  was  but  six 
hundred  killed  and  wounded. 

We  fell  back  to  Nashville  without  further  fighting,  which  place  we  reached 
on  the  3d  of  December.  The  cavalry  crossed  the  Cumberland  River  and  camped 
at  Edgefield.  We  there  found  our  tents  and  knapsacks,  the  first  time  we  had 
seen  them  since  we  left  White's  Station  in  September. 

AN  INTERESTING  LETTER. 

KOKOMO,  COLO.,  June  17,  1888. 
E.  A.  Davenport,  Esq. 

DEAR  SIR: — Yours  July  received.  Will  state  there  is  nothing  " pro  et  con" 
myself  individually  subsequent  to  muster  out  that  would  militate  one  way  or  the 
other,  and  have  no  inclination  to  become  notorious. 

I  hope  you  are  succeeding  admirably  with  your  historical  facts,  etc.  I  have 
been  frequently  solicited  by  your  Secretary  for  funds  to  facilitate  the  work  you 
have  in  hand.  Providing  matters  result  favorably  with  me  as  I  anticipate  I  will 
respond  as  requested.  I  don't  care  much  for  money  anyway.  Just  now  I  am 
"broke."  It  may  be  within  one  or  two  weeks  I  may  have  thousands  which  is 
peculiar  to  a  silver  mining  camp. 

I  am  an  old  bach  of  fifty  years,  hale  and  hearty,  and  propose  to  live  for  the  next 
Centennial  because  I  failed  to  go  to  Philadelphia  to  witness  the  last.  I  don't 
propose  to  be  "  euchered  "  out  of  another.  I  will  endeavor  to  be  at  Chicago  next 
fall  at  "  Grand  Review  "  of  the  old  brigade.  General  Hatch  should  be  there  to 
take  command  as  in  the  halcyon  days  of  yore.  I  observe  in  nearly  every  paper  I 
get  hold  of  in  these  Alpine  regions  some  of  the  old  soldiers  are  daily  being  mus- 
tered out,  responding  to  the  long  roll,  answering  the  last  call  from  earth  to  all 
eternity.  We  hear  no  more  the  sharp  whizz  of  the  minie-ball  nor  the  buzz  of  the 
shell,  the  soldier  rests  quietly  in  his  last  sleep.  Those  missies  of  death  lie  quietly 
in  our  arsenals,  and  peace  and  contentment  rule  supreme  throughout  the  length 
and  breadth  our  land.  Dixie  lies  placid  under  the  hot  rays  of  a  Southern  sun,  and 
her  sultry,  tropical,  malarial  districts  are  no  more  disturbed  by  the  fierce  conflicts 
of  contending  armies.  Peace  one  more  reigns,  and  thank  God  we  were  victorious. 
Foreign  monarchies  no  more  can  sneer  at  "  Free  America,"  whose  Constitution 
granted  human  bondage  in  a  land  considered  free  and  independent  from  shackles 
gnawing  into  the  vitals  of  human  beings  simply  because  their  skins  were  dark. 
Fathers  and  mothers,  brothers  and  sisters  placed  upon  the  huge  block  in  the 


424:  HISTORY    OF   THE 

market  place,  sold  and  parted  never  more  to  meet,  the  cruel  lash  Of  the  slave 
driver  with  his  ribald  jests,  are  forever  dumb.  The  Lagree  system  is  forever 
abolished,  and  all  thanks  to  our  then  worthy  President,  Abe  Lincoln,  for  his 
war  measure  by  issuing  the  great  and  glorious  Emancipation  Proclamation,  there- 
by wiping  out  forever  one  of  the  most  brutal  and  inhuman  institutions  that  ever 
cursed  the  broad,  free  lands  of  the  American  continent . 

One  word  in  regard  to  my  connection  with  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry:  I  had 
served  one  three  year  enlistment  in  the  Fourth  Wisconsin.  My  brother  at  Rock- 
ford  wrote  me  to  come  and  enlist  with  him.  I  concluded  to  go  into  the  service 
again,  met  him  at  Rockford,  enlisted,  and  were  duly  assigned  to  the  regiment  in 
question.  I  observed  many  things  peculiar  to  the  regiment  that  I  did  not  like. 
I  went  into  the  regiment  an  old  and  war-worn  soldier.  If  I  had  been  a  novice  in 
the  modes  of  warfare  I  presume  shortcomings  would  not  have  been  so  flagrantly 
portrayed,  but  never  mind,  my  sympathies  are  with  the  Ninth  yet,  and  may  its 
record  compare  favorably  with  any  regiment  in  the  field. 

Yours  truly, 

E.  DEVENDORF. 

LOSSES  DURING  THE  CIVIL  WAR. 

From  the  15th  of  April,  1861,  to  the  14th  of  April,  1865  (when  the  order  to 
stop  enlistments  was  issued),  the  United  States  government "  called  for  "  2,759,049 
men.  There  were  furnished  2,656,558 — a  deficit  of  only  102,496,  most  of  which 
would  have  been  supplied  in  one  month  at  the  then  rate  of  recruiting.  Excluding 
re-enlistments,  it  is  estimated  by 'skillful  actuaries  that  the  Federal  armies  con- 
tained about  1,800,000  men,  <3f  whom  1,500,000  at  various  times  were  in  active 
service.  Of  these  59,700  (very  nearly)  were  killed  in  battle  and  35,000  mortally 
wounded,  while  184,000  died  in  camp  or  hospital.  It  is  also  estimated  that  at 
least  20,000  died  soon  after  reaching  home  of  disease  contracted  in  camp — died 
before  June  30,  1865— so  the  total  loss  is  usually  set  at  300,000.* 

The  most  cautious  and  reliable  Southern  historians  do  not  put  their  total  loss 
below  225,000.  By  counting  those  who  lost  a  leg  or  an  arm  or  were  otherwise 
totally  disabled  in  a  number  of  average  regiments,  North  and  South,  we  arrive  at 
the  conclusion  that  the  thoroughly  and  permanently  crippled  by  disease  and 
wounds  in  both  armies  were  at  least  340,000.  Adding  the  deaths  in  the  first  year 
after  the  war,  of  those  injured  in  service,  we  find  that  in  four  years  the  sub- 
traction from  the  virile  force  of  the  Nation  reached  the  appalling  aggregate  of 
1,000,000  able  bodied  men. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  the  government  had  204  general  hospitals,  with  a 
capacity  of  136,894  beds.  In  these  there  had  been  treated  June  30, 1865,  1,057,423 
cases,  in  which  the  rate  of  mortality  was  a  minute  fraction  less  than  eight  per 
cent.  This  is  the  smallest  rate  in  any  recent  war.  In  the  Mexican  War  the  mortal- 
ity in  American  hospitals  was  a  fraction  over  ten  per  cent,  in  the  Crimean  War 
that  in  the  British  hospitals  was  twenty-three  per  cent.,  and  in  the  French  a  frac- 
tion over  twenty-four. 

*While  this  table  is  approximately  correct,  it  does  not  cover  the  number  of  the  Union 
dead  by  59,538. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 


425 


COMPARATIVE  STATEMENT  OF  THE  NUMBER  OF  MEN  FURNISHED 

AND  OF  THE  DEATHS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMY 

DURING  THE  LATE  WAR. 


STATES,  TERRITORIES,  ETC. 

MEN  FURNISHED. 

AGGREGATE  NUMBER  OF 
DEATHS. 

WHITE  TROOPS. 

SAILORS  AND 
MARINES. 

COLORED  TROOPS. 

INDIANS. 

TOTAL. 

Alabama  

2,576 

8,289 

2,576 
8,i89 
15,725 
4,903 
55,864 
2  6 
12,284 
16,534 
I,!t90 

345 
1,713 
573 
33 
5,354 
6 
882 
290 
215 
15 
34,834 
26,672 
13,0>  1 
2,630 
10,774 
945 
9,398 
2,982 
13,942 
14,753 
2,584 
78 
13,885 
239 
33 
4,882 
5,754 
277 
46,534 
360 
35,475 
45 
33,183 
1,321 
6,  '.77 
141 
5,3-'4 
42 
22 
4.017 
12.301 
1,018 
+36,847 
1,672 
106 
552 
243 
239 
232 
5,798 

Arkansas  

California  

15725 

Colorado      

4.903 
51,937 
2(16 
11,236 
11,912 
1,290 

Connecticut  
Dakota  

2,163 

1,764 

Delaware      .... 

94 
1.353 

954 
3,269 

District  of  Columbia  
Florida  

Georgia  

Illinois   

255,057 
193,748 
75,797 
18(69 

2,224 
1,078 
5 

1,811 
1,537 
440 
2  080 

259,092 
196,;*;} 
76,24'i 
20,149 
75,760 
5,  24 
70,107 
46,638 
146,730 
87,364 
24,020 
545 
109,111 
M57 
1,080 
33,937 
78,814 
6,561 
448,a50 
3,156 
313,180 
1,810 
337,936 
23,236 
31,092 
1,965 
33,288 

Indiana  .  :  

Iowa  

Kansas  

Kentucky  

61,743 
5,224 
64,9:3 
33,995 
123,781 
85.479 

314 

23,703 

Louisiana  

Maine  

5,030 
3,925 
19,988 
498 
3 

104 
8,718 
3,966 
1,387 
104 

Maryland  — 
Massachusetts  
Michigan.  

Minnesota  

23,913 
5«5 
100,616 
3,157 

Mississippi  

Missouri  

151 

8,314 

Nebraska  

Nevada  

1,080 

New  Hampshire  

32,930 

67,500 
6,561 

882 
8,129 

125 
1,185 



New  Jersey  
New  Mexico  

New  York    
North  Carolina  ,  

409,561 
3,156 

35,164 

4.125 



Ohio  
Oregon  

304,814 
1,810 

3,274 

5,092 

Pennsylvania                           

315  017 
19,521 
31.092 

14,307 
1,878 

8,612 
1,837 

Rhode  Island    
Tennessee  

Texas  l.flBft 

Vermont  

32,549 

619 

120 

Virginia  

Washington  

9*4 
31,872 

9  4 
32,008 
91,327 
3.530 
*99,337 

West  Virginia  

196 
165 

3,530' 

Wisconsin  

91,029 

133 

Indian  Nations  

Colored  Troops  

99,337 

Veteran  Reserve  Corps  

TJ.  S.  Veteran  Volunteers  (Hancock's  Corps) 
U.  S.  Volunteer  Engineers  and  Sharps'ters. 
TJ  S.  Volunteer  Infantry  

General  and  general  staff  officers,  U.  S.  Vols. 
Miscellaneous  U.S.  Vols.  (brigade  bands),etc. 
Regular  Army  

Grand  aggregate  

2,494,592 

01,207 

78,975 

!,.>!0 

2,7:8,304 

359,528 

*  Number  not  credited  upon  the  quotas  of  any  State. 

t  Includes  losses  in  all  colored  organizations,  excepting  three  regiments  from  Massa- 
husetts. 

EXPLANATORY    NOTES. 

With  the  exception  of  three  Massachusetts  regiments  (organized  and  officered  ex- 
clusively by  the  State  authorities)  whose  casualties  are  included  with  those  of  the  white 


4:26  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

troops  from  that  State,  all  losses  in  the  one  hundred  and  seventy-eight  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  seventy-five  colored  troops  are  reported  separately,  irrespective  of  any 
credits  allowed  upon  the  quotas  of  the  States.  The  deaths  in  the  excepted  regiments 
aggregated  574. 

In  all  other  cases  the  figures  in  the  column  of  deaths  represent  only  such  as  occurred 
among  the  white  troops  and  Indian*.  Information  relative  to  the  number  of  deaths  in  the 
Navy  and  Marine  Corps  belongs  to  the  Navy  Department. 

The  colored  soldiers  organizad  under  the  direct  authority  of  the  General  Govern- 
ment, and  not  credited  to  any  State,  were  recruited  as  follows: 

In  Alabama,  4,969;  Arkansas,  5,536;  Colorado,  95;  Florida,  1,044;  Georgia,  3,486; 
Louisiana,  34,052;  Mississippi,  17,869;  North  Carolina,  5,035;  South  Carolina,  5,463;  Ten- 
nessee, 20,133;  Texas,  47;  Virginia,  5,733. 

There  were  also  5,896  negro  soldiers  enlisted  at  large,  or  whose  credits  are  not 
specifically  expressed  by  the  records. 

Of  the  number  of  col  >red  troops  credited  to  the  States,  5,053  were  obtained,  under 
the  provisions  of  section  3,  act  of  Congress,  approved  July  4,  1864,  from  the  States  that 
had  seceded. 

The  number  of  officers  and  men  of  the  Regular  Army,  among  whom  the  casualties 
herein  noted  occurred,  is  estimated  at  67,000;  the  number  in  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps 
was  60,508;  and  in  Hancock's  Veteran  Corps,  10,833. 

The  other  organisations  of  white  volunteers,  organized  directly  by  the  United  States 
authorities,  numbered  about  11,000. 


ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE,        I 
Washington,  July  15,  1885.  | 

Approved,  and  will  be  printed  as  a  supplement  to  the  statistical  exhibit  of  deaths 
in  the  United  States  Army  during  the  late  war. 

R.  C.  DRUM, 

Adjutant-General. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

SAM.  VANSANT  ON  PICKET  —  PRESENTATION  TO  COLONEL  BURGH  — 
Two   MARRIAGE   INCIDENTS  —  THE   RECRUIT  ON  PICKET  —  GEN- 
ERAL DONALSON'S  MULES  —  EXECUTION  AT  MEMPHIS. 


following  incident  will  show  the  chivalrous  conduct  of 
I        one  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  on  the  occasion  of 
the  Smith  and  Grierson  raid  to  West  Point,  Miss.,  in  the  month 
of  February,  1864  : 

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  soldiers  of  this  command  were  in  an  enemy's 
country,  and  were  not  particular  about  being  very  polite  in  their  requests  or  in 
taking  whatever  they  required.  At  a  certain  house  at  or  near  Marietta  lived 
a  family  by  the  name  of  Norvell,  and  in  this  family  was  a  young  girl,  who  was 
in  terrible  fear  of  the  Northern  soldiers,  and  while  our  army  was  passing,  the 
gallant  Corporal,  Sam  Vansant,  called  at  this  house,  and  discovering  the  extreme 
terror  of  the  family  drew  his  saber  and  placed  himself  on  guard  till  the  last 
soldier  had  passed,  and  protected  this  family  from  all  insult  and  annoyance. 

This  kindness  of  the  gallant  Vansant  won  the  regard  of  the  family  —  partic- 
ularly of  the  young  girl,  who  though  twice  married,  in  all  these  years  past  has 
borne  in  grateful  remembrance  the  protection  furnished  at  that  time. 

In  February,  1888,  twenty-four  years  after  the  event,  she  sent  to  Captain 
Vansant  a  letter  of  grateful  acknowledgement  for  the  service  rendered,  and  a 
souvenir  of  kindly  feeling  and  remembrance. 

DEATH  OF  JAMES  FONES. 

While  the  Ninth  were  lying  at  Savannah,  Tenn.,  October  14,  1864,  a  forag- 
ing party  under  Lieutenant  S.  Major  some  eight  miles  from  camp,  was  surprised 
by  the  enemy,  and  being  surrounded,  four  of  the  command  were  captured,  and 
some  of  them  wounded;  among%e  latter  was  James  Fones,  of  Company  B,  whose 
good  nature  and  genial  disposition,  as  well  as  his  promptness  and  fidelity  to  duty 
on  all  occasions,  made  him  a  general  favorite.  He  was  loved  by  all  who  knew 
"  big  Jim  Fones."  He  was  shot  through  the  body  by  the  guerrillas.  After  he 
was  wounded  and  captured,  the  rebels  made  him  ride  in  his  wounded  condition 
ten  miles  to  an  unfrequented  place  in  the  woods.  This  was  about  dark  on  the 
evening  of  the  14th  of  October. 

His  captors  left  him  with  a  woman  who  did  everything  in  her  power  to  lesson 
his  suffering,  which  had  been  much  aggravated  by  the  long  ride  his  unfeeling 
captors  had  obliged  him  to  make. 

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Three  of  our  men  captured  at  the  same  time  were  paroled  the  next  morning 
and  came  back  to  camp,  when  Captain  Mock  took  two  companies,  B  and  F,  with 
Dr.  Agnew.and  an  ambulance,  and  brought  their  wounded  comrade  into  camp, 
but  his  wound  was  mortal,  and  although  everything  that  was  possible  was  done 
for  him  by  the  Doctor  and  his  comrades  he  died  on  the  16th  of  October,  1864, 
and  was  buried  with  military  honors  at  Savannah,  Tenn.,  on  the  banks  of  the 
Tennessee  River. 

SWORD  PRESENTATION  TO  COLONEL  BURGH. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  regiment  it  was  quite  the  custom  of  friends,  and  also 
f  the  members  of  the  different  companies,  to  make  presentations  of  dress  swords, 
etc.,  to  the  officers  of  the  regiment,  and  this  was  well  enough  seemingly  as  an 
expression  of  the  esteem  in  which  these  officers  were  held  by  their  friends. 
There  is,  however,  another  side  when  one  comes  to  analyze  the  subject  that  would 
appear  to  make  all  these  presentations  and  the  acceptance  of  the  same  by  the 
volunteer  soldiers  to  be  of  questionable  taste. 

A  notable  instance  of  the  delicacy  of  treatment,  and  the  firm  stand  taken  by 
an  officer  of  the  Ninth,  is  here  noted.  Soon  after  Company  A  arrived  in  camp  it 
was  proposed  by  some  comrades  that  the  members  of  the  company,  to  show  their 
appreciation  of  what  Captain  H.  B.  Burgh  had  done  for  them  and  the  confidence 
and  esteem  in  which  he  was  held,  to  present  him  in  behalf  of  the  company  with  a 
dress  sword,  and  for  this  purpose  one  hundred  dollars  had  been  subscribed  by 
the  members  of  Company  A.  By  some  means  the  Captain  learned  of  this  move- 
ment, and  not  thinking  it  the  proper  thing  at  this  time,  he  called  his  c<  mpany 
together,  and  stated  to  them  that  he  had  learned  of  their  intention,  and  that  while 
he  appreciated  the  honor  intended  him,  he  must  discourage  their  carrying  it  f  ut, 
and  requested  the  return  of  the  money  to  the  donors,  at  the  same  time  giving  a& 
his  reasons  "  That  he  was  as  yet  untried,  and  they  did  not  know  but  that  in  the 
first  actual  contact  with  the  enemy  he  might  run  away  or  even  at  the  present 
time  grow  faint  hearted,  and  thus  bring  disgrace  upon  the  sword  they  proposed 
to  present."  Stating  further  that  it  was  his  judgment  that  a  presentatic  n  of  any 
kind  should  not  be  made  until  a  soldier  had  by  his  acts  shown  himself  to  be 
worthy  of  the  same. 

The  members  of  Company  A,  in  deference  to  their  Captain's  wishes,  aban- 
doned the  presentation  at  that  time,  but  it  seems  they  did  not  forget  their  desire. 
The  years  of  the  war  passed  on,  Captain  Burgh  became  Major  and  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  the  regiment,  and  in  every  position  in  which  he  was  placed,  showed 
himself  to  be  a  gallant  and  brave  officer,  and  had  Jbeen  much  of  the  time  in  com- 
mand of  th"  regiment.  His  rare  tact  and  brilliant  soldierly  qualities  were  appre- 
ciated by  all,  but  by  none  more  than  his  old  Company  A,  who  all  these  years 
had  been  watching  him,  and  were  proud  of  him  as  a  soldier  and  their  old  Cap- 
tain. 

When  the  regiment  went  North  on  veteran  furlough  in  the  spring  of  1864, 
they  stopped  at  St.  Louis,  and  Company  A  determined  to  carry  out  their  long- 
cherished  plan  of  a  presentation  to  their  old  Captain.  They  purchased  an  elegant 
saber,  belt,  etc.,  and  after  their  arrival  at  Rock  Island,  on  the  morning  of  March 
25th,  the  company  sent  for  Colonel  Burgh  to  come  to  the  Island  City  Hotel,  where, 


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in  an  earnest  and  affectionate  address,  they  presented  their  elegant  testimonial. 
This  time  Colonel  Burgh  was  at  their  mercy,  and  accepted  the  sword  in  a  grace- 
ful manner,  thanking  the  boys  in  affectionate  language  for  their  gift,  and  the 
kindly  feeling  that  prompted  them  in  the  offering. 

It  may  be  here  noted  as  a  matter  of  interest,  that  of  the  officers  of  the  regi- 
ment that  accepted  swords  and  presents  before  they  went  into  the  field,  not  one 
of  them  remained  in  the  service  but  a  short  period. 

THE  RECRUIT  ON  PICKET. 

An  incident  or  two  that  occurred  during  these  days  is  in  place 
here: 

On  the  afternoon  of  July  11, 1864,  Company  I  was  placed  on  picket  south 
of  town,  and  during  the  time  I  was  there  they  observed  the  enemy  to  have  a 
picket  post  about  a  half  a  mile  distant  on  the  same  road  guarded  by  Company  I. 
Between  the  two  opposing  lines  was  a  large  open  space  of  ground,  dotted  here  and 
there  with  stumps,  and  a  few  small  trees.  During  the  night  two  Confederates 
mounted  came  close  up  to  our  lines,  and  as  it  happened,  almost  ran  into  a  new 
recruit.  The  young  soldier  had  just  came  down  from  the  North,  was,  in  fact, 
only  a  boy  of  perhaps  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  had  hardly  any  idea  of  the  duty  of 
a  soldier.  He  had  been  told  to  "  halt"  any  person  coming  toward  him  from  any 
direction,  and  seeing  the  Confederates  coming  toward  him,  cried  "halt;"  at  once  they 
fired  at  him.  This  was  a  phase  of  the  question  for  which  he  was  wholly  unprepared, 
The  little  fellow  was  completely  demoralized,  and  started  on  a  run  for  the  near- 
est comrade;  distant  six  or  eight  rods.  As  he  came  up  to  his  friend,  fairly  cry- 
ing, his  feelings  were  so  hurt  that  he  said  "  them  darn  fools  tried  to  shoot  me  just 
because  I  halted  'em."  His  comrade  to  whom  he  ran  (Dwight  L.  Talcott)  under- 
stood the  formalties  usual  to  such  occasions,  and  extended  "the  compliments  of 
the  season "  to  the  Confederate  callers  from  a  revolving  rifle.  His  salutation 
seemed  to  the  Confederates  satisfactory,  and  they  retired  to  a  place  less  warm. 

The  young  recruit  tried  to  learn  how  to  receive  such  visitors,  and  later  in  the 
war  won  the  respect  of  his  comrades  for  his  bravery. 

ROMANTIC  MARRIAGE  OF  CAPTAIN  BOOTH. 

At  Germantown,  Tenn.,  Captain  Louis  F.  Booth,  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cav 
airy,  was  married  August  6,  1863,  under  the  following  romantic  and  interesting 
circumstances: 

The  gallant  Captain,  who  was  a  very  handsome  man,  had  been  sick  for  some 
time  during  the  spring,  and  boarded  at  the  house  of  a  citizen  by  the  name  of 
Molter.  Well,  there  was  a  daughter,  a  Mrs.  Carroll,  a  young  and  handsome 
widow,  whose  husband  had  been  killed  at  Corinth  the  previous  summer  in  the 
rebel  army. 

The  lady,  gay,  and  fascinating,  soon  captivated  the  susceptible  Captain,  but 
she  was  already  engaged  to  a  young  Lieutenant  of  a  Ohio  regiment,  who  had 
boarded  at  their  house  at  a  previous  period  to  the  arrival  of  Captain  Booth.  Here 
was  a  dilemma.  For  a  while  the  Lieutenant  was  very  ardent  in  his  attachment.  The 
lady's  affections  strayed  to  the  later  comer.  Her  parents  favored  the  Lieutenant 
and  were  determined  she  should  marry  him  at  once. 


430  HISTORY    OF    THE 

But  here  came  in  the  ingenuity  of  the  parties  most  deeply  interested.  It 
was  arranged  that  at  11  o'clock  at  night,  the  fair  lady  was  to  elope  with  Captain 
Booth,  while  the  family  were  at  tea.  The  dutiful  daughter,  having  already  packed 
her  wardrobe,  threw  the  several  articles  out  of  the  window,  which  were  deftly 
caught  by  the  anxious  lover,  and  conveyed  away.  But  difficulties  beset  them  on 
every  hand — an  old  negress  suddenly  came  in  sight.  This  was  most  unfortunate  as 
she  was  a  great  favorite  with  her  mistress.  The  young  lady  entreated  the  wench 
"  not  to  tell  on  her,"  the  gallant  Captain  joining  his  entreaties  to  the  daughter's 
and  quietly  slipped  a  handsome  present  into  the  hands  of  the  woman,  and  finally 
she  promised  not  to  divulge  what  she  had  seen. 

The  hours  passed,  when  who  should  appear  but  the  other  suitor,  come  to 
spend  the  evening  and  court  his  girl.  She  put  the  best  face  on  the  matter,  enter- 
tained him  pleasantly.  The  hours  passed  slowly.  The  time  of  the  elopment  arrived, 
but  her  beau  still  lingered.  Finally,  with  woman's  ingenuity,  she  began  to  com- 
plain of  a  severe  headache,  and  with  many  expressions  of  affection  the  gentle- 
man finally  departed  to  the  great  joy  of  Captain  Booth,  who  was  stationed  out- 
side, impatiently  waiting,  and  a  spectator  through  the  window  of  inside  pro- 
ceedings. 

The  lady  retired  to  her  chamber,  hastily  donning  her  outside  apparel,  care- 
fully groped  her  way  in  the  darkness  to  the  door,  and  in  a  moment  was  pressed 
in  the  arms  of  her  impatient  and  waiting  lover.  At  a  short  distance  fleet  stctds 
were  awaiting  the  party,  and  soon  they  were  swiftly  careering  "  o'er  hill  and 
dale"  to  the  camp  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry. 

The  Rev.  R.  J.  Lockwood,  Chaplain  of  the  Forty-ninth  Illinois  Infantry, 
was  summoned.  The  inmates  of  "  Crinoline  Avenue  "  were  awakened  from  their 
slumber,  the  circumstances  explained,  and  there,  with  the  trees  for  a  covering 
from  the  dew,  and  the  still  broader  canopy  of  heaven,  the  twain  were  made  one, 
just  at  the  hour  of  midnight. 

The  parents  knew  nothing  about  all  this  till  the  next  morning,  when  they 
found  their  daughter  missing.  Search  was  made  at  the  neighbor's,  but  they  found 
her  not,  finally  they  heard  a  rumor  that  she  was  in  camp,  when  they  came  down 
post  haste,  and  were  met  by  Mrs.  Gifford  of  whom  they  inquired,  "If  their  daugh- 
ter was  in  camp  ?  "  The  reply  was,  '•  She  is."  "  Where  is  she  ?  "  "  With  Cap- 
tain Booth."  "  What  right  has  Captain  Booth  to  have  her  here  in  camp  ? "  "  A 
very  good  right;  she  is  his  wife,"  replied  Mrs.  Gifford.  When  the  old  couple 
heard  this  they  whipped  up  their  horse  and  left  camp  much  displeased,  and  with- 
out any  effort  to  see  their  off  ending  daughter,  whose  undutiful  conduct  they  never 
f orffave 

A  FUNNY  MARRIAGE  INCIDENT. 

While  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  was  at  La  Grange,  Tenn.,  in  the  fall  of 
1863,  Private  Henderson  Howard,  of  Company  F,  was  the  high  contracting  party 
in  a  very  romantic  love  affair,  and  marriage  in  camp. 

Young  Howard  became  smitten  with  the  charms  of  a  young  lady,  a  resident 
of  the  town,  and  as  the  affection  was  mutual,  they  determined  to  be  married. 

They  went  to  the  regimental  Chaplain  to  have  the  knot  tied,  but  it  was  of  no 
avail,  the  good  man  would  not  perform  the  ceremony  unless  they  obtained  a 
license,  and  as  that  could  not  be  got,  they  felt  very  blue  about  it,  but  at  this  junc- 
tion Captain  Perkins  came  to  the  rescue,  as  "in  a  case  of  emergency,  he  could 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  431 

always  be  depended  on,"  and  says,  "Howard,  I  will  perform  the  ceremony,  li- 
cense or  no  license;  get  your  girl." 

Company  F  having  the  Howitzers,  Howard  decided  to  be  married  by  the  side 
of  the  gun  he  belonged  to,  so  while  he  went  after  his  lady  love,  the  boys  turned 
out  and  got  the  guns  in  position,  decorated  them  with  evergreens  and  flowers,  and 
on  the  return  of  the  couple  to  the  company  parade  grounds,  Captain  Perkins  per- 
formed the  ceremony,  while  the  majority  of  the  company  were  looking  on,  and 
it  was  done  in  a  scientific  manner,  too,  and  they  were  correspondingly  happy. 
When  the  regiment  came  North  in  1864,  on  furlough,  the  couple  having  some  doubt 
about  the  legality  of  the  performance,  obtained  a  license  in  Northern  Illinois  and 
were  re-married. 

GENERAL  DONALDSON'S  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  MULES. 

The  following  incident  taken  from  the  Century  magazine  of  August,  1887, 
relates  an  incident  which  shows  that  ofttimes  certain  doings  that  would  seem  to 
be  serious  mistakes  turn  out  to  be  of  the  greatest  benefit,  and  as  it  relates  to  an 
officer,  who  of  those  soldiers  at  Nashville  will  well  remember  (General  Donaldson), 
I  will  relate  it  here: 

This  incident  occurred  but  a  short  time  previous  to  the  battle  of  Nashville. 
"  Prior  to  the  battle  of  Nashville,  Major-Gene? al  John  L.  Donaldson,  who  won 
honors  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  who  died  in  the  spring  of  1886,  was  Quarter- 
master under  General  Thomas.  He  once  told  the  following  incident:  Having 
ociisiou  to  purchase  mules  for  the  army,  he  ordered  a  person  in  whom  he  had 
confidence  to  visit  the  contiguous  Northern  States,  inadvertantly  saying  to  him, 
'  buy  as  many  as  you  can,'  not  supposing  that  he  would  be  able  to  secure  more 
than  a  few  thousand  at  the  most.  Some  weeks  afterwards,  just  before  the  attack 
on  Hood's  army,  General  Donaldson,  on  meeting  his  agent,  inquired  how  many 
mules  he  had  been  able  to  secure.  To  the  amazement  of  the  General  he  was 
informed  that  twenty  thousand  or  more  had  been  obtained,  upon  which  the 
astonished  General  exclaimed,  "lam  a  ruined  man;  I  shall  be  court-martialed 
and  driven  from  the  army  for  not  limiting  you  in  the  purchase.  You  have  pro- 
cured many  times  more  than  I  had  any  idea  or  intention  of  purchasing,  but  the 
fault  is  mine,  not  your*,  I  ought  to  have  been  particular  in  my  orders." 

"  In  an  extremely  disheartened  state  he  went  to  his  home,  believing  that  such 
a  thoughtless  act  on  his  part  could  not  be  overlooked  by  the  Commanding  General. 
He  had  scarcely  reached  his  house  I  efore  a  messenger  came  from  General  Thomas 
with  an  order  for  General  Donaldson  to  come  immediately  to  headquarters.  This 
seemed  to  be  the  sealing  of  his  fate,  and  in  a  state  of  trepidation  bordering  on 
frenzy,  he  appeared  before  General  Thomas,  whom  he  found  in  a  mood  appar- 
ently of  great  depression.  Soon  after  Donaldson  had  entered  his  presence,  Gen- 
eral Thomas  said,  '  Donaldson,  how  many  mules  have  you?'  With  some  pertu- 
bation  he  replied,  'Upwards  of  twenty-five  thousand.'  'Twenty-five  thousand 
did  you  say?'  repeated  the  General,  'Is  it  possible  that  you  have  this  number? 
Donaldson,  accept  my  heartfelt  thanks;  you  have  saved  this  army.  I  can  now 
have  transportation,  and  can  fight  Hood,  and  will  do  so  at  once.'  " 

EXECUTION  AT  MEMPHIS. 
June  10,  1864,  the  very  day  that  our  detachment  with  Sturgis  in  the  vicin- 

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432  NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS. 

ity  of  Guntown,  Miss.,  were  having  their  hard  and  disastrous  engagement,  there 
was  enacted  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  an  awfully  impressive  and  solemn  scene  in  the 
execution  of  three  men  of  the  Second  New  Jersey  Cavalry,  their  crime  being  that 
of  rape  and  robbery. 

They  were  tried  by  court  martial  and  sentenced  to  death.  The  scene  was 
impressive  and  tragic  in  the  extreme,  and  they  were  shot  in  front  of  Fort  Picker- 
ing, in  the  presence  of  ten  thousand  soldiers  and  many  citizens.  The  troops  were 
drawn  up  in  a  hollow  square,  facing  the  fort,  the  condemned  men  were  brought  in 
and  marched  around  the  inside  of  this  square,  accompanied  by  the  clergy,  their 
coffins  in  front  of  each,  until  they,  having  completed  the  circuit,  were  halted  and 
seated,  each  upon  his  own  coffin,  and  then  blindfolded,  while  a  squad  of  six  men 
was  stationed  opposite  each,  with  all  their  guns  loaded  but  one  to  each  six,  when 
the  signal  of  the  officer  in  charge  (the  drop  of  a  handkerchief)  they  fired  simulta- 
neously, and  the  poor  wretches  were  hurled  into  eternity. 

I  remember  that  it  seemed  to  me  that  the  thud  of  the  balls  as  they  struck 
hurled  them  over  backward,  but  it  might  have  been  only  a  natural  falling. 

The  whole  command  was  marched  past  them,  as  they  lay  mangled  and  bleed- 
ing, a  terrible  warning  to  wrong-doers. 

HEADQUARTERS  FIFTH  DIVISION  CAVALRY,  } 

CAVALRY  CORPS,  MILITARY  DIVISION  OF  THE  MISSISSIPPI,      v 

COLUMBIA,  TENN.,  November  26,  1864.    ) 

COLONEL  :  I  respectfully  recommend  the  following  promotions  in  the  Ninth 
Illinois  Cavalry,  to  fill  vacancies: 

Joseph  W.  Harper,  Captain  Company  I,  to  be  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Burgh, 
for  gallantry  in  late  engagements  with  Hood's  advance. 

Anthony  R.  Mock,  Captain  of  Company  B,  to  be  Major  vice  Gifford,  for  gal- 
lantry in  the  field. 

Very  truly,  your  obedient  servant, 

[Signed]  EDWARD  HATCH, 

Brigadier-  General  Commanding, 
ALLEN  C.  FULLER,  Adjutant-General  of  Illinois,  Springfeld,  111. 

LETTER  FROM  GENERAL  D.  E.  COON. 

SAN  DIEGO,  CAL.,  July  20,  1888. 
E.  A.  Davenport,  Chicago,  111. 

DEAR  COMRADE: — Yours  of  the  14th  iiist.  at  I1  and.  I  am  happy  to  learn  that 
your  book  is  completed .  Hope  it  will  give  satisfaction  and  prove  a  financial 
success.  It  would  have  afforded  me  great  pleasure  to  have  contributed  some- 
thing of  interest,  and  thereby  aided  you,  but  the  fear  of  having  omitted  to  men- 
tion some  of  the  officers,  when  they  may  have  done  gallant  service,  deterred  me, 
and  caused  me  to  postpone  from  day  to  day,  unt  1  it  was  too  late. 

I  love  all  the  officers  and  men  of  the  old,  gallant  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY 
VOLUNTEERS  with  all  my  heart.  They  are  veteran  brothers  of  the  late  war — 
next  in  my  heart  to  my  own  brother,  born  of  my  own  dear  mother,  and  I  shall 
ever  cherish  the  memory  of  their  glorious  companionship  in  the  Rebellion  of 
1861-65  while  life  lasts.  Success  in  all  things,  is  my  heart's  best  wish. 

Truly  yours, 

DATUS  E.  COON. 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 

ROLL  OF  HONOR. 

r  I  iHE  following  roll  of  honor  contains  the  names  of  many 
1      of  the  fallen  heroes  of  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry,  who  lost 
their  lives  in  the  service  of  their  country.     The  author  deeply 
regrets  his  inability  to  have  made  the  list  complete. 

Private  Ahr,  William,  Company  B,  died  at  Gainesville,  Ala,  September  21 , 
1865. 

Private  Alberts,  Reinhart,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  25, 
1862. 

Private  Atkins,  Clinton,  Company  G,  died  June  13,  1862. 

Corporal  Albright,  Delos,  Company  I,  died  on  hospital  boat,  near  St.  Louis, 
October  1,  1862. 

Private  Atkinson,  Eli,  Company  I,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  17,  1862. 

Private  Agarty,  Jeremiah,  Company  K,  died  atEastport,  Miss.,  May  16,  1865. 

Private  Albert,  Mather,  Company  M,  killed  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  July  27, 
1862. 

Private  Alexander,  Henry,  Company  M,  died  at  Onarga,  111.,  March  8,  1862. 

Surgeon  Brackett,  Charles,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  February  20,  1863. 

Private  Buncher,  Lewis,  Company  A,  died  June  2,  1862. 

Private  Brigham,  William,  Company  A,  died  September  5,  1864,  at  Mem 
phis,  Tenn.,  from  wounds  received  August  13th. 

Private  Bradwell,  Oliver,  Company  B,  died  at  Camp  Douglas,  111 . ,  January 
15,  1862. 

Private  Bartlet,  David  C.,  Company  B,  died   at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  29, 
1862. 

Private  Burmuster,  Charles,  Company  B,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. ,  November 
9,  1862. 

Private  Berry.  Jordan,  Company  E,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  14, 1864. 

Private  Baxter,  Alpheus,  Company  E,  died  at  Dennis,  Mass.,  June  12,  1864. 

Private  Bear,  Martin,  Company  E,  missing  in  action  at  Savannah,  Tenn., 
October  17,  1864. 

Private  Berry,  James  S.,  Company  F,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November  3, 
1862. 

Private  Buler,  John,  Company  F,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November  3,  1862. 

Private  Baker,  Jacob,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  25, 1862. 

Private  Bowden,  William,  Company  F,  died  at  Andersonville  prison,  Au- 
gust 13,  1864;  grave  5475. 

Private  Behers,  John,  Company  F,  died  at  Selma,  Ala.,  October  25,  1865. 

433 


434  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Private  Brooks,  James  J.,  Company  G,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  April  25, 
1864. 

Corporal  Babcock,  Merlin,  Company  G,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  5, 
1864. 

Private  Bellows,  Albert,  Company  H,  killed  at  Tupelo,  Miss.,  July  15,  1864. 

Private  Butcher,  Isaac,  Company  I,  died  at  Cairo,  111.,  March  24,  1865. 

Private  Brown,  Caleb  N.,  Company  I,  died  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  March  19, 
1865. 

Private  Branch,  Edwin  H.,  Company  I,  killed  at  Pontotoc,  Miss.,  July  12, 
1864. 

Bugler  Buss,  John,  Company  K,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  January  1,  1865. 

Private  Bennett,  Isaac,  Company  K,  died  at  Patterson,  Mo.,  May  11,  1862. 

Private  Barton,  Charles,  Company  L,  died  at  Pocahontas,  Ark.,  May  13,  1862. 

Private  Burns,  Barney,  Company  M,  died  at  Memphis.  Tenn.,  February  12, 
1864. 

Private  Connors,  Edward,  Company  A,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  1,  1864. 

Private  Cooper,  Enoch,  Company  A,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  October  16, 
1862. 

Private  Croinmett,  David,  Company  C,  died  at  Andersonville,  October  1, 
1864. 

Private  Conskay,  William,  Company  D,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  1, 
1862. 

Private  Cole,  Charles  H.,  Company  E,  died  at  Reeves  Station,  Mo.,  April  14, 
1862. 

First  Sergeant  Cole,  Marcellus,  Company  F,  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn., 
November  24,  1864. 

Corporal  Cerey,  Patrick,  Company  F,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  November  17, 
1863. 

Private  Cunningham,  Cornelius,  Company  G,  died  August  25,  1862. 

Private  Carl,  Sampson,  Company  G,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  1862. 

Private  Cherry,  William,  R.,  Company  H,  died  December  31,  1861. 

Private  Cornelius,  James,  Company  H,  died  at  Andersonville,  August  24, 
1864;  grave  6738. 

Private  Cooley,  John  F.,  Company  I,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  October  29, 
1862. 

Private  Curtis,  George,  Company  I,  died  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  January  10, 
1865. 

Private  Connerly,  Peter,  Company  K,  died  at  Chicago,  111.,  December  7, 
1861. 

Corporal  Cameron,  Edwards,  Company  K,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  March 
24,  1864. 

Private  Cleggett,  Phillip,  Company  L,  died  on  hospital  boat,  October  5, 1862. 

Private  Cooper,  George,  Company  M,  killed  at  Oxford,  Miss.,  August  13. 
1864. 

Private  Chenneworth,  Riley,  Company  M,  died  at  Reeve's  Station,  Mo., 
March  23,  1862. 

Private  Downing,  Simon  B.,  Company  C,  died  August  30,  1864,  of  wounds. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  435 

Private  Dillon,  Patrick,  Company  E,  died  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  March  10, 
1864. 

Private  Danilson,  Charles,  Company  E,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  18, 
1864. 

Private  Dack,  Charles  H.,  Company  H,  died  in  Andersonville,  September 
18,  1864;  grave  8187. 

Private  Duklin,  Peter,  Company  I,  died  about  December,  1864. 

Private  Dawson,  Robert  A.,  Company  L,  killed  at  Tupelo,  Miss.,  July  15, 
1864. 

Bugler  Denney,  James  H.,  Company  L,  died  at  Hopewell,  Mo.,  February  28, 
1862,  of  wounds  received  on  railroad. 

Sergeant  Dillon,  Newton,  Company  M,  died  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,  November 
24,  1864,  of  wounds. 

Private  Daniels,  William,  Company  M,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  March  1, 
1864. 

Sergeant  Major  Ellis,  John  C.,  died  August  18,  1865. 

Private  Elliot,  Simon,  Company  B,  died  at  New  Albany,  Ind.,  January  6, 
1865. 

Private  Englehaupt,  David  R.  P.,  Company  B,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  June 
12,  1865. 

Sergeant  Ewing,  David  A.,  Company  E,  died  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  May 
12,  1863;  suicide. 

Private  Fones,  James,  Company  B,  killed  at  Savanah,  Tenn.,  October  14, 
1864. 

Private  Faunce,  Thomas,  Company  B,  died  at  Cahaba  prison,  Ala.,  June  13, 
1865. 

Private  Fries,  Daniel,  Company  B,  died  at  luka,  Miss.,  July  15,  1865. 

Private  Fairchild,  Squire,  Company  G,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,    1862. 

Private  Fiddler,  Conroy,  Company  G,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  May  22,  1865, 
of  wounds. 

Private  Fogerty,  Cornelius,  Company  I,  died  at  Keokuk,    Iowa,   November 

17,  1862. 

Private  Frisby,  Alonzo,  Company  M,  died  at  Andersonville,  February  8, 
1864.  ' 

Corporal  Foster,  Erastus  S.,  Company  K,  died  at  Andersonville,  June  17, 
1865;  grave  12473. 

Private  Fannen,  Henry,  Company  M,  died  at  Gainesville,  Ala.,  October  24, 
1865. 

Sergeant  Follett,  John,  Company  M,  died  at  Reeve's  Station,  Mo.,  March  30, 
1862. 

Private  Goodall,  John,  Company  D,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July  19,  1862. 

Private  Gray,  William,  Company  I,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  February  10, 
1865. 

Corporal  Griswold,  Francis,  Company  K,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  July  21, 
1862. 

Private  Howard,  Alonzo,  Company  A,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,   December 

18,  1864. 


436  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Private  Horan,  Kerran,  Company  B,  died  at  Demopolis,  Ala.,  December  16, 
1865. 

Private  Hover,  Francis,  Company  B,  died  at  Camp  Douglas,  111.,  December 
16,  1861. 

Private  Howard,  Patrick,  Company  E.,  died  at  Cababa  prison,  Ala.,  March 
28,  1864. 

Private  Hayes,  Michael,  Company  E,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  December  6, 
1864. 

Private  Hicks,  Hiram,  Company  F,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  20, 
1862. 

Private  Hamilton,  John,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  26 
1862. 

Farrier  Hamilton,  Jacob,  Company  F,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  14, 
1864 

Private  Houghtaling,  John  A.,  Company  F,  died  at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  Au- 
gust 14,  1865. 

First  Sergeant  Henderson,  Robert  H.,  Company  G,  killed  at  Campbellville, 
Tenn.,  November  24,  1864. 

Private  Hill,  J.,  Company  F,  died  at  Andersonville,  August  11,  1864; 
grave  4489. 

Private  Haggart,  Ansel,  Company  G,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  5, 1862. 

Private  Hendee,  George  W. ,  Company  G,  died  of  wounds  about  April  23, 
1863. 

Private  House,  Samuel,  Company  I,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  May  29,  1865. 

Private  Hessey,  Horatio  B.,  Company  I,  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn., 
November  24,  1864. 

Private  Hanrahan,  Patrick,  Company  L,  died  at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  August 
27,  1865. 

Private  Hoover,  Julius,  Company  M,  died  at  luka,  Miss.,  July  14,  1865. 

Private  Ireland,  Henry,  Company  B,  killed  at  Salem,  Miss.,  October  8,  1863. 

Private  Ingleking,  Conrad,  Company  D,  died  April  19,  1862. 

Private  Jacobs,  John  G.,  Company  B.  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  4,  1862. 

Private  Jacobs,  Oliver,  Company  B,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  23,  1862. 

Private  Jenkins,  E.  J.,  Company  C,  killed  at  Cotton  Plant,  Ark.,  May  17, 
1862. 

Private  Johnson,  Lucian,  Company  C,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  29,  1862. 

Corporal  Jergens,  Christian,  Company  F,  killed  in  Mississippi,  February 
25,  1864. 

Private  Jones,  Homer,  Company  G,  died  at  Reeve's  Station,  Mo.,  April  22, 
1862. 

Private  Jackson,  Mathew,  Company  H,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  23, 
1862. 

Private  Kreizaz,  Jacob,  Company  B,  died  at  Gainesville,  Ala.,  August  26, 
1865. 

King,  James,  Company  D,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Private  Katze,  Henry,  Company  D,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  20, 1864. 

Private  Killian,  Francis,  Company  F,  died  at  Demopolis,  Ala.,  October  27, 
1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY   VOLUNTEERS.  437 

Private  Knaggs,  William,  Company  H,  died  at  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  April  3, 
1862. 

Private  Koethe,  William,  Company  L,  died  at  Mound  City,  Mo.,  May  17, 
1865. 

Private  Lenney,  William,  Company  C,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  December  17 
1862. 

Sergeant  Laramore,  William,  Company  E,  died  at  Andersonville,  August  16. 
1864 ;  grave  5906. 

Private  Louks,  David,  Company  G,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  29, 
1862. 

Private  Lewis,  Henry,  Company  H,  died  at  Charleston,  S.  C.,  in  prison. 

Commissary  Sergeant  Ludden,  Chancey  F,  Company  I,  died  December  22, 
1864,  of  wounds. 

Sergeant  Lane,  Alonzo  P.,  Company  L,  killed  at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1864. 

Private  Latson,  William  F.,  Company  L,  died  at  Cfemp  Douglas,  111.,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1862. 

Private  Montague,  Cyrus,  Company  A,  died  at  luka,  Miss.,  June  15,  1865. 

Private  Morrow,  Alexander,  Company  B,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1862. 

Private  Morrow,  Walter,  Company  B,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  October  23, 
1862. 

Private  Metsel,  John,  Company  B,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  22, 
1864. 

Sergeant  Morris,  Thomas,  Company  B,  died  at  Camp  Douglas,  111.,  January 
2, 1862. 

Private  Murry,  Patrick,  Company  B,  died  at  luka,  Miss.,  June  7, 1865. 

Private  Middaugh,  Orlando,  Company  C,  died  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  October 
13,  1862. 

First  Sergeant  Mapes,  Alex.  H.,  Company  C,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1864,  of  wounds. 

Sergeant  Matsel,  Thomas,  Company  C,  killed  at  Campbellsville,  Tenn.,  No- 
vember 24,  1864. 

Corporal  Maher,  Dennis,  Company  D,  drowned  at  Cairo,  111.,  March  22, 
1864. 

Private  Mackey,  Benjamin,  Company  D,  died  February  16,  1863. 

Private  Myers,  Peter,  Company  D,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  June  12,  1865. 

First  Lieutenant  McMahon,  John  H.,  Company  D,  killed  at  Tupelo,  Miss., 
July  16,  1864. 

Private  McBride,  James,  Company  D,  died  at  Helena.  Ark.,  October  13, 
1862. 

Lieutenant  Morrison,  Thomas  E.,  Company  E,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August 
22,  1862. 

Private  Myre,  Joseph  E.,  Company  E,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  16, 1868. 

Private  Marshall,  Michael,  Company  F,  died  near  Clarendon,  Ark.,  July  12, 
1862. 

Corporal  Meyer,  Herman  H.,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  1, 
1862. 


438  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Private  Mandville,  Henry,  Company  H,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  1, 
1862. 

Private  Maxwell,  William  R.,  Company  F.,  died  at  Paducak,  Ky.,  March  9, 
1865. 

Private  Mordoff,  Frank  M.,  Company  I,  died  at  Cairo,  111.,  October  20, 
1862. 

Private  Marver,  Alexander,  Company  I,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  January 
29,  1865. 

Private  Miner,  George,  Company  I,  died  at  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  April  5, 
1865. 

Private  Maloy,  Stephen,  Company  I,  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn.  Novem- 
ber 24,  1864. 

Private  Monroe,  David  B.,  Company  I,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  25, 
1865. 

Private  Morse,  Newel,  Company  I,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  26,  1865. 

Private  McDade,  Alfred,  Company  I,  died  about  July  1,  1864,  in  a  rebel 
prison  at  Okolona,  Miss. 

Private  Morey  Moses  D.,  Company  L,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  April  23,  1863. 

Private  Mooney,  Robert  L.,  Company  L,  died  at  Montevailo,  Ala.,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1»65. 

Private  Mendal,  Lucien,  Company  M,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  13, 
1864. 

Private  Netzel,  John  T.,  Company  D,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  26, 
1864. 

Private  Newberry,  Leonidus,  Company  E,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  April  19, 
1865. 

Captain  Neimeyer,  Fred.  C.,  Company  F,  died  at  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1865. 

Private  Ott,  David,  Company  F,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November  26,  1862, 

Private  Olmsted,  Alonzo,  Company  B,  died  atluka,  Miss.,  June  7,  1865. 

Private  O'Mira,  Daniel,  Company  E,  died  at  Andersonville,  October  13,  1864; 
grave  10279. 

Private  Ott,  Daniel,  Company  F,  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn.,  November 
24,  1864. 

Private  Olmsted,  William  B.,  Company  K,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1862. 

Sergeant  Pugh,  William,  Company  A,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  November 
13,  1864 

Private  Perry,  James,  Company  G,  died  at  Andersonville,  September  20, 1864; 
grave  9,313. 

Private  Proud,  Asher,  Company  G,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  2, 1862. 

Quartermaster  Price,  Samuel  H.,  died  April  8,  1'863. 

Private  Pringle,  Philander,  Company  G,  killed  at  Village  Creek,  Ark.,  May 
21,  1862. 

Private  Pierson,  Swanson,  Company  H,  died  at  Cahaba  prison,  April  15, 
1865. 

Sergeant  Peter,  Robert,  Company  I,  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn.,  Novem- 
ber, 24,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS   CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  439 

Sergeant  Paddock,  Charles  B.,  Company  K,  captured  at  Guntown,  Miss., 
June  10,  1864,  died  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

Private  Putnam,  David,  Company  M,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  April  10,  1864. 

Sergeant  Pfeifer,  Peter,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July  10,  1862. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Paddock,  Sol.  A.,  died  February  18, 1862. 

Private  Quinn,  Thomas,  Company  E,  died  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  October  11, 
1864. 

Private  Robb,  Andrew,  Company  A,  died  at  Paducah,  Ky.  ,May  1,  1865. 

Private  Renshaw,  Felix,  Company  B,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  15, 
1862. 

Private  Roth,  Joseph,  Company  F,  killed  at  Hurricane  Creek,  Miss.,  August 
13,  1864. 

Private  Race,  James,  Company  E,  died  March  28,  1865. 

Private  Rieneke,  Clemens,  Company  F,  died  at  Patterson,  Mo.,  May  17,  1862. 

Private  Robinson,  Frederick,  Company  I,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September 

24,  1862. 

Private  Raymond,  Andrew,  Company  I,  died  at  Belvidere,  111.,  April  24, 
1864. 

Private  Rogers,  Isaac,  Company  L,  died  at  Augusta,  Ark.,  August  6,  1862. 

Private  Riley,  Anthony  E.,  Company  L,  killed  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  June 
10,  1864. 

Sergeant  Robinson,  Nelson,  Company  M,  drowned  in  Black  River,  Ark., 
June  22^  1862. 

Private  Robinson,  John,  Company  M.  killed  near  Fish  Creek,  Miss.,  July  11, 
1864. 

Private  Smith,  Noah,  Company  A,  died  at  White's  Station,  Tenn.,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1864. 

Private  Scoville,  Franklin  W.,  Company  C,  died  at  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  March 
13, 1862. 

Saddler  Stroms,  Lewis  G.,  Company  C,  died  at  Reeve's  Station,  Mo.,  March 

25,  1862. 

Private  Scott,  Geo.  W,  Company  C,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  8, 
1862. 

Private  Shaeffer,  Christoff,  Company  D,  killed  August  21,  1864. 

Private  Smith,  John  W.,  Company  D,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  11, 
1862. 

Corporal  Smith,  Geo.,  Company  F.,  died  at  Cairo,  111.,  October  1,  1862. 

Saddler  Smith,  Henry,  Company  F,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  February  28, 
1865. 

Private  Salter,  John,  Company  F.,  died  at  Camp  Douglas,  111.,  October  1, 
1862. 

Private  Schlothauer,  Christopher,  Company  F,  died  at  Germantown,  Tenn., 
July  6,  1863. 

Private  Sand,  Phillip,  Company  F,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  June  20,  1865. 

Private  Slick,  Phillip,  died  at  Andersonville,  October  11,  1864;  grave 
10663. 

Private  Smith,  Byron,  Company  G,  died  at  Pontotoc,  Miss.,  July  18,  1864, 
from  wounds. 


440  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Sergeant  Smith,  Asa,  Company  H,  killed  at  Tupelo,  Miss.,  July  15,  1864. 

Private  Stephens,  Franklin,  Company  H,  died  at  Gallatin,  Tenn.,  February 
9,  1864. 

Private  Strong,  Thomas,  Company  I,  died  at  Gravelly  Springs,  Miss,,  Febru- 
ary 5,  1865. 

Private  Shafer,  Frank,  Company  I,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  A\igust  1,  1864. 

Private  Storm,  Sylvester,  Company  I,  died  at  Reeve's  Station,  Mo.,  April  12, 
1862. 

Private  Stebbins,  William,  Company  I,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Private  Strang,  Whitney,  Company  K,  died  at  Patterson,  Mo.,  April  9,  1862. 

Private  Stephens,  George,  Company  K,  died  at  Mound  City,  Mo.,  May  7, 
1865. 

Private  Sellers,  Wiley  M.,  Company  K,  died  at  Eastport,   Miss,  April  5, 
1865. 

Private  Sutee,   Benjamin,  Company  L,  died  at  Andersonville,  November  4, 
1864;  grave  11308. 

Private  Sellers,  Andrew  J.,  Company  M,  drowned  in  Black  River,  Ark., 
June  1,  1862. 

Private  Sutton,  Martin,  Company  M,  died  at  Andersonville,  August  13, 1864; 
grave  5515. 

Private  Selvey,  William,  Company  M,  died  at  Little  Black,  lao.,  May  2,  1862. 

Private  Skeels,  William  N.,  Company  M.,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1864. 

Private   Thompson,  William    B.,  Company  B,  killed  at  Nashville,  Tenn,, 
December  16,  1864. 

Private  Taylor,  Harmon,  Company  E,  died  at  Andersonville,  September  28, 
1864;  grave  10036. 

Sergeant  Thomas,  Chancey,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September 
26,  1862. 

Private  Tapley,  John,  Company  F,  died  at  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  September  7, 
1865. 

Private  Teeters,  Benjamin,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  December  20,  1862. 

Corporal  Thomkins,  Andrew,   Company  G,  died  at  Eastport,  Miss.,  May  10, 
1865. 

Private  Turner,  Orson  A,  Company  I,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  December, 
25,  1864. 

Sergeant  Teas,  William  J.,  Company  I,  killed  at  Campbellville,  Tenn.,  No- 
vember 24,  1864. 

Sergeant  Tolbert,  George  W.,  Company  M,  died  at  Reeve's  Station,   Mo., 
March  30,  1862. 

Sergeant  Thayer,  Lester,  Company  M,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October  1, 
1862. 

Private  Vetter,  Robert,  Company  C,  died  March  12,  1865. 

Private  Van  Valkenburg,  W . ,  Company  G,  died  at  Jacksonport,  Ark. ,  July 

7,  1862. 

Private  Vite,  Barnett,  Company  I,  died  at  Helena/Ark.,  September  12,  1862. 
Private  Van  Wess,  George  J.,  Company  M,  died  at  Keokuk,   Iowa,   October 

8,  1862. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  441 

Private  Wilson,  Robert,  Company  A,  killed  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  June  10, 
1864. 

Private  Wood,  James  W.,  Company  A,  died  at  Huntsville,  Ala.,  July,  1865. 

Private  Wilbanks,  Randolph,  Company  B,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September 
19,  1862. 

Corporal  Wiesner,  John  W.,  Company  D,  died  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  June 
4,  1863. 

Private  Whipp,  Charles,  Company  E,  died  in  Andersonville,  September  4, 
1864;  grave  8713. 

Private  Williams,  Alfred,  Company  E,  died  at  Germantown,  Tenn.,  Sep- 
tember 4, 1864. 

Private  Wollensack,  Charles  E.,  Company  F,  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July  15, 
1862. 

Private  Wehargen,  Joseph,  Company  F,  died  October  21,  1863,  of  wounds 
received  at  Salem,  October  8. 

Private  Weakman,  Fred.,  Company  F,  died  at  Jefferson  Barracks,  Mo., 
June  8,  1865. 

Private  Wheeler,  W.  F.,  died  at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  August  21,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Westbrook,  Abner,  Company  I,  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1864. 

Private  Walsh,  John,  Company  I,  Jdied  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  21, 
1862. 

Corporal  Waldo,  JudsonM.,  Company  K,  died  at  Andersonville.  October 
12,  1864;  grave  10756. 

Private  West,  Joseph  C.,  Company  K,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November  15, 
1862. 

Private  Watkins,  William  M.,  Company  L,  died  at  Cairo,  111.,  October  21, 
1862. 

Private  Wilson,  AsaW.,  Company  M,  died  near  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  June 
26,  1862. 

Private  York,  Moses,  Company  C,  died  at 'Helena,  Ark.,  September  4, 
1862. 

Private  Zerbe,  Peter,  Company  E,  died  in  Jackson  county,  Ark.,  June  29, 
1862,  of  wounds. 

Private  Zerrick,  Clement,  Company  F,  died  at  Patterson,  Mo.,  May  17, 
1862. 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 

Private  Lyon,  John,  died  at  Camp  Butler,  111.,  April  11,  1864. 
Private  Mawer,  John  R. ,  died  at  Camp  Butler,  April  27,   1864. 
Private  Thompson,   James  W.,  died  at  Camp  Butler,  111.,  December  21, 
1864. 


44:2  HISTORY    OF   THE 

THE  BIVOUAC  OF  THE  DEAD. 

The  following  beautiful  verses  were  written  by  Colonel  Theo- 
dore O'Hara,  of  the  Second  United  States  Cavalry,  who  deserted 
his  flag  and  entered  the  Confederate  service  at  the  opening  of  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion  : 

The  muffled  drum's  sad  roll  has  beat 

The  soldier's  last  tattoo; 
No  more  on  life's  parade  shall  meet 

That  brave  and  fallen  few. 
On  fame's  eternal  camping  ground 

Their  silent  tents  are  spread, 
And  glory  guards,  with  solemn  round, 

The  bivouac  of  the  dead. 

No  rumor  of  the  foe's  advance 

Now  swells  upon  the  wind  ; 
No  troubled  thought  at  midnight  haunts 

Of  loved  ones  left  behind  ; 
No  vision  of  the  morrow's  strife 

The  warrior's  dream  alarms  ; 
No  braying  horn  or  screaming  fife 

At  dawn  shall  call  to  arms. 

Their  shivered  swords  are  red  with  rust, 

Their  plumed  heads  are  bowed, 
Their  haughty  banner,  trailed  in  dust, 

Is  now  their  martial  shroud  ; 
And  plenteous  funeral  tears  have  washed 

The  red  stains  from  each  brow, 
And  the  proud  forms,  by  battle  gashed, 

Are  free  from  anguish  now. 

The  neighing  troop,  the  flashing  blade, 

The  bugle's  stirring  blast, 
The  charge,  the  dreadful  cannonade, 

The  din  and  shout  are  past. 
Not  war's  wild  note  nor  glory's  peal 

Shall  thrill  with  fierce  delight 
Those  breasts  that  nevermore  may  feel 

The  rapture  of  the  fight. 

Like  the  fierce  Northern  hurricane 

That  sweeps  his  great  plateau, 
Flushed  with  the  the  triumph  yet  to  gain, 

Come  down  the  serried  foe. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  443 

Who  beard  the  thunder  of  the  fray 

Break  o'er  the  field  beneath, 
Knew  well  the  watchword  of  that  day 

Was  "Victory,  or  death." 

Full  many  a  mother's  breath  has  swept 

O'er  Angostura's  plain, 
And  long  the  pitying  sky  has  wept 

Above  its  moldered  slain. 
The  raven's  scream,  or  eagle's  flight, 

Or  shepherd's  pensive  lay, 
Alone  now  wakes  each  solemn  height 

That  frowned  o'er  that  dread  fray, 

Sons  of  the  Dark  and  Bloody  Ground, 

Ye  must  not  slumber  there, 
Where  stranger  steps  and  tongues  resound 

Along  the  heedless  air. 
Your  own  proud  land's  heroic  soil 

Shall  be  your  fitter  grave. 
She  claims  from  war  its  richest  spoil — 

The  ashes  of  her  brave. 

Thus,  'neath  their  parent  turf  they  rest, 

Far  from  the  gory  field, 
Borne  to  a  Spartan  mother's  breast 

On  many  a  bloody  shield. 
The  sunshine  from  their  native  sky 

Smiles  sadly  on  them  here, 
And  kindred  eyes  and  hearts  watch  by 

The  heroes'  sepulcher. 

Rest  on,  embalmed  and  sainted  dead, 

Dear  as  the  blood  ye  gave; 
No  impious  footstep  here  shall  tread 

The  herbage  of  your  grave. 
Nor  shall  your  glory  be  forgot 

While  Fame  her  record  keeps, 
Or  Honor  points  the  hallowed  spot 

Where  Valor  proudly  sleeps. 

Yon  marble  minstrel's  voiceless  stone, 

In  deathless  song  shall  tell, 
When  many  a  vanished  year  hath  flown, 

The  story  how  ye  fell. 
Nor  wreck,  nor  change,  nor  winter's  blight, 

Nor  time's  remorseless  doom 
Can  dim  one  ray  of  holy  light 

That  gilds  your  glorious  tomb. 


CHAPTEE  XXX. 

THE   WOUNDED   AND    PRISONERS. 

A  PARTIAL   LIST   OF  THE   WOUNDED   AND   THOSE  WHO  WERE 
PRISONERS  OF  WAR  OF  THE  NINTH  ILLINOIS  CAVALRY. 

rriHERE  were    many  members   of  the   regiment  who   were 

JL    wounded  or  prisoners,  whose  names  do  not  appear  in  the 

following  list,  but  it  includes  all  that  I  have  been  able  to  gather: 

Corporal  Axtel,  Alfred,  Company  A,  prisoner  at  Florence,  Ala.,  November 
19, 1864. 

Private  Arnold,  John,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865. 

Lieutenant  Abbott,  Othman  A.,  Company  I,  wounded  at  Pontotoc,  Miss., 
July  12, 1864. 

Private  Albright,  Delos,  Company  I,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Anderson,  Thomas,  Company  D,  wounded  November  24,  1864. 

Colonel  Brackett,  Albert  G.,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Captain  Blackburn,  William  C.,  Company  A,  wounded  June  27,  1862,  pris- 
oner November  24, 1864. 

Private  Bell,  Hugh  M.,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865. 

Sergeant  Bailey,  Eli  S.,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  June  7, 
1S65. 

Corporal  Bean,  Isaac,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  October 
31,  1865. 

Saddler  Bryson,  William  P.,  Company  C,  wounded  at  Hurricane  Creek^ 
August  13,  1864. 

Sergeant  Bower,  William  W.,  Company  D,  prisoner  December  25,  1864. 

Private  Ball,  E.  G.,  Company  E,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  May  30, 
1865. 

Sergeant  Bailey,  Stewart  J.,  Company  G,  wounded  February  22,  1864,  at 
Okalona,  Miss. 

Private  Ballard,  Elijah,  Company  L,  prisoner  January  12,  1865. 

Private  Blakesley,  W.  C.,  Company  M,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Barrick,  George  H.,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out 
June  9,  1865. 

Corporal  Birdsley,  Frederick,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out 
February  28,  1865. 

444 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  445 

Private  Clinch,  Thomas,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865. 

Corporal  Clark,  Henry,  Company  H,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  February 
24, 1865, 

Private  Chamberlain,  Joseph,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 
Sergeant  Curtis,  Michael,  Company  I,  wounded  December  16,  1864. 
Private  Clark,  John,  Company  L,  wounded  December  15,  1864. 
Captain  Carpenter,  John  H.,  Company  L,  wounded  November  24,  1864. 
Private  Clayton,  William  H.,  Company  L.,  wounded  December  19, 1864. 
Private  Craig,  John,  Company  M,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 
COMPANY  A. — Sergeant  Dietz,  John,  prisoner  December  5,  1864. 
Private  Dunn,  Charles  W.,  Company  E,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  June 
23,  1865. 

Private  Doyle,  Frank  M.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12, 1862. 
Lieutenant  Dillon,  William  C.,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out 
July8,  1865. 

Private  Elliott,  Simon,  Company  B,  wounded  December  15,  1864. 
Private  Eaton,  Thomas  W.,  Company  E,  prisoner  June,  1864. 
Sergeant-Major  Fitzpatrick,  P.  V.,  wounded  at  Moscow,  Tenn.,  in  the  head 
severely  December  4,  1863. 

Private  Feeley,  James,  Company  B,  wounded  July  12,  1864. 
Private  Fuller,  F.  F.,  Company  F,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 
Private  Fiegel.  Frederick,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war  at  Guntown,  Miss., 
June  10,  1864;  mustered  out  February  6,  1865. 

Private  Fraser,  George  W.,  Company  G,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July 
5,  1865. 

Private  Foster,  Thomas  A.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 
Private  Foster,  Erastus,  Company  K,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 
Private  Farnsworth,  William,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 
Private  Farle,  Michael,  Company  I,  wounded  November  24,  1864. 
Private  Gillan,  Michael,  Company  E,  wounded  November  24,  1864;  trans- 
ferred to  reserve  corps. 

Private  Gillispie,  Owen,  Company  E,  wounded  December  16,  1864;  mustered 
out  November  2,  1865. 

Private  Guiles,  Nelson,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865. 

Colonel  Harper,  Joseph  W.,  wounded  December  15,  1864,  at  Nashville. 
Private  Halbeg,  Thomas  S.,  Company  A.  prisoner  of  war  November  19, 
1864. 

Sergeant  Hardesty,  Henry,  Company  B,  wounded  June  27,  1862,  and  June 
12,  1864. 

Lieutenant  Harding,  Frederick  W.,  Company  C,  wounded  June  27, 1862. 
Private  Harris,  William,  Company  C,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July 
3,  1865. 

Private  Hinton,  Francis  A.,  Company  E,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 
Sergeant  Hall,  Thomas  C.,  Company  G,  wounded  February  21,  1864. 
Private  Holland,  Robert,  Company  H,  prisoner  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  June  10, 
1864;  released  from  rebel  prison  by  General  Sherman  in  1865. 


446  HISTORY    OF    THE 

Private  Hawes,  Jesse,  Company  I,  wounded  June  27, 1862;  prisoner  of  war  at 
Caliaba,  Ala.;  paroled  July  27,  1865. 

Private  Herrick,  Oscar,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Corporal  Herrick,  Francis  M.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  27, 1862. 

Private  Hay  den,  John  S.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Lieutenant  Harkness,  Edwin,  Company  L,  prisoner,  January  12,  1865;  es- 
caped the  13th. 

Private  Hunt,  Patrick,  Company  L,  wounded  at  Hurricane  Creek,  August 
13,  1864. 

Private  Harr,  William,  Company  L,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Corporal  Kimball,  Charles,  Company  A,  prisoner  November  19,  1864. 

Sergeant  Hayes,  Frank  C.,  Company  I,  prisoner  of  war  November  2i,  1864. 

Private  Kell,  Joseph,  Company  A,  wounded  December  26, 1863,  at  Lafayette, 
Tenn. 

Lieutenant  Kilmer,  J.  C.,  Company  B,  wounded  October 6,  1863. 

Private  Kesler,  TV.  H.  H.,  Company  B,  prisoner  of  war,  mustered  out  July 
8,  1865. 

Lieutenant  Kinzie,  Arthur  M.,  Company  C,  prisoner  August  21,  1864,  at 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

Sergeant  Keich,  Charles  H.,  Company  G,  wounded  July  12,  1864. 

Private  Kelly,  James,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Private  Kimbler,  Caleb,  Company  K,  prisoner  of  war,  mustered  out  June  26, 
1865. 

Private  Kavanaugh,  John,  Company  L,  wounded  at  Helena,  Ark.,  January 
1863. 

Captain  Knight,  E.  R.,  Company  M,  wounded  severely,  June  27,  1862. 

Sergeant-Major  Knight  Curtis  L.,  prisoner  August  21,  1864. 

Private  Ladiey,  Company  A,  wounded. 

Private  Listerman,  Henry,  Company  A,  wounded  at  Hurricane  Creek,  Miss., 
April  16,  1864. 

Sergeant  La  Salle,  Godfrey,  Company  B,  wounded  severely  at  Hurricane 
Creek,  Miss.,  August  13,  1864. 

Private  Larimore,  William,  Company  E,  prisoner  of  war. 

Private  Luce,  William,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Private  Lyons,  William,  Company  L,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Luddington  F. ,  Company  M,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Lewis,  William,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war  June  10, 1864;  mustered 
out  April  24,  1865. 

Sergeant  Lander,  Fred.,  Company  M,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Sergeint  Lamper,  Frank,  Company  K,  wounded  in  1862. 

Sergeant  Lowe,  JohnB.,  Company  M,  prisoner  November  19, 1864;  mustered 
out  June,  1865. 

Private  Lewis,  Thomas,  Company  M,  prisoner  June  11,  1864,  mustered  out 
April  24,  1865. 

Private  Mills  Francis  H.,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July, 
1865. 

Private  Moore,  John,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July,  1865. 


NINTH    ILLINOIS    CAVALRY    VOLUNTEERS.  "447 

Private  McAllegott,  William,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out 
July  19, 1865. 

Private  Miller,  Richard,  Company  B,  prisoner  of  war  November  19,  1864; 
mustered  out  June  6,  1865. 

Sergeant  McCarty,  Frank,  Company  B,  wounded  at  Moscow,  Tenn.,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1863. 

Captain  McArthur,  F.  H.,  Company  C,  wounded  July  16,  1864. 

Private  Nance,  Ablinus,  Company  H,  wounded  December  15,  1864. 

Private  Nugent,  Charles,  Company  L,  wounded  June  27, 1862. 

Private  Norvall,  George  W.,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out 
July  13,  1865. 

Private  Omara,  Daniel,  Company  E,  prisoner  of  war. 

Sergeant  Olmsted,  George  W.,  Company  L,  wounded  August  14, 1864,  losing 
two  fingers. 

Private  Pugh,  William,  Company  A,  captured  July  7,  1862,  in  Arkansas. 

Private  Piatt,  James,  Company  A,  wounded  July  6,  1862,  at  Cache  River, 
Ark. 

Adjutant  Power,  William  A.,  wounded  June  27,  1862;  prisoner  at  Shoal 
Creek,  Ala.,  November  19,  1864. 

Sergeant  Paddock,  Charles  B.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Parrish,  L.  D.,  Company  L,  wounded  November  30,  1864. 

Private  Price,  B.  F.,  Company  M,  wounded  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  June  10, 
1864,  losing  left  arm  at  shoulder. 

Private  Phelps,  Henry,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  June, 
1865. 

Private  Racus,  John,  Company  E,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Lieutenant  Rinker.  James  Henry,  Company  G,  wounded  at  Pontotoc,  Miss., 
June  12,  1864,  in  thigh  and  foot. 

Corporal  Rinker,  William,  Company  G,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out 
May  15,  1865. 

Private  Read,  William  P,  Company  G,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  Febru- 
ary, 1865. 

Private  Rasor,  Thomas,  Company  I,  lost  an  arm  July  12,  1864;  prisoner  of 
war;  mustered  out  February  13,  1865. 

Sergeant  Rose,  Charles,  Company  L,  prisoner  in  1862;  was  paroled. 

Sergeant  Robinson,  Thomas  G.,  Company  M,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Riner,  William,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war  November  19,  1864; 
escaped  January  1,  1865. 

Major  Shattuck,  L.  L.,  wounded  at  Coffeeville,  Miss.,  in  August,  1864. 

Private  Strapp,  Peter,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865. 

Sergeant  Strong,  Miles  H.,  Company  I,  wounded  and  prisoner,  November 
24,  1864. 

Corporal  Scott,  Reuben  A,  Company  E,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Slick,  Phillip,  Company  E,  prisoner  of  war. 

Private  Sturmis,  Herman  D.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Private  Shelton,  John,  Company  L,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 


,448 

..  .     Private  Sheppard,  William,  Company  L,  wounded  March  4,  1862. 

Private  Shackley,  C.  D.,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war  November  19,  1864; 
.mustered  out  in  1865. 

Private  Schrine,  Justus,  Company  M,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  oulf  July  8, 
1865. 

Private  Sherman,  Robert  H.,  Company  M,  wounded  February  22,  1864,  at 
Okolona,  Miss. 

Sergeant  Shapley,  Charles,  Company  M,  wounded  December  15,  1864. 

Captain  Spinney,  J.  O.  H.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Private  Sherlock,  James,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Private  Sha'.tuck,  M.,  Company  I,  wounded  December  15,  1864. 

Private  Tell,  Swan,  Company  E,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Taylor,  Harman,  Company  E,  prisoner  of  war. 

Private  Talcott,  Dwight  L.,  Company  I,  captured  at  Campbellville,  Tenn. ; 
prisoner  of  war;  mustered  dut  June  3,  1865. 
,  .      Sergeant  Teas,  William  J.,  Company  I,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Tipping,  John,  Company  I,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  July  8, 
1865. 

Private  Tracy,  F.  L.,  Company  I,  wounded  December  15,  1864. 

Corporal  Thisler,  Edward,  Company  M,  wounded  in  1863,  and  a  prisoner  of 
war;  mustered  out  November  10,  1864. 

Private  Van  Brunt,  C.  H.,  Company  L,  wounded  November  30,  1864. 

Private  Van  Arsdale,  Company  M,  wounded  June  27,  1863. 

Major  Wallis,  William,  J.,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Walsh,  William,  Company  A,  prisoner  August  18,  1863. 
Private  Walsh,  Andrew,  A.,  Company  A,  prisoner  August  21,  1863. 

Private  Way,  George  H.,  Company  A,  prisoner  of  war,  November  19,  1864; 
mustered  out  June  7,  1865. 

Private  George  F.  Walker,  Company  D,  wounded  at  Augusta,  Ark.,  May, 
1862. 

,  •     Sergeant  White,  C.  C.,  Company  D,  prisoner  August  22,  1863,  on  Grenada 
raid  in  Libby  and  Belle  Isle  prisons;  paroled  at  Richmond,  March  7, 1864. 

Private  Williams.  Alfred,  Company  E,  wounded  June  27, 1862. 

Private  Wilson,  Samuel,  Company  E,  wounded  at  Moscow,  December  4, 
1863;  lost  right  hand. 

Sergeant  Wilkinson,  Volney  S.,  Company  K,    wounded  at   Franklin,  No- 
vember 30,  1864;  paroled  prisoner. 

Private  Wilkinson,   John   C.,   Company  K,   prisoner,  December  1,    1864; 
paroled. 

Private  Ward,  Nelson,  Company  K,  prisoner  of  war;  mustered  out  May  9, 
1865. 

Private  Wilder,  John  R.,  Company  K,  wounded  June  12,  1862. 

Private  Wood,  Ira  B.,  Company  L,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 

Private  Wahans,  Hahns,  Company  L,  wounded  June  27,  1862. 


INDEX  TO  PERSONAL  SKETCHES. 


PAGE. 

Asay,  William 350 

Angle,  DanielL 204 

Anderson,  Walter  B 303 

Abbott,  Othman  A 314 

Abbott,  E.  K 315 

A  very,  John  H 349 

Anderson,  Augustus  E 237 

Austin,  Alex 341 

Brackett,  Albert  G 191 

Burgh,  Harry  B 195 

Bishop,  LinusD 200 

Briggs,  O.  Winsor 211 

Brayton,  Gideon  F 211 

Brackett,  Charles 208 

Brackett,  Joseph  W 204 

Brackett,  James  W 210 

Blackburn  ,William  C 217 

Braffett,  T.  W.  O 233 

Buckles,  John  S 247 

Blakemore,  Charles  W 2*7 

Benton,  William  M 217 

Butler,  Erastus  G 280 

Boone,  George  H 281 

Buel,  Henry  M 291 

Booth,  Louis  F 337 

Brown,  Azra  F 293 

Bailey,  Stewart  J 293 

Bruner,  Frank  C 222 

Bowser,  Perry  B 270 

Bailey,  William  E 338 

Bell,  Joshua 340 

Clark,  Atherton 202 

Carpenter,  John  H 338 

Christy,  Geo.  B 206 

Cantello,  Frank 204 

Cowen,  Llwellyn 257 

Chidister,  William  M 314 

Cameron,  Chanes  8 327 

Conn,  Geo.  W 258 

Cunningham,  Edward 304 

Cross,  Geo.  B 339 

Cook,AsaP 350 

Castor,  Henry  H 230 

Cra"wford,  William  F 220 

Cleland,  Samuel  D 222 

Coon,  Datus  E 215 

Campbell,  Leonard  W 241 

Dack,  Chris.  G 217 


PAGE. 

Davenport,  Edward  A 206 

Davison,  Smith  A 248 

Davison,  John  L 249 

Dillon,  William  C 351 

Davis,  Samuel  B 259 

Devendorf ,  Ervin 294 

Ellsworth,  Richard  D 268 

Eberhart,  John  K 219 

Eaton,  Thomas  W 269 

Fitzpatrick,  Patrick  V 212 

Fritzon,  Nelson  J 213 

Feigel,  Fred  C 353 

Gifford,  Ira  B 200 

Gallino,  Benjamin  D 339 

Gillespie,  John  N 339 

Harper,  Joseph  W 192 

Humphrey,  Hector  J 195 

Hough,  Rosell  M. 198 

Hemenway,  Stacy 209 

Halliday,  Francis  H 210 

Harrington,  Ransom 231 

Harding,  Fred  W 248 

Hazlett,  James  H 258 

Heald,  DwightS 280 

Haner,  Charles  M 269 

Hill,  Henry  F 281 

Huntington,  Henry  A 293 

Hanchett,  Seth  F 351 

Harkness,  Edwin 340 

Hawkins,  Hiram  A 259 

Hawes,  Jesse 316 

Hillier,  David 216 

Hatch,  Edward 214 

Horton,  Charles  C  215 

Knox,  Joseph  H 202 

Kelly,  Patrick 257 

Kinzie,  Arthur  M 235 

Knight,  Eliphalet  H 349 

Knight,  Curtis  L 212 

Kilmer,  Jerry  C 237 

Keller,  George  M 222 

Jergens,  Christopher  H 2S1 

Jenner,  Harvey  M 314 

Luce,  Edwin  W 303 

Lowe,  John  B 352 


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INDEX. 


PAGE. 

McMannus,  William 201 

McArthur,  Francis  H 248 

McNair,  Thomas  J 234 

McMahon,  John  H 258 

McClure,  Alexander  W 304 

Manville,  Charles  P 234 

Marshal),  Charles  M 248 

Murray,  James  H 304 

Magee,  James  F 282 

Morrison,  Thomas  E 205 

Major,  Samuel 351 

Manning,  Charles  D 315 

Mock,  Anthony  R    198 

Niemeyer,  Fred  C 280 

Nance,  Albinus 304 

Olmsted,  George  W 341 

Ott,  Edward  P 


282 

Power,  William  A 202 

Perkins,  Marland  L 279 

Petteys,  Stephen 249 

Purviance,  Samuel 268 

Pullman,  Charles  L 280 

Prather,  Henry 303 

Page,  Robert  C 304 

Prickett,  Oliver  T 328 

Price.  George  A 211 

Price,  Samuel  H 204 

Price,  B.Frank 352 

Paddock,  Solomon  A 193 

Ratz,  Benjamin 258 

Robinson,  Fred  P 315 

Roberts,  Sidney  0 293 

Rockwood,  Samuel 203 

Reed,  George  B 293 

Riner,Jacob 351 

Rinker,  Willism 293 

Rinker,  James  H 292 


PAGE. 

Shattuck,  Leander  L 201 

Showalter,  JohnT 234 

Stampoffski,  Bernard  F 279 

Smith,  James 280 

Scammon,  Charles  T 203 

Smith,  John  J 213 

Sowerby,  Frank  W 303 

Spinney,  Joseph  O.  H 327 

Summers,  Samuel  S 340 

Sheffield,  Frank 205 

Shear,  Jacob 350 

Salter,  Malachi 282 

Strong,  M.  H 315 

Sherman,  Robert  H 353 

Selleck,  A.  C 318 

Sickles,  Hiram  F 194 

Stevenson,  Thomas  W 202 

Talcott,  Dwight  L 317 

Van  Sant,  Samuel  R 221 

Van  Sant,  Nicholas  G 221 

Vore,  Harrison  C 291 

Van  Dolson  Ernest 292 

Webster,  George  P 219 

White,  Charles  C 259 

Weirick,  Spencer  T 268 

Wilkinson,  Benjamin  0 269 

Wilson  Eugene  C 289 

Westbrook,  Abner  H 314 

Woodworth,  Frank 328 

Wilkinson,  Volney  S 338 

Wilder,  John  R 338 

Wood,  Ira  B 341 

Wallis,  William  J 199 

Waterbury,  Charles  M 202 

Walker,  William  E. . 213 

Warner,  John  E  292 


INDEX  TO  PORTRAITS. 


PAGE 

Captain  John  H.  Avery 133 

Lieutenant  William  M.  Benton  132 

Captain  Louis  F.  Booth 133 

Surgeon  Charles  Brackett 64 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Harry  B.  Burgh...    24 

Captain  John  H.  Carpenter 338 

Surgeon  George  B.  Cl'risty 202 

General  Datus  E.  Coon 173 

Lieutenant  Edward  A.  Davenport 98 

Captain  Smith  A.  Davison 248 

Thomas  W.  Eaton,  Company  E 268 

Sergeant-Major  Patrick  V.  Fitzpatrick  183 
John  M.  Fletcher,  Company  E 132 


PAGE. 

Wesley  T.  Foster,  Company  K. 132 

Major  Ira  R.  Gifford 132 

Captain  Ransom  Harrington 188 

Jesse  Hawes,  Company  1 324 

Sergeant  Hiram  A.  Hawkins    256 

Assistant-Surgeon  Stacy  Hemenway —  158 

Sergeant  Charles  D.  Manning 314 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Anthony  R.  Mock. .    42 

Benjamin  F.  Price,  Company  M 354 

Sergeant-Major  George  A.  Price 108 

Lieutenant  Charles  L.  Pullman 280 

Lieutenant  John  T.  Showalter 146 

Sergeant  Charles  C.  White 263 


ERRATA. 

[n  Table  of  Contents,  Chapter  XXV,  "  W.  H.  Hecker "  should  read  "  William  Rinker." 

On  page 365,  from  "New  York  Tribune," should  read  "Chicago  Tribune." 

Page  202,  Major  Clark  mustered  out  Oct.  31, 1865. 

Page  214,  Otto  A.  Willis,  enlisted  from  Bloom,  January  23,  1865,  promoted  hospital 

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